 jason patric (born june 17, 1966) is an american film, television and stage actor. he is known for his roles in the films the lost boys, rush, sleepers, your friends & neighbors, narc, the losers and speed 2: cruise control. his father was actor/playwright jason miller. patric's maternal grandfather is jackie gleason. ==early life== patric was born as john anthony miller iii in queens, new york. he is the son of academy award-nominated actor and pulitzer prize-winning playwright jason miller (born john anthony miller, jr.) and linda mae gleason, daughter of actor/comedian jackie gleason. his half-brother is actor joshua john miller. his ancestry is mostly irish, with some german. growing up in upper saddle river, new jersey, he attended the all-boys salesian roman catholic don bosco preparatory high school in ramsey, new jersey, and saint monica catholic high school in santa monica, california.feldberg, robert. "jason patric stars in his father's hit play, 'that championship season'", the record (bergen county), february 13, 2011. accessed february 22, 2011. "the money from that championship season enabled the family, which included patric's brother and sister, to move to upper saddle river and a five-bedroom house on a large piece of land.... patric (his given name is jason patric miller jr.)  attended cavallini middle school, and then don bosco preparatory high school in ramsey." he appeared in high school productions of dracula and grease. ==career== after graduation, he was cast in the television drama toughlove with bruce dern. the following year, patric was cast in solarbabies alongside peter deluise, jami gertz, lukas haas, james legros and adrian pasdar. within a few years, patric would reunite with gertz in the lost boys and after dark, my sweet with dern. he 
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