Jason was offered a wrestling scholarship. Instead of pursuing wrestling, he took off to New York City to continue working in theatre with $500 he won from a wrestling street bet.
Jason won an award in the theatre for, "The Lost Plays of Tennessee Williams," where he portrayed a neophyte boxer.
He was offered a scholarship at Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute.
Through Hunter College study abroad program, he studied pre and post revolutionary Cuban film and art for a semester in Havana, Cuba.
Won Best Actor at The Chelsea Film Festival for the lead role in the film PTSD.
PTSD won Best Film at The Chelsea Film Festival.
Best Actor Award for PTSD Chelsea Film Festival, NYC.