Jason ‘Matthew’ Biggs is a brilliant American actor as well as a comedian. He is best known for his incredible performance in the comedy movie named American Pie (1999) as Jim Levenstein. He has acted in many American pie movies. He is also famous for his role in the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black as Larry Bloom. He has also been a recipient of many prestigious and honorary awards.

Quick Info
Full NameJason Matthew Biggs
Date of Birth12th May, 1978
Birth PlacePompton Plains, New Jersey, United States of America (USA)
NationalityAmerican
ParentsGary Louis Biggs, Angela Biggs
OccupationActor, comedian
Height1.75 m
Age42
Spouse/partner Jenny Mollen (m. 2008)
Children2
Net worth$18 Million

Early Life and Bio

Jason Biggs was born on the 12th of May, 1978 in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, United States of America (USA). His father’s name was Gary Louis Biggs and his mother’s name was Angela Biggs. His father was a shipping company manager and his mother worked as a nurse. He grew up with an elder sister named Heather Biggs and a younger sister named Chiara Biggs.

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Nationality and Physical stats

His nationality is American and his ethnicity is English and Italian on his father’s side and Sicilian on his mother’s side. He was raised in a Roman Catholic household.

He has an average build of height 5 feet 9 inches or 1.75 meters and weighs 83 kg or 183 lbs. His chest size, waist size, and biceps size are not unknown. He has a prominent nose and a boy next door looks.

The color of his hair is dark brown and he has a beautiful set of Hazel eyes.

His zodiac sign is Taurus.

Education: Schooling/University

Jason Biggs studied at Hasbrouck Heights High School which was located in his hometown Hasbrouck Heights. He used to play tennis in his high school and was really good at it.

After the completion of high school, he attended the New York University but later on transferred to Montclair State University. However, he dropped out of University to pursue a career in acting. He attended his University from the year 1996 to 1997.

Career

Movies

Jason Biggs made his movie debut in 1991 in “Mike Mulligan” and “His Steam Shovel”. He has done some pretty amazing movies so far. He played the character of Jim Levenstein in the popular American comedy movie American Pie (1999).

Similarly, he has acted in other American Pie movies as Jim Levenstein in American Pie 2 (2001), American Wedding (2003), and American Reunion (2012).

Furthermore, he has also been cast as Paul Tannek in the American comedy teen movie Loser in 2000. He played the character of Darren Silverman in Saving Silverman (2001). Likewise, he was cast as Mr. Spines in 2018’s Dear Dictator.

Road to Fame

After 8 years of being in the movie industry, he finally got his big breakthrough from the movie American Pie in 1999. He played the character, Jim Levenstein. For his performance in this movie, he got nominated for many awards and even won Young Hollywood Awards for Best Ensemble Cast. He got really famous off of this movie.

American Pie

In this 1999 American sex comedy movie, he brilliantly portrayed the character of Jim Levenstein. This movie was directed by Paul Weitz and starred Chris Klien, Natasha Lyonne, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Tara Reid, and many more.

The movie was a huge box office hit as it grossed $235.5 million. The movie was rated 7 by IMDb.

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Television Shows

Jason Biggs made his first appearance on Television in 1991 as Willie Trancas in Drexell’s Class. His next TV show was “As the World Turns” by Pete Wendall in 1994. He was even nominated for Daytime Emmy Award and Soap Opera Digest Award.

He is also really popular for playing the character of Larry Bloom in Orange Is the New Black (2013-2014, 2017, 2019). Some of his other popular TV shows are Sesame Street (2004) as himself, Mad Love (2011) as Ben Parr, The Bachelorette (2019) as a guest, and many more.

Awards and Achievements

Jason Biggs has been nominated for many prestigious awards and has also won many of those awards. He has been nominated for awards like Daytime Emmy Awards, MTV Movie + TV Awards, Soap Opera Digest Awards, Teen Choice Awards, Blockbuster Entertainment Awards and Behind the Voice Actors Awards. He has won awards like Screen Actors Guild Awards, San Antonio Film Festival, Taormina International Film Festival, and Young Hollywood Awards.

Personal Life: Relationships

Jason Biggs has dated a few women so far. He was in a relationship with the American actress named Tara Reid in the year 2000. In June 2014, Jason apologized through Twitter for making a joke about Tara’s body during his appearance in Joan River’s web series. Even though Jason apologized, his girlfriend broke up with him.

Similarly in 2004, he got into a relationship with an actress named Lindsey Zir. But, their relationship didn’t last long and they broke up after 3 years of dating in 2007.

Likewise, he started dating an actress named Jenny Mollen in 2007. The couple got engaged in January of 2008 and finally tied their knot in April of 2008. They got married in a lavish wedding ceremony. They were blessed with a baby boy named Sid in February of 2014 and gave birth to a second son named Lazlo Biggs. The lovely pair is still together and leading a happy married life.

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Jason Biggs with wife Jenny Mollen Image source (pagesix.com)

What is Jason Biggs’ Net Worth?

The 42 years old actor, as well as a comedian, has been working in the movies and television industry since 1991. He is still actively working in the entertainment industry. Aside from movies and TV shows, he earns money from endorsements with brands like School Sport, Diet Pepsi, Burger King, and Sea World. He has earned a huge sum of money and has a net worth of $18 Million.

Social Media Presence

Jason Biggs is really active on social media with 604K followers on Instagram (@biggsjason) and 447.8K followers on Twitter (@JasonBiggs). He is mostly active on his Twitter and tweets a lot about a lot of things. He is not active on other social media like Facebook.

 

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