Jason Kravits
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Jason Kravits is an American actor. His film credits include The Stepford Wives
and Sweet November
. Kravits has served more often as a television guest star. He can be seen in episodes of shows such as Friends
; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
; Yes, Dear
; and Gilmore Girls
. He also performed in the Broadway show The Drowsy Chaperone
with his brother Garth Kravits
. He got his start playing Lolo Knopke on the short-lived 1982 PBS
series Powerhouse
He played the District Attorney Richard Bay in the Emmy Award-Winning drama Series The Practice
from 1999 to 2001. After almost three years of being a nemesis to the firm who would stop at nothing to get a conviction, his character was gunned down by associates of a man he successfully prosecuted.
In 2000, he was a regular panelist on the Oxygen Network revival of I've Got a Secret
.
In the early 1990s, he was a company member at Round House Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was also a counselor at Green Acres Camp in Rockville, Maryland, where he played guitar and performed skits for campers.
In 1986, he founded the University of Maryland's first improv theater group Erasable Inc.
He attended Colonel Zadok A. Magruder High School
.
The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives is a 1972 satirical thriller novel by Ira Levin. The story concerns Joanna Eberhart, a photographer and young mother who begins to suspect that the frighteningly submissive housewives in her new idyllic Connecticut neighborhood may be robots created by their husbands.Two films of...
and Sweet November
Sweet November (2001 film)
-Box office:The film opened at #4 at the North American Box office making $11,015,226 USD in its opening weekend, behind Recess: School's Out, Down To Earth and Hannibal. It would ultimately gross only $25.2 million domestically with an additional $40.4 million overseas to a total of $65.7 million...
. Kravits has served more often as a television guest star. He can be seen in episodes of shows such as Friends
Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
; Yes, Dear
Yes, Dear
Yes, Dear is a television sitcom that aired from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, on CBS. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder....
; and Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...
. He also performed in the Broadway show The Drowsy Chaperone
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Drowsy Chaperone is a musical with book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison. It debuted in 1998 at The Rivoli in Toronto and opened on Broadway on 1 May 2006. The show won the Tony Award for Best Book and Best Score. It started as a spoof of old...
with his brother Garth Kravits
Garth Kravits
Garth Kravits is an American actor. He has appeared in films including Sweet November with Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron. His television work includes Nash Bridges and the Hollywood Squares...
. He got his start playing Lolo Knopke on the short-lived 1982 PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
series Powerhouse
Powerhouse (TV series)
Powerhouse is a United States television series produced by the Educational Film Center at Northern Virginia ETV and aired on PBS for 16 episodes in 1982. It billed itself as "a 16-part series for young people and their families," with the target audience being primarily preteens and teenagers, and...
He played the District Attorney Richard Bay in the Emmy Award-Winning drama Series The Practice
The Practice
The Practice is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. Running for eight seasons from 1997 to 2004, the show won the Emmy in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and spawned the successful and lighter spin-off series Boston...
from 1999 to 2001. After almost three years of being a nemesis to the firm who would stop at nothing to get a conviction, his character was gunned down by associates of a man he successfully prosecuted.
In 2000, he was a regular panelist on the Oxygen Network revival of I've Got a Secret
I've Got a Secret
I've Got a Secret is a panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. Created by comedy writers Allan Sherman and Howard Merrill, it was a derivative of Goodson-Todman's own panel show What's My Line?...
.
In the early 1990s, he was a company member at Round House Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was also a counselor at Green Acres Camp in Rockville, Maryland, where he played guitar and performed skits for campers.
In 1986, he founded the University of Maryland's first improv theater group Erasable Inc.
He attended Colonel Zadok A. Magruder High School
Colonel Zadok A. Magruder High School
Colonel Zadok A. Magruder High School is a secondary public school located in Rockville , Maryland.Magruder is named for Colonel Zadok Magruder, a Revolutionary War patriot and farmer. He was colonel in command of part of the Maryland militia and helped establish Montgomery County's government in...
.