Jason Behr

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Biography

More "Dawson's Creek" than "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", "Roswell" featured otherworldly characters who weren't out to conquer earth but merely were trying to avoid capture by the US government by living in all outward appearances like average teenagers. Since their spacecraft crash in 1947, the three managed this without too much difficulty, until Behr's Max Evans uses his extraterrestrial powers to heal his dream girl after she is struck …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

December 30, 1973

Career Milestones

2007

Co-starred in the Korean CGI dragon fantasy "Dragon Wars" directed by Shim Hyung-rae

2007

Co-starred in the werewolf tale, "Skinwalkers"

2004

Starred opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar in the thriller "The Grudge"

2001

Had featured role as a carpenter who really wants to be a fisherman in "The Shipping News", directed by Lasse Hallstrom

1999

Starred as an alien posing as an average high school student in the sci-fi drama "Roswell" (The WB, 1999-2001; UPN, 2001-2002 )

1999

Played a young gay man in the feature "Rites of Passage", co-starring Dean Stockwell

1998

Made feature film acting debut in "Pleasantville"

1998

Had a recurring role as Chris, an overconfident big man on campus, in The WB's popular teen drama "Dawson's Creek"

1998

Starred as a fiercely competitive middle distance runner attending an elite university athletics program in ABC's failed drama "Push"

1997

Was featured in an episode of ABC's short-lived remake of the detective series "Cracker"

1997

Guest starred on episodes of "JAG" (CBS) and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "7th Heaven" (both The WB)

1996

Featured in the Fox sci-fi TV-movie "Alien Nation: Millennium" as a sleazy human trying to seduce Emily, a young Tenctonese teen

1995

Appeared in an episode of "Sherman Oaks" Showtime's satirical verite-style documentary of American family life

1994

Had a recurring guest role on the ABC sitcom "Step By Step"