Jason D. Avalos

Jason grew up in Long Beach where he attended Los Alamitos High School. At 15 he studied at the prestigious Hollywood acting studio The Shop where he studied under John Homa and Andrew Magarian. Jason majored in Theater in college in San Diego where he became excited to direct and write. In 2005 Jason started Film School. In 2006 had his first breakthrough as an actor in the play "One Booth Joint" in which he was given a great review in L.A. Weekly, and was chosen by ABC/Disney to be one of their top 00 Native American actors to look out for. After some time living, and studying in Paris, Jason graduated film school in 2008. He premiered his acting/directing debut film "Waiting for the Miracle" at the Cannes Film Festival, and went on to study writing with Quentin Tarantino. In 2009 Jason acted in several features playing roles 180 degrees from one another such as a Natural Born Killer character in the action/adventure film "Treasure of the Black Jaguar" and a Ron Burgundy character in the comedy "Pirate's Booty". Jason has also co-starred in the short film "Devil Land" and the award winning short film "Use As Directed". In 2011 Jason was brought on by the Emmy winning director of "Hacienda Heights" to help restructure, and pen scripts for the show, a "West Wing" meets "Sopranos" drama, which features some of Latin Hollywood's most recognizable faces such as Julio Iglesias Jr, Steven Baur from "Scarface", and Eva Tamargo. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Schoolhouse Pictures