Jason Maza

Maza grew up in Romford. He began acting at seven years of age.[1]

Maza was accepted to the Central School of Speech and Drama, but at that time, he was already working as an actor so decided not to attend.[2]

Maza starred in the 2007 film Special People, which received attention for its portrayal of people with disabilities.[3][4][5]

In 2010, Maza was part of the original cast of Sucker Punch, the award-winning play written by Roy Williams, at the Royal Court Theatre in London.[1] He starred alongside Daniel Kaluuya and Anthony Welsh in the production.[6]

Maza’s other early roles include parts in the police procedural series The Bill, the medical drama Casualty, and the detective series A Touch of Frost.[7]

Although primarily an actor, Maza began work as a film producer in 2011, setting up Think Big Productions.[8] Since then he has produced 14 films. Titles include: 10x10 starring Luke Evans, and Brotherhood for Lionsgate which grossed just shy of £4,000,000 at the UK Box Office. Maza also appeared alongside Evans as a supporting actor in 10x10.[9]

Maza cites Ray Winstone as one of his favorite actors and biggest inspirations, "If you look what he has achieved, he started off as a working class British film actor to a big star in Hollywood. We’re from similar backgrounds as well as the same area so I suppose I can relate to him. If I have half the career he has I’ll be very happy".[2]

In 2011, Maza also co-starred with Tulisa Contostavlos in the slasher film Demons Never Die.[10]

Maza produced and starred in the comedy film The Hooligan Factory in 2013. He starred alongside Nick Nevern, who also directed and co-wrote the film.[11][12] Maza appeared as Johnny Beckett in the period drama Call the Midwife in 2016.[13]

In 2017, Maza teamed up with Noel Clarke, launching Unstoppable Film and Television as co-CEO, after working with him on the Universal Pictures Brit-comedy The Knot. In 2018, Unstoppable joined the All3Media Group, forming Unstoppable Film & Television, with Clarke and Maza stating: "With the full support of All3Media we’re aiming to build on our work so far, finding new talent and creating authentic drama for the widest possible audience."[14] As part of Unstoppable, in 2020, Maza produced and starred in a loose adaptation of Oliver Twist, entitled Twist alongside Michael Caine, Rita Ora, Lena Headey and Rafferty Law.[15][16]

Maza produced the film Songbird, also titled Alright Now, which starred Cobie Smulders and began filming in 2017.[17][18] Other projects Maza appeared in include the television drama Dark Heart[6] and the crime drama film Welcome to the Punch.[19] He also appeared in the BBC comedy series Man Like Mobeen.[20] In 2019, Maza was cast alongside Michael Jai White and Gina Gershon in the sports drama Cagefighter.[21] He also served as an executive producer for the 2020 thriller drama series The Drowning, while also appearing in the series as D.S. Harvey.[22][23]

Maza and his partner Noel Clarke were both suspended by All3Media Group in April 2021 after the misconduct allegations against Clarke.[24][25] Filming of Sky One’s British police-drama Bulletproof, in which Maza was starring, was suspended when the allegations surfaced, and cancelled a few weeks later.[26] On 21 July 2021, Maza formally left the production company Unstoppable Film and Television.[27][28][29]

In 2023, Maza co-wrote and executive produced Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance.[30][31]

Maza has a brother, Taylor, who is also an actor.[32] In June 2023 Maza got married to Lowri Whitwell.[33][34]

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• Jason Maza at IMDb