Jay Brazeau

Birthday: 22 December 1953, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Jay Brazeau was born on December 22, 1953 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Best in Show (2000), Insomnia (2002) and Double Jeopardy (1999).

When you start off in movies, you play like 'angry fat guy, 'third fat guy', 'fat guy at bus stop', Show more When you start off in movies, you play like 'angry fat guy, 'third fat guy', 'fat guy at bus stop', 'angry fat guy at party', 'overweight man on train'. Then you build yourself up. I started getting these doctor roles on 'The X-Files' and stuff. I was very lucky. Being a character actor is a wonderful thing. Nobody goes through your garbage. It's terrific. Hide

[when Vancouver became home-base for major American TV series] Actors were working all over the plac Show more [when Vancouver became home-base for major American TV series] Actors were working all over the place. And if you were a black actor it was amazing. It was almost reverse prejudice. 'We need three more black guys!'. To be a young black guy, this was the place. You'd see people arriving every day from Seattle. Hide

[on suffering an onstage 'tiny stroke'] They asked me, 'Where are you? And I said 'Baltimore' becaus Show more [on suffering an onstage 'tiny stroke'] They asked me, 'Where are you? And I said 'Baltimore' because that's where the play ['Hairspray'] takes place [And on leaving hospital after only one night] I think my mascara was scaring the nurses. Hide

Jay Brazeau's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (329) as Creator (1)

Going the Distance

Party of Five - Season 1

Psych - Season 3

Blood Ties - Season 1

The Outer Limits - Season 4

Malicious

Bates Motel - Season 3

The Sentinel - Season 1

Unspeakable - Season 1

Murder in a Small Town - Season 1

MacGyver - Season 6

Seven Days - Season 2

Danger Bay - Season 1

The Outer Limits - Season 5

Millennium - Season 1 (1996)

Searched and Seized

Millennium - Season 2 (1996)

Five Star Christmas

Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room

Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade

Super Buddies

The Dragon Prince - Season 3

The West Wing - Season 2

Danger Bay - Season 6

Extreme Dinosaurs - Season 1

Psych - Season 5

Jay Brazeau'S roles

Mr. Zamiel Moloch

Lord Protector

Mr. Swanson

Mr. Vito

Mr. Dombrowski

Roger

Harlan

Dr. Chuck Nelken

Horton

Principal Weathers

J.T. Dashwood

Volstagg