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Jason Isaac Fuchs (born March 5, 1986) is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for writing '' Ice Age: Continental Drift'' (2012), '' Pan'' (2015) and ''
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'' (2017). He is also known for his role as Lawrence Grey on the Fox dramatic thriller '' The Passage''. In January 2015, Fuchs was included on the ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 list. As a writer, his films have grossed over $1.9 billion at the global box office, making him one of the 100 highest grossing screenwriters of all time, one of only two writers under age 40 on that list.


Early life

Fuchs was born in
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, to a
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family (of
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background on his father's side). He went on to enroll and graduate from
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in 2009 as a film studies major.


Career

Fuchs has been acting since he was seven years old, making his debut at
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in the play '' Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' with
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. Fuchs has also guest-starred on '' Cosby'', ''
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'', '' The Beat'', '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', '' Ed'', and ''
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''. His first feature film role was as Marvin in the 1996 movie '' Flipper'', co-starring
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. In 1998 he appeared in two movies, ''Louis & Frank'' and '' Jane Austen's Mafia!''. Fuchs also starred in 2003 film '' The Hebrew Hammer'', co-starring
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. In 2004, Fuchs took the role in ''
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''. Fuchs wrote, produced and starred in the 2006 short film ''Pitch'', which made its premiere at the 2006
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. He next appeared in '' Holy Rollers'', a movie inspired by actual events in the late nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States. He played a brother of Justin Bartha's character, alongside Jesse Eisenberg and Ari Graynor. In 2012, Fuchs' original TV movie musical, '' Rags'', was broadcast on
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. The film, which Fuchs co-wrote with Hillary Galanoy & Elizabeth Hackett with Billie Woodruff directing, was a revisionist take on the
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tale, starring Keke Palmer and
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. The film received 3.5 million live viewers. Later that year, Fuchs made his feature screenwriting debut with the animated sequel '' Ice Age: Continental Drift''. Despite receiving generally mixed reviews from critics, the film grossed $877 million at the box office, making it the fifth highest-grossing film of 2012, and the highest-grossing animated film internationally to that point. His script ''Pan'' was listed on Hollywood's 2013 Black List, and was made into a 2015 film, which was a critical and box office failure. Fuchs co-wrote the 2017 film ''
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'' with
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and Allan Heinberg. In 2016, Warner Bros. hired Fuchs to write the script for a Lobo feature film, and a film adaptation of the video game ''
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''. Fuchs stopped working on the script for the ''Minecraft'' film in August 2018. In 2019, Fuchs was featured in a major recurring role as Lawrence Grey on the Fox series '' The Passage''. In November 2022, it was announced that Fuchs was one of the showrunners of '' It: Welcome to Derry'', an upcoming prequel series to the horror films ''It'' and ''
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''.


Awards and nominations

* 2018: Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for ''
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'' (Nominated) * 2018: USC Scripter Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for ''
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'' (Nominated) * 2018: Saturn Award for Best Film Screenplay for ''
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'' (Nominated) * 2018: Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form for ''
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'' (Won) * 2019/2020: Saturn Award for Best Horror Film for ''
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'' (Nominated) * 2025: Saturn Award for Best Action / Adventure Film for Argylle (Nominated)


Filmography


Film


As screenwriter/producer


Television


Video games


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuchs, Jason 1986 births American male film actors American male television actors American male video game actors Jewish American male actors Living people Male actors from New York City Columbia College (New York) alumni 21st-century American Jews Hugo Award–winning writers