Jason Dohring Biography

Jason William Dohring (born March 30, 1982) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Logan Echolls on the television show Veronica Mars (2004-2007) and the subsequent film continuation as well as his roles as Josef Kostan on Moonlight (2007), Adam Carpenter on Ringer (2011), Detective Will Kinney on The Originals (2013) and Chase Graves on iZombie (2015).

Biography

Personal life

Dohring is the son of Laurie and Doug Dohring, the owner of the marketing research firm, the Dohring Company. He and his wife Lauren Kutner on July 7, 2004, have a son named Owen Riley Dohring. It was announced by Dohring on November 12, 2012 that the couple had recently welcomed another child, a girl named Lilly. Dohring is a Scientologist and has credited Scientology for salvaging his career in the entertainment industry.

Career

Dohring appeared as main character Logan Echolls in Veronica Mars between 2004 and 2007. After its cancellation, Dohring found work with Warner Bros. and CBS, co-starring in the television series Moonlight. He played the vampire Josef Kostan, a mischievous 400-year-old hedge-fund trader.

In October 2008, it was announced that Jason would return to TV as Spencer, a senior legislative assistant, on the HBO comedy series Washingtonienne.

On February 10, 2010 in an interview he stated that he would be voicing a character in a Disney video game that was released in Japan last January; the game was revealed to be Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep by Square-Enix/Disney, and the character was Terra. He reprised the role in a cameo appearance in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.

In May 2010, Dohring began work on the Andrew Disney feature film Searching for Sonny, produced by Red Productions. Jason will be playing the role of Elliot Knight.

In 2011, Dohring appeared on The CW's series Ringer co-starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.

In 2012, Dohring made a guest appearance on the TV show Supernatural as the time god Chronos.

In April 2013, it was announced that Dohring had been cast in the Veronica Mars movie. He was also cast in The CW's science fiction drama The Tomorrow People in a potentially recurring role.

In 2015-2016, Dohring had a recurring role in The CW series The Originals as Detective Will Kinney.

In October 2016, Dohring was cast in a recurring role as Chase Graves on The CW's iZombie.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Prehysteria! 2	Roughneck #2	Video
1998	Deep Impact	Jason
2001	Train Quest	Joseph
2003	Black Cadillac	Robby
2007	'	Will Taylor
2008	Struck		Short film
2011	Searching for Sonny	Elliot Knight
2014	Veronica Mars	Logan Echolls
2015	The Squeeze	Aaron Bolt
2015	Portrait of Love	Luke Dwyer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Someone She Knows	Billy	TV movie
1995	Baywatch	Isaac Klein	Episode: "Face of Fear"
1995	Journey	Cooper McDougall	TV movie
1996	Picket Fences		Episode: "Winner Takes All"
1996	Mr. Rhodes	Jared	Episode: "Pilot"
1999	100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd	Human Eddie McDowd	Episode: "Tagged"
2000	Once and Again	Coop	Episode: "Sneaky Feelings"
2000	Ready to Run	B. Moody	TV movie
2001	Roswell	Jerry	Episode: "Cry Your Name"
2001	'	Nerdy Guy	Episode: "Take the Cookies and Run"
2002	JAG	James Oliphant	Episode: "Code of Conduct"
2002	Boston Public	Ian Bridgeman	Episode: "Chapter Forty-Six"
2003	Boston Public	Ian Bridgeman	Episode: "Chapter Fifty-Eight"
2004	Judging Amy	Simon Hadlock	Episode: "Werewolves of Hartford"
2004	Cold Case	Dominic LaSalle	Episode: "The Plan"
2004	'	Wes	Episode: "Zero Tolerance: Part 1" Episode: "Zero Tolerance: Part 2"
2004	Wedding Daze	Font (uncredited)	TV movie
2004–2007	Veronica Mars	Logan Echolls	Main role (60 episodes)
2007–2008	Moonlight	Josef Kostan	Main role (16 episodes)
2009	Body Politic	Charlie	TV pilot
2009	Party Down	Greg	Episode: "California College Conservative Union Caucus"
2009	Washingtonienne	Spencer	Episode: "Pilot"
2010	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Danny Nagano	Episode: "Long Ball"
2010	Lie to Me	Martin Walker	Episode: "Beat the Devil"
2011–2012	Ringer	Mr. Carpenter	Recurring role (9 episodes)
2012	Supernatural	Cronos / Ethan Snider	Episode: "Time After Time"
2013	Rules of Engagement	Joe	Episode: "Cats & Dogs"
2013	'	Killian McCrane	Episode "Kill or Be Killed"
2014	Motive	Gordon White	Episode "Bad Blonde"
2015	Heart of the Matter	Luke Dwyer	TV movie
2015	The Messengers	Jeff Fairburn	Recurring role (3 episodes)
2015-2017	The Originals	Will Kinney	Season 3 and 4; recurring role
2017-2018	iZombie	Chase Graves	Season 3-4; recurring role

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep	Terra (voice)
2012	Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance	Terra (voice)
2014	Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMIX	Terra (voice)	Archive footage
2017	Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage	Terra (voice)