• Graduated from Henry Hudson Regional, in Highlands, New Jersey in 1992.
• Worked the cash register at Kevin Smith's comic book store.
• Pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and a hypodermic needle. Sentenced to probation. [February 2001]
• Arrested for heroin possesion in Keansburg, New Jersey. [March 1999]
• Was set to play Jimmy Olsen in Kevin Smith's abandoned "Superman Lives" project.
• Has same birthday as young British director Luke Morrison.
• Is of Polish descent

A native of New Jersey himself, Jason Mewes created the beloved character in Kevin Smith's award-winning Clerks and went on to reprise the role in Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Dogma. Mewes has also made appearances as Jay in Scream 3, Clerks: The Animated Series and most recently in Jesse Ray Boehm's Lucy You Love It. Moving beyond Jay, Mewes most recently completed roles in the horror thriller Sticks and Stones and the comedy High Times Potluck.