Jason Olive

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Jason Olive
Born (1972-02-10) February 10, 1972 (age 53)
Los Angeles, California
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present

Jason Lawrence Olive (born February 10, 1972)[ citation needed ] is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Joseph in the sitcom Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse . [1]

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Early years

He attended the University of Hawaii on full athletic and academic scholarship. At the age of 17, he played his first professional volleyball tournament. [1]

Career

He had previously roles in many television series and movies including All My Children , BET's The Game , romantic comedy film Raising Helen , and others. [1] In a dispute over the use of his photo in advertising for longer than allowed by his contract, Olive obtained a $1,133,000 judgment against General Nutrition Corporation, Inc. The judgement was affirmed on appeal in December 2018.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999Spenser: Small Vices (TV Movie)Clint Stapleton
1999Love GogglesModel
2000PunksLucas
2001 The Feast of All Saints (TV Movie)Richard Lermontant
2004 Raising Helen Chip
2005 Bam Bam and Celeste Graham
2010ReversionMarcus
2010 Kaboom Hunter
2011Bad ActressDetective Ray Stoker
2015ProgressVictor Jefferson
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 7th Heaven RickEpisode: "Happy's Valentine"
1997 Smart Guy XavierEpisode: "Big Picture"
1999 Passions Frank Lomax3 episodes
1999 Malcolm & Eddie RickEpisode: "Sneaky, Thieving, Double-Crossing Dates from Hell"
2002 All My Children Frankie Hubbard Unknown Episodes
2003 Half & Half JamalEpisode: "The Big Sexy Shame Episode"
2003 Hope & Faith Security GuardEpisode: "Remembrance of Rings Past"
2005 Living with Fran JamesEpisode: "The Reunion"
2005 The Comeback Jesse Wood13 episodes
2005 CSI: Miami Brad WalkerEpisode: "Prey"
2006 Criminal Minds Parker DunleyEpisode: "Somebody's Watching"
2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Head HostEpisode: "Meet Market"
2007 CSI: NY Russell BallardEpisode: "Heart of Glass"
2008 Tyler Perry's House of Payne Chad RandolphEpisode: "And... Cut!"
2008 The Game McHottie3 episodes
2009 Melrose Place Detective Drake4 episodes
2011Traffic LightSamEpisode: "Credit Balance"
20112017 Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse Joseph162 episodes
2012 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 Hot TreyEpisode: "Whatever It Takes..."

References

  1. 1 2 3 "OWN Profile". oprah.com.