Jason Antoon

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Jason Antoon
Born
Jason Allan Antoon

(1971-11-09) November 9, 1971 (age 52)
Education Carnegie Mellon University (BFA) [1]
Occupation Actor
Years active1996–present
Spouse
(m. 2010)
Children2

Jason Allan Antoon (born November 9, 1971) [2] is an American actor.

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Personal life

Antoon was born in Santa Monica, California. He is of Lebanese descent. [3] Antoon has been married to actress Seana Kofoed since 2010; they have two children.

Career

Stage

Antoon is best known for his role in the 2000 Tony Award-winning musical Contact . For his performance, he received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical. [4]

Film and television

Among his television work, Antoon starred on the short-lived TV series Kings , in addition to numerous guest roles on various programs such as Modern Family in the episode Game Changer. On the big screen, he had a featured role in Minority Report , cast when Steven Spielberg discovered him in Contact. [5] In 2008, he had a cameo in Taking Woodstock and he was seen in two 2010 George Gallo films, Columbus Circle and Middle Men . Antoon voiced the role of Garrison "Knobs" Butler in the web series Electric City , and portrayed 35-year-old struggling actor Alowisus Hewson who is a vampire in the web series Vamped Out. [6] He has a supporting role on the TNT drama Claws, playing Dr. Ken Brickman. In 2021 he began appearing as regular cast member Ernie Malik, on NCIS: Hawai'i.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2000 Company Man Croupier (uncredited)
2002 The Sum of All Fears AFRAT Specialist Stubbs
Minority Report Rufus T. Riley
Two Weeks Notice Norman
2004 Little Black Book Larry
2005 The Producers Jason Green
2007 Music and Lyrics Greg Antonski
Perfect Stranger Bill Patel
The Ten Salazar 'Fred' McBairn
2009 Middle Men Denny Z
2012 Celeste and Jesse Forever Young Man
2014 The Rewrite Greg Nathan
2016 The Late Bloomer Kenny
2019 Noelle Omar

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 New York Undercover Victor StromfeldEpisode "Going Platinum"
1996, 1999 Spin City Abdul / Cab Driver2 episodes
1997Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center BombingNosair's Phone PalTV movie
The Sports Illustrated for Kids ShowThat GuyTV special
1997, 2006 Law & Order Attorney Hogenbaum2 episodes
2001 100 Centre Street Episode "Domestic Abuses"
Count Me In LutherTV movie
Ed DeejayEpisode "Prom Night"
Sex and the City FramerEpisode "The Real Me"
2002 Live from Baghdad Mr. MazinTV movie
Hack Henry NibsEpisode "My Alibi"
2003 George Lopez HosniEpisode "Profiles in Courage"
2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Radio ProducerEpisode "Obscene"
2005 Jake in Progress Seedy Guy2 episodes
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Mr. SmytheEpisode "No Exit"
2006 The Lost Room The SoodEpisode: "The Eye and the Prime Object"
2008 Lipstick Jungle David HernandezChapter Five: "Dressed to Kill"
Cashmere Mafia Todd Braun / Todd McDonnell2 episodes
2009 The Electric Company Calvero
Kings Boyden11 episodes
Numb3rs Kai KragenEpisode: "7 Men Out"
2010 Modern Family Apple CustomerEpisode: "Game Changer"
Mad Lex Luthor / The Spatula Announcer / MAD's Guide to Phobias Announcer (voice)Episode: "WALL·E·NATOR / Extreme Renovation: House Edition"
2010, 2011 No Ordinary Family Mr. Litchfield9 episodes
2011 The Big C Funeral DirectorEpisode: "A Little Death"
2012 Electric City Garrison "Knobs" Butler (voice)20 episodes
2012 New Girl Clipboard GuyEpisode: "Models"
2013 Grey's Anatomy Mr. SamuelsEpisode: "I Bet It Stung"
Castle Steve WarnerEpisode: "A Murder Is Forever"
2014 Newsreaders Corey FirfeEpisode: "The Journey of an iPhone; Restaurant Plague"
2015 Weird Loners CooKoo SchmoolieEpisode: "Weirded Out"
Con Man Crazy BrunoEpisode: "Too Much Closure for Comfort"
iZombie SmoakEpisode: "Abra Cadaver"
2016 Childrens Hospital Imam IslamEpisode: "Show Me a Hero"
Shameless Dr. RubenEpisode: "Hiraeth"
2017–22 Claws Dr. Ken BrickmanMain role
2017 Fresh Off the Boat HowieEpisode: "Living While Eddie"
Famous in Love Wyatt6 episodes
2021–present NCIS: Hawai'i Ernie MalikMain role
2022 NCIS Crossover: "A Family Matter"

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