About

Jason Vail actor / photographer

Photographer Jason Vail and his wife Veronica Viruet Vail.

Jason Vail began photography at the age of 8. His father put a 35 mm camera into his hands to shoot some snaps at a local street fair in Florida in the early 1980's and the rest is history. They turned out so good the local newspaper published them and thus began Jason's photography career. He later in life became the head Jr. High and High school year book and newspaper photographer in Florida and South Carolina. He won state and regional awards before graduating high school. He was then accepted into Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) as a photography major. He spent the next three years in school in the late 1980's and early '90's until he caught the acting bug and he pursued becoming a professional actor. He finished out his undergrad degree in drama at Coastal Carolina University and then earned his M.F.A. in acting at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He continued to take pictures on the side throughout the years while pursuing his love for acting. And in 2013 he brought his two favorite worlds together shooting actor's headshots in Atlanta, GA. Thus beginning Jason Vail Photography Studio. Along with his wife Veronica, their goal is to create a relaxed, family environment that cater's to each individual actor's needs to get the best shots possible.

Jason has been a part of the acting business for nearly three decades currently working in film, T.V., theater, commercials, industrials, voice overs, web and more. He has acted in films Bandit (opposite Josh Duhamel, Acrimony, An Actor Prepares opposite Jeremy Irons, Boo, A Madea Halloween, Tammy, opposite Melissa McCarthy, Million Dollar Arm opposite Jon Hamm, Killing Reagan and around 60 other films of all shapes and sizes as well as over 50 plays. He has made TV appearances on shows Stranger Things S4, Magnum P.I., The Game, Killing It, The Games People Play, Johnson, Saints and Sinners, American Soul, The Have and Have Nots, Six, Powers, Halt and Catch Fire, The Originals, Drop Dead Diva, Being Mary Jane, Sleepy Hollow, Guiding Light, One Life To Live, As The World Turns, Unsolved Mysteries, Your Worst Nightmare and more in his lifetime. He believes fully, that to succeed in the business, you will need the help of others.

Jason has private coached actors of all ages for film, television and theater in Atlanta, GA and abroad. His first teaching job was at UNC at the Professional Actor Training Program and PlayMakers Repertory Theater. In 2012 he was invited to be a guest lecturer at Georgia Southern University and was brought in as a teacher adjunct for a semester to teach film/television acting. He instructed the teens and kids division at Actor Boutique owned by Emmy winning actress Natalia Livingston in 2018. He was formally an acting instructor at STUIDO 27 acting school, in Peach Tree City, GA in 2015. He has been a guest workshop speaker at the Alliance Theatre in ATL, as well as Kennesaw State University.
He has worked as an assistant casting director for Jessica Fox Casting for the shows Your Worst Nightmare, Swamp Murders, Dead Silent. He has cast numerous independent films while in NYC and here in GA. He's helped actors get placed into top agencies/management companies in L.A. and here in Atlanta.
He is currently teaming up with The Working Actor Group (TWAG) in Sandy Springs, GA as their in house headshot photographer. He has also shot corporate and business shoots for many local and national businesses such as Verizon, Universal Storage Group, The Scheduling Institute, St. Baldrick's fundraiser event-Fight Kids Cancer, Robert Mello Studio, ACT Tactical Training, IS T - Shirt Printers, The People Store Talent Agency, Big Picture Casting, Daniel Zimmerman Studio/Gallery, Get Scene, Hammocks Trading Company, 1920 Tavern, Lipson Dental Group, Dr. Jocelyn Spalding Dentistry, Mr. Woodstock Realty, Apex Valet Trash, Horse Creek Productions, Bombshell Studios, Yard Dogs, Ensemble and head shots for Spelman College's since 2014 here in Atlanta and Columbus State University, Georgia Southern University Drama Department. B.F.A. students senior class, Western Carolina, NC, Brevard College, NC. Drama Department, Michael Karl Studio. His headshots can be found on agency sites in CA, NY, HI, IL, OHIO, VA, FL, LA, AL, SC, TX, TN, NC and nearly every agency here in GA. His work is recommended not just here in ATL but also by managers and agents in L.A, and NYC. Jason is always willing to offer advice about the business anytime.