Jason Adelman is an American actor

Actor

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. At the age of ten, a talent scout chose him to do a commercial for McDonald's

McDonald's

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. Since then, he has appeared in over ten films (one of which won a Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

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 award) as well as several guest appearances on popular television shows, including a recurring role in American Dreams

American Dreams

American Dreams is an American television comedy-drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios...

(2002) playing Bobby Maher. For several years, he was in a very select acting class with a group of seven other actors including Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is an American actor and film producer. He has received many awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Aviator , and has been nominated by the Academy Awards, Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television...

, Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire

Tobias Vincent "Tobey" Maguire is an American actor and producer. He began his career in the 1980s, and has achieved his greatest fame for his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films.-Early life:...

, Sara Gilbert

Sara Gilbert

Sara Gilbert is an American actress best known for her role as Darlene Conner from 1988–1997 in the U.S. sitcom Roseanne.-Early life:Gilbert was born Sara Rebecca Abeles in Santa Monica, California. Her parents are Barbara Crane and Harold Abeles. Her two older siblings, Melissa Gilbert and...

 and Danny Nucci. He attended California State University, Northridge

California State University, Northridge

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 and majored in film.

Film and television work

• Bad Day
  Bad Day (Daniel Powter song)
  "Bad Day" is a song written and performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Powter. It was released as the first single from his second album Daniel Powter and achieved the #1 spot in the U.S. and Ireland. In the U.S...
  
  music video (2005)
• American Dreams
  American Dreams
  American Dreams is an American television comedy-drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios...
  
  (2003)
• Moesha
  Moesha
  Moesha is an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in the Leimert Park neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles.-Overview:The show...
  
  (1999)
• Talisman (1998)
• Uncle Sam (1997)
• Boys Life 2
  Boys Life 2
  Boys Life 2 is a compilation of 5 short films about being gay in America.*"Must Be the Music" offers a frank depiction of urban gay youth.*"Nunzio's Second Cousin" finds a gay policeman getting even with homophobic people....
  
  (1997)
• The Client
  The Client
  The Client is a legal thriller written by American author John Grisham, set mostly in Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans, Louisiana...
  
  (1996)
• Must Be the Music (1996)
• Between Mother and Daughter (1995)
• Carnosaur 2 (1995)
• The Gift (1994)
• Star (1993)
• Shock 'Em Dead
  Shock 'Em Dead
  Shock ‘Em Dead , is a 1990 comedic horror film directed by .-Plot:Angel Martin has just made the deal of a lifetime. Fame, fortune and beautiful women will all be his - for a price. To become a rock star Martin must give his soul, and to survive he must feed on the souls of others...
  
  (1991)

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