Jason Patric (born June 17, 1966) is an American film, television and
stage actor. He is known for his roles in films such as The Lost Boys,
Rush, Sleepers, Geronimo: An American Legend, Your Friends &
Neighbors, Narc, The Losers, The Alamo, and Speed 2: Cruise Control.
His father was actor/playwright Jason Miller and his maternal
grandfather was actor Jackie Gleason.Born in Queens, New York, the son
of the late Academy Award-nominated actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning
playwright Jason Miller (born John Anthony Miller Jr.) and actress
Linda Miller (born Linda Mae Gleason), his maternal grandfather was
actor/comedian Jackie Gleason. His half-brother is actor Joshua John
Miller. His ancestry is mostly Irish, with some German.Growing up in
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, he attended schools such as Cavallini
Middle School and the all-boys Catholic school Salesian Roman Catholic
Don Bosco Preparatory High School (Ramsey, New Jersey). In California,
he attended Saint Monica Catholic High School (Santa Monica,
California). He appeared in high school productions of Dracula and
Grease.After graduation, he was cast in the television drama Toughlove
with Bruce Dern. The following year, Patric was cast in Solarbabies
alongside Peter DeLuise, Jami Gertz, Lukas Haas, James LeGros and
Adrian Pasdar. Within a couple years, Patric would reunite with Gertz
in The Lost Boys and After Dark, My Sweet with Dern. He co-starred
with George Dzundza and Stephen Baldwin in The Beast.
stage actor. He is known for his roles in films such as The Lost Boys,
Rush, Sleepers, Geronimo: An American Legend, Your Friends &
Neighbors, Narc, The Losers, The Alamo, and Speed 2: Cruise Control.
His father was actor/playwright Jason Miller and his maternal
grandfather was actor Jackie Gleason.Born in Queens, New York, the son
of the late Academy Award-nominated actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning
playwright Jason Miller (born John Anthony Miller Jr.) and actress
Linda Miller (born Linda Mae Gleason), his maternal grandfather was
actor/comedian Jackie Gleason. His half-brother is actor Joshua John
Miller. His ancestry is mostly Irish, with some German.Growing up in
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, he attended schools such as Cavallini
Middle School and the all-boys Catholic school Salesian Roman Catholic
Don Bosco Preparatory High School (Ramsey, New Jersey). In California,
he attended Saint Monica Catholic High School (Santa Monica,
California). He appeared in high school productions of Dracula and
Grease.After graduation, he was cast in the television drama Toughlove
with Bruce Dern. The following year, Patric was cast in Solarbabies
alongside Peter DeLuise, Jami Gertz, Lukas Haas, James LeGros and
Adrian Pasdar. Within a couple years, Patric would reunite with Gertz
in The Lost Boys and After Dark, My Sweet with Dern. He co-starred
with George Dzundza and Stephen Baldwin in The Beast.
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