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Jason Downs is a Actor American born on 8 september 1973 at Columbia (USA)
Jason Wright Downs (born September 8, 1973, Columbia, Maryland) is an American actor and singer of Cherokee, Dutch, Irish and, Scottish descent. He has released two albums on Jive Records, White Boy With a Feather and The Spin. He has also released "White Boy With a Feather", "Revenue", "Cherokee", "Trippin'", "Shut Up (Let's Hook Up)", and the remake of the Harry Chapin's, "Cat's in the Cradle" as CD singles. His single "White Boy with a Feather" debuted at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. The rap artist, Milk has appeared on and produced many of his songs, though the songs without the rapper are more rooted in folk, rock, country or pop music. As a music artist he appeared in many British variety shows including Top of the Pops, CD:UK, Mtv, a radio2XS Barn Session and The Big Breakfast.
His latest, independently released album, Love Me Alone, is produced by Grammy Award winner Malcolm Burn.
As an actor, Downs has appeared in the films, Hairspray, Clara's Heart, and Come Lovely, which he also produced. He starred in a feature film entitled Racing Daylight alongside David Strathairn, Melissa Leo and Giancarlo Esposito; as well as a supporting role in the film Gospel Hill. He wrote and directed his first film, a short, in 2014 entitled "Growth Spurt.
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His latest, independently released album, Love Me Alone, is produced by Grammy Award winner Malcolm Burn.
As an actor, Downs has appeared in the films, Hairspray, Clara's Heart, and Come Lovely, which he also produced. He starred in a feature film entitled Racing Daylight alongside David Strathairn, Melissa Leo and Giancarlo Esposito; as well as a supporting role in the film Gospel Hill. He wrote and directed his first film, a short, in 2014 entitled "Growth Spurt.
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Downs' parents are Jay and Jeanie Downs. He has a brother, Jordan and a sister, Jillian. Jason currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Sharon Raab Downs, and their two children.Usually with
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Gospel Hill (2008)
Directed by Giancarlo Esposito
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Danny Glover, Angela Bassett, Julia Stiles, Adam Baldwin, Tom Bower, Chris Ellis
Roles Tommy Duncan
Rating54%
Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. Danny Glover plays John Malcolm, the son of a slain civil rights activist Paul Malcolm (Samuel L. Jackson). Jack Herrod (Tom Bower) is the white former sheriff who never officially solved the murder. Their paths begin to cross when a development corporation comes to town with plans to raze Julia's historic African-American community of Gospel Hill, now fallen into disrepair, to build a golf course. John Malcolm's wife Sarah (Angela Bassett), a schoolteacher, seems alone in her opposition to the project, which is being endorsed by Gospel Hill's prominent African-American physician, Dr. Palmer (Esposito). Meanwhile, a young white teacher (Julia Stiles) comes to town and falls for a handsome young landscaper (Taylor Kitsch), whose business is booming thanks to Dr. Palmer's patronage.
Hairspray (1988)
, 1h32Directed by John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Obésité, Films about racism, Films about television, Musical films, Films about disabilities
Actors Ricki Lake, Debbie Harry, Sonny Bono, Divine, Jerry Stiller, Leslie Ann Powers
Roles Bobby
Rating69%
Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) and her best friend, Penny Pingleton (Leslie Ann Powers), audition for The Corny Collins Show, a popular Baltimore teenage dance show based on the real-life Buddy Deane Show. Penny is too nervous and stumbles over her answers, and another girl, Nadine, is cut for being black (there is a 'Negro Day' on the show on the last Thursday of every month, she is told). However, despite being overweight, Tracy is a strong enough dancer to become a regular on the show, infuriating the show's reigning queen, Amber Von Tussle (Colleen Fitzpatrick), a mean, privileged, beautiful high school classmate whose pushy stage parents, Velma (Debbie Harry) and Franklin Von Tussle (Sonny Bono), own Tilted Acres amusement park (based on Baltimore's Gwynn Oak Amusement Park, where racial problems occurred). Tracy steals Amber's boyfriend, Link Larkin (Michael St. Gerard), and competes against her for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963, fueling Amber's hatred of her.
Clara's Heart (1988)
, 1h48Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ontkean, Kathleen Denise Quinlan, Neil Patrick Harris, Spalding Gray, Hattie Winston
Roles Alan Lipsky
Rating60%
The film tells the story of a family in crisis. The mother, Leona (Quinlan), escapes to Jamaica to grieve the loss of her baby daughter, Edith. While there she meets kindly housekeeper Clara Mayfield (Goldberg). Clara pulls Leona out of her depression with a blunt, no-nonsense style. Leona is so taken with her that she brings Clara back to their home in Baltimore to be housekeeper and nanny to young son David (Harris). At first he is resistant and sees her as an intruder, but as the parents are completely wrapped up in their own grief and dissolving marriage, David comes to trust Clara and to depend on her. Clara harbors her own dark secret, which when revealed, serves to firm the bond between these two very different, but loving, characters.