Jason Dolley

Jason Scott Dolley[1]  (born July 5, 1991)[2]  is an American actor and musician, best known for his roles in various Disney Channel projects. These include Newton "Newt" Livingston III on Cory in the House, Virgil Fox in Minutemen, Connor Kennedy in Read It and Weep and Pete Ivey in Hatching Pete. He starred as PJ Duncan in Disney's Good Luck Charlie.

Jason Dolley was born in Los Angeles, California.[3]  Dolley gained his first stage experience at 11 when he and one of his brothers performed the Abbott and Costello "Who's on First" routine in a school talent show.[4] His first real acting jobs came that same year.[4]  He won the lead role in the award winning short film entitled Chasing Daylight. He was then cast by director Mel Gibson to be 13-year-old T.J. Savage on the ABC TV series Complete Savages. After Complete Savages was cancelled, he starred in the film Saving Shiloh as Marty Preston, in the Disney Channel Original Movie Read it and Weep as Connor Kennedy and in the film The Air I Breathe as the younger form of the character named 'Pleasure' (the adult version of whom was played by Brendan Fraser).

In 2006, Dolley appeared in Duracell's commercial "Trusted Everywhere" Campaign "Amazon".[5]  Dolley was part of the Yellow team in the second edition of the Disney Channel Games, broadcast in mid-2007. From 2007 to 2008, Dolley starred in the Disney Channel show, Cory in the House. In 2008, he appeared in the film Minutemen as Virgil Fox and was in the third edition of the Disney Channel Games on the Green Team. In 2009, Jason starred in the Disney film Hatching Pete as Pete Ivey. In 2010, Dolley began appearing in his second Disney Channel Original Series, Good Luck Charlie as P.J. Duncan.[6]

When asked about his role in the new Disney Channel Original Series family sitcom, Good Luck Charlie, he replied, "I like the realness of it. I like the more authentic tone. I like the family sitcom. That's something different for Disney, which also appealed to me."[7]  He also said in a different interview, "When I read the script, I was like, 'Oh, this is kind of cool. This is a little different. It has a Full House kind of feel. It's very family-friendly. Families can sit down and watch this and get a real laugh. I think that's what's been cool about it from the start and what's still cool about it today."[8]

Dolley and the cast appeared in a feature-length Christmas Disney Channel Original Movie based on the series entitled ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Luck_Charlie,_It%27s_Christmas! Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!]'', which began production in March 2011 for a December 2011 premiere. He also appeared on Disney Channel's Tinker Bell and the Pixie Hollow Games, an animated movie which also stars Brenda Song, Tiffany Thornton and Zendaya.

Personal Life
His favorite things to do include guitar, piano, video games and paintball, he also enjoys playing football with his friends. [4]  He likes to spend time with his pet chocolate Labrador retriever and his family as well as staying active in his church youth group.[10]  Dolley currently lives with his parents in Simi Valley, California.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1em;font-weight:normal;">[11]  When not filming, he takes college courses in philosophy.