Jason Stuart releases comedy album ‘I’m the Daddy and I Have Candy’
One name comes to mind when you think of one of the most prolific character actors, who’s also an outrageous, openly gay stand-up comic is Jason Stuart.
For the last few years, Jason has been asking this question: “When you break the ground do you get to walk on it?” Jason Stuart has reached the peak of success after years of steady work in stage, film and television, with over 250 credits on his IMDB page.
“For the past few years, people have begun to approach me and say, ‘you’re that guy,” Stuart explains.
His new comedy album I’m the Daddy and I Have Candy dropped last month on all the online platforms. Critics have said he is this generations Don Rickles or Joan Rivers. Serious Comedy says, “He’s lighting quick and so funny!”
This is his second comedy album, and Stuart says after the success of Gay Comedy Without A Dress he wanted to deliver an album at the same level as his groundbreaking first one.
Jason is, along with Mitch Hara, the co-star, co-writer and co-producer of the hit Amazon comedy series Smothered. The outrageous series tells the story of a long-time hateful Jewish gay couple who are unable to stand each other anymore. Yet, they can’t afford to divorce.
Both actors are nominated for Best Digital Performance & Series at the Queerty Awards. Recently, he finished filming opposite J.K. Simmons in episode 6 of Goliath, starring Billy Bob Thornton, on Amazon.
He is currently featured opposite Samm Levine in the thriller Immortal, starring Dylan Baker, Tony Todd and Robin Barlett. In Immortal, also available on demand, he plays “Joe,” a private investigator who deals with spy equipment.
Perhaps most excitingly, he plays a Polish immigrant in the dark comedy Tribes, starring and produced by Jake Hunter, which had its premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The film, from filmmaker Nino Aldi, and also starring Adam Waheed and DeStorm Power, is now heading to Cannes Film Festival, and is being considered for an Oscar nomination.
His autobiography, Shut Up, I’m Talking! from CCB Publishing, has been receiving outstanding reviews on Amazon. It is the funny, poignant story of a gay Jewish boy whose life changed after seeing Funny Girl at a second-run movie theatre in Hollywood.
“I thought to myself, I’m in love with Omar Sharif – who am I left to be but Barbra Streisand! And I’m a guy… Oy!” It’s about surviving a crazy family who survived the Holocaust and clearing up the wreckage of one’s past while learning how to become a man.
He also just starred in the short Hank, from director Hongyu “Neo” Li and co-starring Jay Disney, about a gay couple who consider an open relationship. The film continues to earn praise at numerous festivals, including winning the Best LGBTQ Short at this year’s Los Angeles International Film Festival.
In Hongyu “Neo” Li’s sophomore film, which is available on REVRY, Stuart has already received rave reviews, while many other award nominations and wins have been given to the film. After seeing his performances in such Sundance hits as the made-on-iPhone comedy Tangerine, as “Joey the doorman”, and historical drama Birth of a Nation, in his breakthrough performance as Joseph Randall, one of the villainous plantation owners at the wrong end of a rebellion, Li approached Stuart with the role of Hank.
Click here for a preview of I’m the Daddy and I Have Candy.
I’m the Daddy and I Have Candy is available on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music and anywhere podcast can be listened to.
Visit Jason Stuart’s website at jasonstuart.com, and follow him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
