Career
Lewis appeared on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1997, playing a love interest of character Valerie (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen), but his most prominent role to date was in Sex and the City, where he was a fairly regular member of the show's cast in its final season as waiter turned emerging young actor Smith Jerrod, the one man whose sincerity got to Samantha. He reprised the role in Sex and the City: The Movie and its sequel.
Lewis has appeared in several films: My Bollywood Bride, a Hollywood/Bollywood romantic comedy where Jason plays the leading man opposite Bollywood actress Kashmira Shah, and Mr. Brooks, a thriller, where he plays opposite Demi Moore and Kevin Costner. He is also known in Europe for playing the hunk on the Aero Advert for Aero Bubbles.
After appearing on the WB's supernatural drama Charmed, where he played the recurring role of Dex Lawson, a love interest (and brief husband) of Phoebe Halliwell (Alyssa Milano), it was announced on December 5, 2006, that he would be guest starring on upcoming episodes of Brothers & Sisters as a possible love interest to the Matthew Rhys character Kevin Walker. He signed on to do seven episodes to play Chad Barry, a closeted gay soap opera actor who finds it difficult trying to develop a relationship with Kevin while keeping his sexuality secret from the Hollywood press. He reprised the role in an episode in April 2009. He also played a soap opera actor in the episode "Living the Dream" of House, M.D. Lewis appears and is highlighted on the cover in the limited-edition coffee table book ("About Face") shot by celebrity photographer John Russo and published by Pixie Press Worldwide.
Lewis is a supporter of the LGBT community. On May 10, 2008, Lewis attended the GLAAD 19th Annual Media Awards, a ceremony that celebrates gay-friendly actors and actresses as well as media outlets.
Lewis reprised his role as Smith Jerrod in Sex and the City 2. He was in an How I Met Your Mother episode "The Wedding Bride" as a star in a fictional movie within the show. He also starred in the 2011 movie Textuality A.K.A. "Sexting".
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