Jason Scott Dolley (born July 5, 1991) is an American actor, musician, and Twitch streamer known for his roles in

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shows and movies. These include Newton "Newt" Livingston III on ''

Cory in the House ''Cory in the House'' is an American television sitcom which aired on the Disney Channel from January 12, 2007, to September 12, 2008, and was a Spin-off (media), spin-off from the Disney Channel series ''That's So Raven''. The show focuses o ...

'', Virgil Fox in ''

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'', Connor Kennedy in '' Read It and Weep'', Pete Ivey in '' Hatching Pete'', and PJ Duncan on ''

Good Luck Charlie ''Good Luck Charlie'' is an American sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from April 4, 2010, to February 16, 2014. It focuses on the Duncan family of Denver as they adjust to the births of their fourth and later fifth children, Charlotte "Char ...

''.

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 (b. 1989). In 2010, he took online courses at

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. In 2016, Dolley graduated from

California Lutheran University California Lutheran University (CLU, Cal Lutheran, or Cal Lu) is a private university in Thousand Oaks, California, United States. It was founded in 1959 and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but is nonsectarian. It o ...

Career

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

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" Who's on First?" 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'' with actress

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. He was then cast by director

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to be T.J. Savage on the

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

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'' Read It and Weep'' as Connor Kennedy and in the film '' The Air I Breathe.'' In 2006, Dolley appeared in

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'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 ''

'' 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 ''

Full House ''Full House'' is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The show is about the recently widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best friend ...

'' 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 '' Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!'', which aired on December 2, 2011. He also voiced the character Rumble in Disney Channel's animated film '' Pixie Hollow Games'', which also stars Brenda Song,

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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.

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