ACTING

Jason Croot's Acting career started back in 2000. He completed an N.C.F.E. in performing arts in his native home County, Yorkshire. Jason moved to London in 2002 to pursue his acting career, training at the Poor School. He also completed a Drama Diploma at Birkbeck, University of London. His early stage performances included Demetrius in Midsummer's Night's Dream, Edmund Tyrone in Long Days Journey into Night, Biff in Death of a Salesman & Jerry in Pinter's Betrayal. 2003 saw his Film career take off. Since then, he has acted in over 35 Short Films, one of which was made at The New York Film Academy, The Neighbour (2004), directed by Stathis Athanasiou, an avant-garde filmmaker. The film won awards in Paris, Barcelona and Athens. Croot's role as a Paranoid Schizophrenic was also shown in Berlin, where it took 3rd place at the Berlinale. He has also acted in 22 feature films. He finished shooting on Freight (2010), where he took on the role of Iosef a Romanian Criminal playing alongside Andrew Tiernan. In the same year, Jason played Gilles De Rais in The Death of Love Cradle of Filth Music Video; Jason also appears alongside Tamzin Outhwaite as Bulgarian Hitman Popov in the ITV production The Fixer (2008) directed by the highly acclaimed Sam Miller. Jason was screen-tested for Barry Levinson (2008). 2011 saw Croot appear as The Good Shepherd in the digital media production Nativity, directed by Bafta-winning Martha Fiennes.