Jason Matthew Biggs (born May 12, 1978) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Jim Levenstein in the American Pie trio of teen sex comedies.
Biggs was born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, the son of Angela, a nurse, and Gary Biggs, a shipping company manager. He grew up in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey and attended Hasbrouck Heights High School there. Biggs had success in athletics while in high school, both in tennis and in wrestl...
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Jason Matthew Biggs (born May 12, 1978) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Jim Levenstein in the American Pie trio of teen sex comedies.
Biggs was born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, the son of Angela, a nurse, and Gary Biggs, a shipping company manager. He grew up in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey and attended Hasbrouck Heights High School there. Biggs had success in athletics while in high school, both in tennis and in wrestling. He won a state title his senior year and advanced to the final rounds in a national tournament.
Biggs has discussed in interviews how he is often cast as an explicitly or implicitly Jewish character, as he was in American Pie (other examples include Darren Silverman or Jerry Falk), despite the fact that Biggs himself is Italian American and Catholic.
In January 2008, he became engaged to his My Best Friend's Girl co-star, actress Jenny Mollen; they married on April 23, 2008. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
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