• Jason Maybaum is a child actor born in 2007 in Los Angeles, California.
• He first started acting at the age of 7 and has since appeared in various TV series, movies and music videos.
• He won the Young Entertainer Awards in 2018 for his role in the sitcom “Raven’s Home”.
• Jason participated in the show “Dancing with the Stars: Juniors” and has a net worth of $300,000.
• His hobbies include watching “Avengers”, playing basketball, swimming and spending time with his family.
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Jason Maybaum is the child actor who could be seen in the recently released movies “Desperate Waters” and “Resident Alien”. Despite his young age, he’s proved his acting talent and landed several roles in various TV series.
Early life and family
Jason Maybaum was born on 31 August 2007, in Los Angeles, California USA – his zodiac sign is Virgo, and he holds American nationality. His family have supported him in his desire to become an actor, and his mother Laurie acts as his manager. Jason once posted a photo of her on her birthday and apologized that they had to spend the whole day on the set instead of celebrating her birthday at home with the family, though the whole family understood what it was like to be an actor.
Educational background
Jason is now attending his local secondary school in Los Angeles, trying not to miss too many classes he sometimes had to neglect, due to his tight filming schedule. His mother helps him a lot not to have gaps in his schooling program, and does his homework with him.
Career
First steps
Jason started his acting career when he was only seven years old. His mother took him to the casting, and he landed the role of Eli in two episodes of “Blunt Talk” in 2015: “The Queen of Hearts” and “Meth or No Meth, You Still Gotta Floss” aired on 19 September and 3 October respectively. Jason landed the role of Oliver in the TV movie “The Perfect Stanleys”, also released in 2015, with Jason sharing the screen with Matt Letscher, Liza Lapira and Jenna Elfman.
In February 2016 he was cast as Bratty Son in the TV sitcom “Workaholics”, appearing in the episode entitled “Night at the Dudeseum”. On 6 April 2017 Jason appeared as Leo in NBC’s sitcom “Superstone” in the episode entitled “Glenn’s Kids”, then played Levi Grayson in the series “Raven’s Home”, in which Anneliese van der Pol portrayed his on-screen mother, Chelsea Grayson – the series gained Jason a big wave of popularity, as it also featured such talented actors as Sky Katz, Raven-Symoné and Issac Ryan Brown. Jason won his first award for his performance in the sitcom, as the Best Leading Young Actor in Television Series at the 2018 Young Entertainer Awards event.
“Raven’s Home” has also become one of the most popular series on the Disney Channel, with four seasons as of early 2020, with Jason still in the regular cast. The series also has a spin-off – “That’s So Raven” – in which Jason also appears in several episodes.
Further acting career
In 2017 Jason landed the role of Jed Hart in the dark comedy series “Bitch”, directed and written by Marianna Palka, who also appeared on the screen in the role of Jill Hart, along with Jason Ritter, who played Bill Hart, and Jaime King, who landed the role of Beth.
Jason later portrayed Dale in the series “Teachers”, appearing in the episode “Nightmare on Fillmore Street”, aired on 28 November 2017. He also landed the role of a young version of George Lazenby in “Becoming Bond” the same year. Jason could also be seen in such music videos as “Ain’t It Funny” by David Brown and “Disney Channel Stars: DuckTales Theme Song”. In 2018 Jason landed the role of Fletcher Blake in “Freaky Friday” fantasy musical, aired on Disney Channel, featuring other young talents Heidi Blickentaff and Cozi Zuehlsdorff. In 2019 Jason appeared as a young son in the successful thriller “Desperate Waters”, sharing the screen with Charlene Amoia and Matthew Lawrence.
In 2020 Jason is playing Max in the series “Resident Alien”, a sci-fi drama about Harry, the crash-landed alien.
Participating in “Dancing With The Stars: Juniors”
Jason participated in the dance show “Dancing with the Stars: Juniors”, Season 1, in October 2018, paired with young professional dancer Elliana Walmsley, who is famous for her appearance in the super popular dance show “Dance Moms” and was trained by the legendary Abby Lee Miller. Emma Slater, the choreographer and professional dancer, acted as their mentor. Their first dance was a cha-cha-cha, performed to the song “Bills” by LunchMoney Lewis. For the second show Jason and Elliana jived to the Metro Station music band’s song “Shake It”.
The third week was harder, though Jason and Elliana made it to complete the competition stage safe, performing a foxtrot to Jordan Fisher and Olivia Hot’s “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”, which was included in the soundtrack of “Toy Story”, the animation movie; Jason and Elliana wore costumes of the main characters of the cartoon. Week 4 went easier for Jason, as he performed the Argentine tango brilliantly, portraying a vampire to the song “Youngblood” by 5 Seconds of Summer. The fifth week of the show was the last one for Jason and Elliana, as their jazz dance couldn’t keep them from being eliminated. It is worth saying that the show also had Mackenzie Ziegler in the cast of professional dancers; Mackenzie is the younger sister of Madison “Maddie” Ziegler, the star of Sia’s series of music videos, including “Chandelier”, “Elastic Heart” and “Cheap Thrills”.
Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts
- Jason enjoys watching the movie series “Avengers”.
- He has a dream of become a director in future.
- Batman is his favorite superhero.
- Jason likes playing basketball, swimming, sunbathing at the beach and spending time with his family members.
- Jason has a strong fear of the dark.
- His favorite pets are cats.
- His favorite TV show on Disney Channel he likes to watch is “Jessie”.
- One of his biggest inspirations is Elijah Wood, as he also started as a child actor and gained major success.
Appearance, clothing style
Jason has short dark brown hair and brown eyes. He is 4ft 2ins (1.35m) tall and weighs around 66lbs (30kgs). Even though he is very young, he has his own style in what he wears; he prefers suits from the TO Collection.
Net worth and salary
Jason’s current net worth, as of early 2020, is estimated to be around $300,000. His fame is spreading around the world, and he already earns from $10,000 to $12,000 per episode in the shows he appears in. However, he will have a chance to use the money he has earned only when he turns 18; until then all the funds he earns are kept under trust by his mother.
