Jason
Gann

Speaker Profile

Jason is an exceptional actor, writer and comedic performer. In 2002 he co-created, co-wrote and starred in the Tropfest-winning short film Wilfred which also earned him the award for Best Male Actor an award he was to win again in 2003 for Buried. Wilfred went on to screen and win awards at festivals around the world including Sundance and Palm Springs. The SBS spin-off series Wilfred became an Australian cult hit, winning numerous awards including an AFI for Best Comedy Series in 2007. A second series followed in 2010, and in 2011 a US version starring Elijah Wood and Jason Gann debuted on FX.

Jason graduated from the University of Southern Queensland with a Bachelor of Creative Arts in 1998 and headed straight for the stage, appearing in productions such as Vertigo and the Virginia (Queensland Theatre Company), It Runs in the Family, A Passionate Woman, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Torch Song Trilogy, Hamlet (Twelfth Night Theatre), He Died with a Felafel in his Hand at La Boite Theatre and several seasons of Keep Everything You Love (for which he won Best Male Actor at the Queensland Del Arte Awards).

He has appeared in feature films Thunderstruck ,The Illustrated Family Doctor, Kenny, Rats and Cats and Gettin' Square (opposite David Wenham). His television credits also include the role of 'Ditch' Kenny in two episodes of Blue Heelers and a cameo role in Kath and Kim for the ABC.

Jason is also well known to Australian audiences as Mark Wary, the apologising sportsman on Network Ten's The Wedge. The character's switch on appeal led Jason to develop a spin-off series about the private world of this affable sports star in Mark Loves Karen.

A prolific writer and creator of programs, Jason has his own production company which developed Jason & The Residents for Foxtel.