Jason Bernard
Jason Bernard
African-American character actor Jason Bernard is one of those performers who seems to have never been out of work. Bernard's cinematic stock-in-trade has been stern authority figures: the parole officer in Car Wash (1976), the Mayor in Blue Thunder (1983), Judge Bochco in The Star Chamber (1983), Major Donovan in No Way Out (1987), and so forth. Bernard has appeared numerous times on television as a guest star and as a recurring character. Some of his most famous TV roles include Preston Wade in the daytime drama Days of Our Lives, mechanical whiz Fletch in the 1983 prime-timer High Performance, and the chronically humorless publishing executive Mr. Paul Bracken in the 1991 Fox sitcom Herman's Head. For his supporting role in the Lifetime network movie Sophie and the Moonhanger (1995), Bernard received a Cable Ace nomination. His last feature-film role was that of a judge in the Jim Carrey comedy Liar, Liar (1997). On October 16, 1996, the 58-year-old Bernard was driving in Hollywood when he suffered a fatal heart attack. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Jason Bernard:
- Liar Liar with Jim Carrey , Maura Tierney , Jennifer Tilly , Swoosie Kurtz , Amanda Donohoe , Cary Elwes
- All of Me with Steve Martin , Lily Tomlin , Victoria Tennant , Dana Elcar , Eric Christmas
- V with William Russ
- Wilma with Cicely Tyson , Denzel Washington
- No Way Out with Kevin Costner , Gene Hackman , Sean Young , Will Patton , Howard Duff , George Dzundza , Iman , Fred Dalton Thompson , David Paymer
- Car Wash with George Carlin , Ivan Dixon , Bill Duke , Garrett Morris , Clarence Muse , Richard Pryor , Pepe Serna , Danny DeVito
- Bird with Forest Whitaker , Diane Venora , Samuel E. Wright , Keith David , Hamilton Camp
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