Jason Scott Dolley (born July 5, 1991) is an American actor and musician, known for his roles in Disney Channel shows and movies. These include Newton "Newt" Livingston III on ''

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'', Virgil Fox in '' Minutemen'', Connor Kennedy in ''

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'', Pete Ivey in '' Hatching Pete'', and

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on ''

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''.

Early life and education

Jason Scott Dolley was born in

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on July 5, 1991. He has an older brother named Jeffrey (Born 1989). In 2010, he took college courses in philosophy at

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and at

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Career

Dolley gained his first stage experience at 11 when he and one of his brothers performed the Abbott and Costello "

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" routine in a school talent show. His first acting jobs came that same year. He won the lead role in the award-winning short film titled ''Chasing Daylight''. He was then cast by director

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to be T.J. Savage on the ABC series ''

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''. After ''Complete Savages'' was canceled, he starred in the film '' Saving Shiloh'' as Marty Preston, in the

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'' as Connor Kennedy and in the film ''

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.'' In 2006, Dolley appeared in Duracell's commercial "Trusted Everywhere" Campaign "Amazon". Dolley was part of the Yellow team in the second edition of the ''

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'', broadcast in mid-2007. From 2007 to 2008, Dolley starred in the Disney Channel show ''

''. In 2008, he appeared in the film '' Minutemen'' as Virgil Fox and was in the third edition of the Disney Channel Games on the Green Team. Dolley also guest-starred as the prince in '' Imagination Movers''. In 2009, Jason starred in the Disney film '' Hatching Pete'' as Pete Ivey. In 2010, Dolley began appearing in his second Disney Channel Original Series, ''

'' as P.J. Duncan.DISNEY CHANNEL ORDERS "GOOD LUCK CHARLIE," A LIVE-ACTION COMEDY SERIES
. disneychannelmedianet.com. July 15, 2009 When asked about his role in the Disney Channel Original Series family sitcom, ''

'', he replied, "I like the realness of it. I like the more authentic tone. I like the family sitcom. That's something different for Disney, which also appealed to me." He also said in a different interview, "When I read the script, I was like, 'Oh, this is kind of cool. This is a little different. It has a ''

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'' kind of feel. It's very family-friendly. Families can sit down and watch this and get a real laugh. I think that's what's been cool about it from the start and what's still cool about it today." Dolley and cast appeared in a feature-length Christmas Disney Channel Original Movie based on the series titled ''

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'', which aired on December 2, 2011. He also voiced the character Rumble in Disney Channel's animated film ''

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'', which also stars

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, and

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.Disney Channel to Premiere New Animated Special ‘Pixie Hollow Games’ – Ratings , TVbytheNumbers
Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Retrieved on December 3, 2013.

Filmography

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Jason Dolley
at Family Tree Legends * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolley, Jason 1991 births 21st-century American male actors American Lutherans American male child actors American male film actors American male television actors California Lutheran University alumni Living people Male actors from Los Angeles People from Simi Valley, California