Jason Kilgore

Jason Arthur Kilgore was born on December 3, 1975 in Wise, Virginia. Raised by his parents Frank Kilgore an attorney and author from St. Paul, Virginia and Dallas Rudder a transplant from Glendale, California. Jason spent much of the free time of his youth with his reclusive grandfather, Arthur Kilgore, a Word War II vet, coal miner and former moonshiner, exploring the Appalachian mountains in Southwest Virginia learning about hunting, fishing, and living off the land. Jason attended St. Paul High School in St. Paul, VA where he played basketball and ran cross country. Jason attended Hargrave Military Acedemy for a semester his sophomore year of high school where he was sent ponder some of his life choices to which he learned some valuable lessons. Jason was a huge Michael Jordan fan and still enjoys playing basketball to this day. Jason has a diverse background working in an auto parts warehouse through high school, he also worked as a mechanic in a friend's garage and a landscaper in his early twenties before his career in information technology. Jason is an avid weight lifter and firearms enthusiast and has also run in several 5k's and half marathons and Spartan races. in 2012 Jason ran for town council in his hometown of St. Paul, VA and won the election, he has made many improvements to the town especially in the area of recreation with the renovation of the 30 year old pool and playground area as well as building new hiking trails in town with the help of his father and other volunteers. Jason's break into acting was a chance meeting with Daniel Springen of Orlando, Florida when he was visiting St. Paul for potential shooting locations for his film, Survival's End. Dan Springen's fiancée, Holley Morgan was from St. Paul and her family lived there for several years. Jason met with Dan to talk about being an extra in the movie and when Dan saw Jason's height, muscular build, shaved head and beard he asked Jason if he would be willing to play Solar Flare, the main villain in the movie, to which Jason agreed and was subsequently flown to Florida to shoot the trailer for Survival's End. Jason is being mentored by a 30 year veteran of film acting, Frank Hoyt Taylor (Big Fish, The River, Junebug, Matewan, etc.) who happened to be a friend of the family and lives only a few miles away from Jason's hometown.