Acting
Jul 7, 1985
Lima, Perú
Jason Day
Acting
Biography
Jason Day (Lima, July 8, 1985) is a Peruvian actor. He trained as an actor under teachers such as Ron Burrus, from the "Ron Burrus Studio" in Los Angeles and Deborah Aquila, from the "Aquila Morong Studio" in Los Angeles, California. He also studied film direction at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. In 2005 he stood out in his first film appearance in "Mañana te cuento", directed by Eduardo Mendoza. A year later he starred in the series "Esta sociedad". In 2008, he appeared in the films "Dioses" under the direction of Josué Méndez, and "La gran sangre: La Película" by director Jorge Carmona del Solar. He then starred in the film "Máncora", alongside Elsa Pataky and Enrique Murciano; a Spanish-American production filmed in Peru and directed by Ricardo de Montreuil. It premiered at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals. In 2012, he premiered the independent film "30 Beats" in New York, where he shared roles alongside Lee Pace, Justin Kirk and Jennifer Tilly. This film directed by British-French Alexis Lloyd, is his first co-lead role in an American film. He then participated in the Fox series recorded in Bogotá and Miami "El Capo 2", for Mundo Fox and RCN Televisión. He starred in the film "Atacada", by Aldo Miyashiro, the television series "Venganza", a Latin American remake of the successful ABC Revenge, participated in the futuristic FOX Latin America series "2091", and is the protagonist of "Jugar con fuego", a production by Telemundo and O'Globo that is also broadcast on Netflix. In 2022, he participated in the series "El Inmortal", a production by Movistar+, DLO Producciones and Telemundo Global Studios for Movistar+ and Peacock. He directed the short film "La Revelación", which won him a Cannes Film Festival award. He is also a renowned human rights activist in Peru and has been a weekly columnist for the newspaper La República.
Feature Films (8)
María Fe, still single but not so sought after, faces the existential crisis and the blank page as any mature and sensible woman would: by getting involved with the wrong guy.
How to Deal with a Heartbreak
On Halloween night in Lima, four rich kids spend a night on the town, goofing, getting into trouble, and deciding to help Manuel lose his virginity. From Juan Diego's house they hire three call girls, not much older than they, and they pair up (El Gordo declines - he wants to be true to his girlfriend). The young women are sweet and street smart, the boys are naïve and full of bravado, Romance and violence are possibilities during this night of surprises and self discovery
Mañana te cuento
Following the suicide of his father, haunted by inner demons and his hatred for the world, Santiago decides to escape from Lima and take refuge in Máncora, a beach to the north of Peru where it is always summer.
Máncora
An ex-cop, a martial arts master, a hustler and an ex-soldier join forces to fight crime on the fringes of the law in the city of Lima, Peru. They form a gang known as La Gran Sangre (The Great Blood), due to the pact they make, by getting a wound on their wrist.
La Gran Sangre: La Película
A Peruvian teen lusts after his wild sister while the new wife of their difficult, wealthy father tries to hide her lower-class background.
Gods
Television & Series (8)
Brought together by a midnight phone call, an FBI agent and a cybersecurity expert must unravel an ever-growing web of political conspiracies.
The Night Agent
It's the year 2091. The best seven gamers in the world are recruited by a powerful company to travel to the moon of Calisto and play against each other at an extreme video game. But everything will change when one of them, discovers the sinister truth that hides within the game that may put their own lives in danger.
2091
Consists of the fictionalization of the story of 'Los Miami's', a criminal organization led by 'El inmortal' that controlled the cocaine trade in Madrid in the 1990s.
El Inmortal: Gangs of Madrid
Three prosperous women -- including a mother and her daughter -- fall for a seductive man in Colombia's Coffee Triangle.
Playing with Fire
A star journalist moves to Alaska for a fresh start after a career-killing misstep, and finds redemption personally and professionally joining a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage.
Alaska Daily
A seemingly perfect household unravels when an unexpected visitor arrives, exposing hidden tensions and political aspirations that threaten to tear the family apart.
