Jayson Blair: Where Else You Recognize The Life Sentence Actor

CW viewers will recognize Jayson Blair from his role in comedy-drama Life Sentence, but here’s which other TV shows and movies he’s been in. Blair kickstarted his acting career with a bit part as a killer in an episode of CSI: NY which he followed up with roles in the films Succubus: Hell-Bent and Big Game. In 2008 he landed a regular role as Ty in the short-lived comedy web series Hot Hot Los Angeles, a parody of SoCal-set TV dramas about the rich and beautiful upper classes.

After Hot Hot Los Angeles came to an end, Jayson Blair found steady work with bit roles on TV shows including Glee as a member of rival show choir Vocal Adrenaline in “The Rhodes Not Taken” and Rizzoli & Isles in the episode “She Works Hard For The Money” as a college student questioned in a murder investigation. Around this time Blair also played a young Nathan Petrelli in a season 4 episode of superhero sci-fi series Heroes titled “Acceptance.”

Jayson Blair’s big break came playing jock bully Max Owens in MTV’s coming-of-age sitcom The Hard Times Of RJ Berger which ran for two seasons and 24 episodes. After the show was canceled Blair had one-off TV roles in police procedural dramas The Protector and The Closer and in comedies 2 Broke Girls and Drop Dead Diva. Blair also had a starring role playing another jock in the 2012 film Detention Of The Dead, a zombie comedy-horror with a George A. Romero meets The Breakfast Club premise.

In 2012 Jayson Blair joined the cast of NBC sitcom The New Normal about a young single mother played by Georgia King who decides to be a surrogate for a gay couple played by Justin Bartha and Andrew Rannells. He played Clay Clemmons, the estranged husband of Georgia King’s character Goldie. The New Normal was canceled after just one season, but that didn’t slow down Blair’s career. Soon after, he landed a small role in Damien Chazelle’s Oscar-winning film Whiplash playing the cousin of Miles Teller’s character Andrew. He followed up with a recurring role as Jake Kaminski, the brother of tech entrepreneur Josh Kaminski (Jonathan Sadowski) in the now-canceled Freeform sitcom Young & Hungry.

Alongside playing Aiden Abbott in The CW’s short-lived dramedy Life Sentence, Jayson Blair’s other recent credits include the films Unforgettable and Haunting On Fraternity Row and a guest role on the Anna Faris/Allison Janney fronted sitcom Mom. He also had a part in the indie comedy Married Young which was recently released on Amazon.