An actor who has made a career of playing a character he has described as "85 to 90 percent me", Jason Mewes turned his long-haired, marijuana-addled Jay into an icon, thanks to filmmaker and pal Kevin Smith as well as his own oddly magnetic personality and fierce performances. Making his debut in Smith's widely-acclaimed, low-budget breakout "Clerks", Mewes won fans and got big laughs as the trash-talking, drug-dealing, breakdancing Jay, a fixture (with buddy Silent Bob, played by Smith) outside of the Quick Stop where Dante (Brian O'Halloran) works. Mirroring the real-life experiences of Smith and Mewes, the film features a convenience store worker who spends his day talking to the neighboring video store clerk Randal (Jeff Anderson). Existing somewhere between the characters of Randal and Jay, comic book enthusiast Mewes met up with the similarly interested Smith in their New Jersey hometown and became friends.

When "Clerks" hit it big, Jay and Silent Bob became cult heroes, and fans were happy to see them return with larger roles in Smith's follow up "Mallrats" (1995), a film funded by Gramercy that somewhat missed the mark in spite of its relatively big budget and star cast. Mewes' Jay remained true to form despite the film's faults, delivering unbelievable insults, highly quotable one-liners and oddly insightful life lessons in his inimitable clipped, almost lyrical diction. Now a fixture in the Smith creative universe known as View Askew, the actor appeared in nearly every film produced by the company, including 1996's "Drawing Flies" and the 1997-lensed features "Vulgar" and "Big Helium Dog". When Smith bounced back from "Mallrats" with the well-received "Chasing Amy" in 1997, Mewes was along once again bringing Jay to life. A featured role in Smith's "Dogma" (1999) further cemented his alliance with the filmmaker, and the character of Jay had become such a part of the popular cultural fabric that he even merited a cameo in the reference-dropping horror sequel "Scream 3" (2000).

Smith's highly-publicized dissatisfaction with ABC's handling of his very short-lived animated series "Clerks" (2000) didn't slow down production for long. In 2001 he returned to form with "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back", a Hollywood parody that follows the titular characters on a quest to reclaim their likenesses from Miramax, which plans to release the derivative comedy "Bluntman & Chronic" based on their alter egos. Marking Mewes' first official starring role, the film would no doubt be a hit with Askew fans, and its irreverent and self-referential comedy could win over new converts as well.

from movies.yahoo.com

  The Green Hornet (2005) (announced)
Jack's Law (2006) (post-production) .... Bobby Mewes
Bottom's Up (2006) (post-production) .... Owen Peadman
Clerks II (2006) (post-production) .... Jay
TV: The Movie (2006) (post-production)
Nice Guys (2006) (completed) .... Quebert

Feast (2005) .... Edgy Cat
My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
The Pleasure Drivers (2005) .... Counter Monkey
Tom 51 (2005)
Powder: Up Here (2004) (V) .... Evil Villain
Hardware: Uncensored Music Videos - Hip Hop Volume 1 (2003) (V) .... Jay (segment "Because I Got High")
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003) .... Jay the MC
... aka Pauly Shore Is Dead (Australia)
High Times Potluck (2002) .... Guy
R.S.V.P. (2002/I) .... Terry
Hot Rush (2002)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) .... Jay
"Clerks" (2000) TV Series (voice) .... Jay (2000)
... aka Clerks: The Cartoon (Australia)
... aka Clerks: Uncensored (USA: DVD title)
Vulgar (2000) .... Tuott the Basehead
Scream 3 (2000) .... Jay

The Blair Clown Project (1999) .... Witness #3
Tail Lights Fade (1999) (uncredited)
Dogma (1999) .... Jay
Spilt Milk (1999)
Chasing Amy (1997) .... Jay
Drawing Flies (1996) .... Az
Mallrats (1995) .... Jay
Clerks. (1994) .... Jay
... aka Clerks X (USA: DVD box title)
... aka cLeRKs (USA: poster title)