Jon Bass (actor)

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Jon Bass
Born
Jonathan Bass

(1987-09-22) September 22, 1987 (age 36)
Education Boston University (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present

Jon Bass (born September 22, 1987) is an American actor, known for his roles in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law , Super Pumped, Baywatch , and the comedy series Big Time in Hollywood, FL and Miracle Workers .

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Early life and education

Bass grew up in Bellaire, Texas, and attended Bellaire High School, graduating in 2005. [1] He graduated from Boston University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Arts. He is Jewish. [2] [3] [4]

Career

Following college, he moved to New York City and began his professional acting career. Bass auditioned for the role of Elder Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon , but was not cast. A year later, he was cast in the role in the Denver and Los Angeles productions and went on to replace Josh Gad in the role on Broadway. [1] [5]

In 2014, he played a small role in the HBO comedy series Girls , and then had minor guest roles in The Newsroom and House of Lies . Later in 2015, he was cast in a lead role in the Comedy Central's series Big Time in Hollywood, FL , portraying Del Plimpton. [1] [5] [6]

In 2016, he played real-life attorney Philip Hirschkop in the historical film Loving . In 2017, he appeared in the film All Nighter ,. [7] [5] [8] He played the role of C.J. Parker's significant other, Ronnie Greenbaum in the action comedy film Baywatch , along with Zac Efron and Dwayne Johnson, [5] [9] [10] and appeared in Molly's Game , directed by Aaron Sorkin. [1]

Bass portrays a fictionalized version of Uber cofounder Garrett Camp opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the drama series Super Pumped which premiered in 2022. [11] The book is based on Mike Isaac's 2019 book of the same name. [12]

Since 2022, he has portrayed Todd Phelps in the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law . [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012AdviceEvanShort film
2014The RefrigeratorHowieShort film
2015 Ratter Greg
2015 Jane Wants a Boyfriend Steve
2016 Loving Philip Hirschkop
2017 All Nighter Trevor
2017 Baywatch Ronnie Greenbaum
2017Post-PartyDylanShort film
2017Meet CuteNickShort film
2017 Molly's Game Shelly Habib
2018 Dog Days Garrett
2019 Sword of Trust Nathaniel
2019 Plus One Cartelli
2022 Gatlopp: Hell of a Game Cliff
2024 Bad Shabbos [14] David

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Girls MoEpisode: "Only Child"
2014Next Time on LonnyShady PAEpisode: "The End of Lonny"
2014 The Newsroom Bree Dorrit2 episodes
2015 Big Time in Hollywood, FL Del PlimptonMain role, 10 episodes
2016 American Horror Story: Roanoke MiloEpisode: "Chapter 9"
2019–2023 Miracle Workers Season 1: Sam

Season 2: Michael “Mikey” Shitshoveler

Season 3: Todd Aberdeen

Season 4: Scraps the dog

Main cast
2020 Cake Himself1 episode; segment: "Auditions: The Guy Before"
2022 Super Pumped Garrett Camp Main cast (Season 1), 7 episodes
2022 She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Todd Phelps / HulkKing 4 episodes
2023 Grey's Anatomy William Hudson1 episode; season 19; episode 14

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