# Jason Antoon

Jason Allan Antoon (born November 9, 1971) is an American actor.

## Personal life

Antoon was born in Santa Monica, California. He is of Lebanese descent. Antoon has been married to actress Seana Kofoed since 2010; they have two children.

## Career
### Stage

Antoon is best known for his role in the 2000 Tony Award-winning musical Contact. For his performance, he received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical.

### Film and television

Among his television work, Antoon starred on the short-lived TV series Kings, in addition to numerous guest roles on various programs such as Modern Family in the episode Game Changer. On the big screen, he had a featured role in Minority Report, cast when Steven Spielberg discovered him in Contact. In 2008, he had a cameo in Taking Woodstock and he was seen in two 2010 George Gallo films, Columbus Circle and Middle Men. Antoon voiced the role of Garrison "Knobs" Butler in the web series Electric City, and portrayed 35-year-old struggling actor Alowisus Hewson who is a vampire in the web series Vamped Out. He has a supporting role on the TNT drama Claws, playing Dr. Ken Brickman. From 2021 to 2024 he appeared as regular character Ernie Malik on NCIS: Hawai'i.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2000 | Company Man | Croupier (uncredited) |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | AFRAT Specialist Stubbs |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Rufus T. Riley |
| 2002 | Two Weeks Notice | Norman |
| 2004 | Little Black Book | Larry |
| 2005 | The Producers | Jason Green |
| 2007 | Music and Lyrics | Greg Antonski |
| 2007 | Perfect Stranger | Bill Patel |
| 2007 | The Ten | Salazar 'Fred' McBairn |
| 2009 | Middle Men | Denny Z |
| 2012 | Celeste and Jesse Forever | Young Man |
| 2014 | The Rewrite | Greg Nathan |
| 2016 | The Late Bloomer | Kenny |
| 2019 | Noelle | Omar |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | New York Undercover | Victor Stromfeld | Episode "Going Platinum" |
| 1996, 1999 | Spin City | Abdul / Cab Driver | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing | Nosair's Phone Pal | TV movie |
| 1997 | The Sports Illustrated for Kids Show | That Guy | TV special |
| 1997, 2006 | Law & Order | Attorney Hogenbaum | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | 100 Centre Street | | Episode "Domestic Abuses" |
| 2001 | Count Me In | Luther | TV movie |
| 2001 | Ed | Deejay | Episode "Prom Night" |
| 2001 | Sex and the City | Framer | Episode "The Real Me" |
| 2002 | Live from Baghdad | Mr. Mazin | TV movie |
| 2002 | Hack | Henry Nibs | Episode "My Alibi" |
| 2003 | George Lopez | Hosni | Episode "Profiles in Courage" |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Radio Producer | Episode "Obscene" |
| 2005 | Jake in Progress | Seedy Guy | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Mr. Smythe | Episode "No Exit" |
| 2006 | The Lost Room | The Sood | Episode: "The Eye and the Prime Object" |
| 2008 | Lipstick Jungle | David Hernandez | Chapter Five: "Dressed to Kill" |
| 2008 | Cashmere Mafia | Todd Braun / Todd McDonnell | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | The Electric Company | Calvero | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Kings | Boyden | 11 episodes |
| 2009 | Numb3rs | Kai Kragen | Episode: "7 Men Out" |
| 2010 | Modern Family | Apple Customer | Episode: "Game Changer" |
| 2010 | Mad | Lex Luthor / The Spatula Announcer / MAD's Guide to Phobias Announcer (voice) | Episode: "WALL·E·NATOR / Extreme Renovation: House Edition" |
| 2010, 2011 | No Ordinary Family | Mr. Litchfield | 9 episodes |
| 2011 | The Big C | Funeral Director | Episode: "A Little Death" |
| 2012 | Electric City | Garrison "Knobs" Butler (voice) | 20 episodes |
| 2012 | New Girl | Clipboard Guy | Episode: "Models" |
| 2013 | Grey's Anatomy | Mr. Samuels | Episode: "I Bet It Stung" |
| 2013 | Castle | Steve Warner | Episode: "A Murder Is Forever" |
| 2014 | Newsreaders | Corey Firfe | Episode: "The Journey of an iPhone; Restaurant Plague" |
| 2015 | Weird Loners | CooKoo Schmoolie | Episode: "Weirded Out" |
| 2015 | Con Man | Crazy Bruno | Episode: "Too Much Closure for Comfort" |
| 2015 | iZombie | Smoak | Episode: "Abra Cadaver" |
| 2016 | Childrens Hospital | Imam Islam | Episode: "Show Me a Hero" |
| 2016 | Shameless | Dr. Ruben | Episode: "Hiraeth" |
| 2017–22 | Claws | Dr. Ken Brickman | Main role |
| 2017 | Fresh Off the Boat | Howie | Episode: "Living While Eddie" |
| 2017 | Famous in Love | Wyatt | 6 episodes |
| 2021–24 | NCIS: Hawai'i | Ernie Malik | Main role |
| 2022 | NCIS | Ernie Malik | Crossover: "A Family Matter" |