Jason Wiles

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Jason Austin Wiles born April 25 1970 is an American actor known for his role in the TV series Third Watch Wiles was born in Kansas City Missouri US and raised in Lenexa Kansas where he attended Holy Trinity Catholic School He found employment with the local Park and Rec department having passed up the opportunity to play college football In 1990 Wiles began to pursue an interest in filmmaking working on the set of the film Mr and Mrs Bridge filming on location in Kansas City Not long after the Stephen King telemovie Sometimes They Come Back came to town and he worked on the crew as well as appearing in scenes as an extra After forming some connections while working on these films Wiles ventured to Los Angeles where he appeared in commercials before landing the lead in an afterschool special In 1994 he had a part in the Bon Jovi music video Always In 1995 Wiles made the first of 32 appearances in Beverly Hills 90210 as Colin Robbins a role which gained him some note in Hollywood He also appeared in Windrunner A Spirited Journey starring Margot Kidder and Russell Means In 1999 Wiles successfully auditioned for the role of Maurice Bosco Boscorelli in the drama Third Watch Wiles appeared in all six seasons of the show from 19992005 Recently Wiles has begun to try his hand at directing and writing as well as theatre In the summer of 2002 he appeared in the Cape Playhouse production of Mass Appeal alongside Malachy McCourt and in 2003 he was in Imua Theatre Companys production of Safe which was cowritten and directed by fellow Third Watch star Anthony Ruivivar Upon completion of the final season of Third Watch Wiles began work on his independent film Lenexa 1 Mile 2006 which he wrote and also directed Wiles has recently appeared alongside Geena Davis and Donald Sutherland in the TV series Commander in Chief He also played a soldier in the new series Army Wives He appeared in two episodes His upcoming projects include directing producing and writing a 2008 movie called Play Dead He also had a small part in the 2007 movie Zodiac Jason also played in a short scene in 2009s Horror thriller remake of The Stepfather He is currently a regular on NBCs dramasuspense television show Persons Unknown Wiles performed a role as gueststar on Law amp Order SVU on October 20th 2010