Jason Dohring | |
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Dohring at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2013
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Born |
Jason William Dohring March 30, 1982 Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1994–present |
Spouse(s) | Lauren Kutner (m. 2004) |
Children | 2 |
Jason William Dohring (born March 30, 1982) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Logan Echolls on the 2004–2007 television show Veronica Mars and the subsequent film continuation, and for his roles as Josef Kostan on the 2007 series Moonlight, and Adam Carpenter on the 2011 series Ringer.
Dohring is the son of Laurie and Doug Dohring, the owner of the marketing research firm, the Dohring Company. He married his wife Lauren Kutner on July 7, 2004 and on August 11, 2010 the couple had a son named Owen Riley Dohring. It was announced by Dohring on November 12, 2012 that the couple had recently welcomed another child, a girl named Lilly. Dohring is a Scientologist and has credited Scientology for salvaging his career in the entertainment industry.
Dohring appeared as main character Logan Echolls in Veronica Mars between 2004 and 2007. After its cancellation, Dohring found work with Warner Bros. and CBS, co-starring in the television series Moonlight. He played the vampire Josef Kostan, a mischievous 400-year-old hedge-fund trader.
In October 2008, it was announced that Jason would return to TV as Spencer, a senior legislative assistant, on the HBO comedy series Washingtonienne.
On February 10, 2010 in an interview he stated that he would be voicing a character in a Disney video game that was released in Japan last January; the game was revealed to be Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep by Square-Enix/Disney, and the character was Terra. He reprised the role in a cameo appearance in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.