Weaver, Jason 1979- (Jason M. Weaver)

PERSONAL

Full name, Jason Michael Weaver; born July 18, 1979, in Chicago, IL; son of Kitty Haywood (a singer and producer). Avocational Interests: Basketball, reading entertainment and sports magazines, listening to music.

Addresses:

Agent—Don Buchwald & Associates, 6500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2200, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career:

Actor and singer. Appeared in advertisements.

Awards, Honors:

Special Award (with Alex Burrall), outstanding young performers starring in a miniseries, Young Artist awards, Young Artist Foundation, 1993, for The Jacksons: An American Dream; Young Artist Award nomination (with others), outstanding youth ensemble in a television series, 1994, for Thea; Young Artist Award, best performance by a young actor in a voice-over—TV or movie, 1995, for The Lion King.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Franklin Cotter, The Long Walk Home, Miramax, 1990.

Ernest, Drumline, Fox 2000 Pictures/Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002.

(Uncredited) Voice of Simba, Mickey's PhilharMagic (animated short film; also known as Mickey's Fantasyland PhilharMagic and Mickey's PhilharMagic Orchestra), Walt Disney Feature Animation/Walt Disney Imagineering, 2003.

Weemack Funthes, The Ladykillers, Buena Vista, 2004.

Teddy, ATL (also known as Jellybeans), Warner Bros., 2006.

Jamal, Jada, 51MM Films/Black & Blue Entertainment/ The Company Pictures, 2008.

T. J. Lawson, Diary of a Champion, 2008.

Vince, Love for Sale, Swirl Films, 2008.

Film Work:

Singing voice of Young Simba, The Lion King (also known as King of the Jungle, Aslan kral, Az oroszlankiraly, De Leeuwenkoning, Der Koenig der Loewen, El rei lleo, El rey leon, Il re leone, Konungur ljonanna, Krol lew, Leijonakuningas, Lejonkungen, Le roi lion, Levji kralj, Lovenes konge, Lovernes konge, Lovikuningas, Mbreti luan, Melech Ha-Arayot, and O rei leao), Buena Vista, 1994, other versions also released.

Television Appearances; Series:

Matthew Thomas, Brewster Place, ABC, 1990.

Jerome Turrell, Thea, ABC, 1993-94.

Marcus Henderson, Smart Guy, The WB, 1997-99.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Michael Jackson from the ages of nine through fourteen, The Jacksons: An American Dream, ABC, 1992.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Ernie, The Kid Who Loved Christmas, syndicated, 1990.

Fast Freddie Egan, Summertime Switch, ABC, 1994.

Isaac Hawkins, Freedom Song, TNT, 2000.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Jason M. Weaver) Darnell, "Boy from the Hood," Sister, Sister, ABC, 1996.

Nick Bryant, "Summer Bummer," Sister, Sister, ABC, 1996.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Jerome Turrell, Thea, ABC, 1993.

Marcus Henderson, Smart Guy, The WB, 1997.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Singing voice of Young Simba, Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Circle of Life (short), The Walt Disney Company, 1994.

Albums:

Love Ambition, Motown, 1995.

My Secret Place, 1997.

Declaration of Independence, c. 2007.

Performed in other recordings by other artists.

Singles:

"I Can't Stand the Pain," Motown, 1995.

"Love Ambition," Motown, 1995.

"I Don't Know Why"/"Stay with Me," Motown, 1996.

"Realize," Motown, 1996.

(With Chingy) "One Call Away," 2004.

Music Videos:

"I Can't Stand the Pain," Motown, c. 1995.

"Love Ambition," Motown, c. 1995.

"Stay with Me," c. 1996.

(With Chingy) "One Call Away," 2004.

T. I., "What You Know," 2006.