Jason Behr

Jason Behr is one of those actors who absolutely owned his moment in late-90s teen TV — and that moment was Roswell. Playing Max Evans, the brooding alien-hybrid with soulful eyes and a leather jacket, he made an entire generation swoon and genuinely sold the show's absurd premise with real emotional weight. Two Saturn Award nominations for that role is no joke; those go to people who actually bring something to genre work. Born in Minneapolis, he carried that Midwestern quiet-intensity into films like The Shipping News and the American remake of The Grudge, proving he wasn't just a TV pretty face. He's never been the loudest name in the room, but that restraint is kind of the whole point — there's something compelling about an actor who holds back and still makes you lean in.

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Name (English)

Jason Behr

Name (Japanese)

ジェイソン・ベア

Reading

じぇいそん・べあ

Born

December 30, 1973 (age 52)

Origin

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Ox

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thejasonbehr/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Behr
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q375397

Tags

• Minnesota
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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