Mason Andrew Dye (born July 15th, 1994) is an American actor who portrays Jason Carver in the fourth season of Stranger Things.
Career[]
Dye started his career with a supporting role in the movie, Adventures of Bailey: A Night in Cowtown, and recurring role on web series, Secret Diary of an American Cheerleader 2: The Fierce One.
In 2014, he started as Christopher Dollanganger in the Lifetime movie, Flowers in the Attic, based on the novel by V.C. Andrews. He also guest starred in the TV shows Review and Teen Wolf.
In 2015, he played the role of Victor in the Lifetime movie, My Stepdaughter. Dye guest starred in Minor Crimes and recurred in shows Roommates and Finding Carter.
In 2016, Dye starred as Tyler Evans in the drama film, Natural Selection, co-starring Katherine McNamara. Later that year, he starred as Josh Jackson in the action-adventure drama film, Vanished - Left Behind: Next Generation, alongside Amber Frank and Dylan Sprayberry.
In 2017, Dye played the role of Bruce Kane in the Lifetime thriller film, Stalker's Prey.
He also starred as Tyler Pemhardt in the horror film, Truth or Dare, which premiered on syfy channel. In 2018, he starrted as Matt in the Lifetime movie, The Wrong Son.
In 2022, Dye appeared as rich athlete Jason Carver in the fourth season of the Netflix original series, Stranger Things.
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Adventures of Bailey: A Night in Cowtown | Marc |
| 2016 | Natural Selection | Tyler Evans |
| Vashised - Left Behind: Next Generation | Josh Jackson |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Flowers in the Attic | Chris Dollanganger |
| Review | Tyler | |
| Teen Wolf | Garrett | |
| 2015 | Finding Carter | Damon |
| My Stepdaughter | Victor | |
| 2016 | Major Crimes | Eric Hayes |
| 2017 | Stalker's Prey | Bruce Kane |
| Truth or Dare | Tyler Pemhardt | |
| 2018 | The Wrong Son | Matt |
| 2019 | Bosh - Season 5 | Tom |
| The Goldbergs - Season 7 | Rick Kentwood | |
| 2022 | Stranger Things | Jason Carver |
Trivia[]
- Mason's younger sister, Taylor, is known for being one half of the country duo Maddie & Tae. He appears in the music video for Maddie and Tae's song "Shut Up and Fish".
- Although Jason (Mason) and Eddie (Joseph Quinn) are enemies in the series, he and Joseph are friends in real life.
- Though Jason believes Eddie of being a satanic cult leader, Mason himself believes that Jason is a far more cult-like figure. Prior to filming the season he was instructed by the Duffers to try and emulate Tom Cruise, the popular movie star known for both his charisma and controversial ties to the Church of Scientology. Mason also elected to take influence from videos of evangelical preachers.[1]
- When asked at the 2022 Montreal Comic Convention if they thought Chrissy and Jason truly loved each other, Grace Van Dien and Mason Dye expressed the belief that while they did care for each other and were each other’s high school sweethearts - it was not unlikely that Chrissy could have been swayed by Eddie, as the Chrissy Jason loved was his own incomplete perception of her. In the same response, Dye stated his personal opinion that Chrissy deserved better than Jason.[2]
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