Jayson Argento
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Jayson started his Show business career in 1994 at the age of 22 making
his theatrical debut in a play called "The Cherry Orchard" at Champlain
College. Jayson was in several plays over the following years but then
turned to Music. In 1997 he started a Band called "C'est La Vie", and
toured the Burlington bar scene as lead singer. In 1998 he started a
New Band called "Uncommon Tongue" and self produced and wrote the
band's Album called "Following a Dream," touring in and around
Burlington. 1998 also was the beginning of Jayson's Film Career, being
a featured extra in Edgewood Studios "Moving Target." In 1999 Jayson
would flip flop back and forth between film, Music, and Theater. In May
1999 his Band "Uncommon Tongue" broke up because the bass player and
drummer moved away. In August of that year Jayson played the score for
the play "Charlie Chaplin is Wearing my Pants" at The Edinburgh
Festival Fringe in Scotland. He returned to Edinburgh in August 2000
this time as a cast member in the play "Crooked." Stoneworks
Entertainment was born in October 2000, Jayson starred in their First
Production which was a play written by Cullen Johnson, entitled "The
Thrall of Cthulhu". This would be his last play. Jayson's love for film
grew to new heights when he became SAG eligible from a speaking role in
Alen Jacobs "American Gun" in 2001 where he worked alongside Virginia
Madsen and James Coburn. In June 2001 Jayson started taking film acting
classes with Jock Macdonald at Cameron Thor Studios East. Working with
Jock and Cameron for the next two years inspired Jayson to stop waiting
for film roles and start creating them, Therefore, in 2003 he and his
friends reactivated "Stoneworks Entertainment" with its first film
called "Cthulhu Chronicles: Episode One, The Ropes", written, directed,
and starring Jayson himself. 2004 has been all about learning the
editing process and makeing more movies such as Xill: (Star Wars fan
film) and Project Hex.