Jason Dottley
| Jason Dottley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 30, 1982 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Spouse(s) | Del Shores, October 26, 2003 - 2013 (divorced) |
Jason Dottley (born December 30, 1982 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American television and stage actor, recording artist, director and producer. Dottley was married to American film director, producer, television writer and playwright, Del Shores October 26, 2003. The couple divorced in 2013. Their divorce caused shockwaves through the gay community. After his divorce from Del Shores, Dottley dated famed Israeli journalist and anchor for Logo TV CBS News, Itay Hod about whom he wrote his record "It's Our Night". For the most part of 2012 through 2014, he focused on taking care of his ailing grandmother at her home in Florida until she died July 6, 2014.
In 2003, he made his professional acting debut in a production of Terrance McNally's “Lisbon Traviata” at the Actor’s Lab in Hollywood, CA. His performance was reviewed "Letter-perfect" by the LA Times. The world was introduced to Dottley in 2008, in his most notable-to-date starring role as Ty Williamson in "Sordid Lives: The Series", from IMG Global and Viacom via cable's LOGO Logo TV in the United States and is now available to view on HULU. Sordid Lives aired internationally in 17 countries around the world starring icons Rue McClanahan, Caroline Rhea, Olivia Newton-John, Leslie Jordan and Delta Burke. Dottley also appeared in a national tour of the stage production of Sordid Lives.
In 2015, Dottley began his 40+ city tour with his first full length one-man show "Life on the gAy-List". Jason doesn't hold back about life when you are gay, divorced and over 30. Dubbed the "poster boy for marriage" turned the "public face for gay divorce", Dottley details celebrity adventures, heartbreak, and every funny and regrettable decision in between. He co-wrote and co-produced the one man show with playwright and producer, Eric Rittenhouse. His success and recent activity landed him recognition as a comedy "Pick of the Week" in the Boston Globe on July 1, 2015.
Dottley is also an award-winning theatre producer. In 2010, Dottley produced "Yellow" at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood which won him the most prestigious Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle "Best World Premiere Play" Award. He has produced and starred in major national tours with icons Rue McClanahan, Delta Burke, Caroline Rhea and Georgette Jones. Dottley has produced Oscar winner, Octavia Spencer in the Del Shores play, "The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife". He has also had the honor of producing and starring in the Delta Burke and Leslie Jordan show, headlined Southern Baptist Sissies/Sordid Lives National Tour. The tour placed at #105 on Billboard's Concert Boxscore Chart grossing over $150,000 in 2 days. Dottley is a member of both professional performing artist’s organizations SAG-AFTRA and Actor’s Equity.
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