{{Short description|Australian-born television presenter}} {{multiple issues| {{COI|date=October 2021}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2021}}}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{use Australian English|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox person | name = Jason Dundas | image = Jason Dundas 2015 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Dundas at the InStyle Awards, May 2015 | birth_name = Jason Robert Dundas | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|07|25}} | years_active = 2003–present | birth_place = Penrith, Sydney, Australia | website = {{URL|https://www.jasondundas.com}} | occupation = TV host, producer }}
'''Jason Dundas''' (born 25 July 1982) is an Australian-born television presenter, actor, producer and director, known for his roles as special correspondent for CBS's ''Entertainment Tonight'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Johnny Depp Admits That He's 'Weird' {{!}} Entertainment Tonight|url=https://www.etonline.com/news/156657_johnny_depp_admits_that_he_is_weird|access-date=2021-10-18|website=www.etonline.com|date=22 January 2015 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nicole Kidman Regrets Being So Candid in Her Revealing 'Tonight Show' Moment {{!}} Entertainment Tonight|url=https://www.etonline.com/news/156024_nicole_kidman_regrets_being_so_candid_her_revealing_tonight_show_moment|access-date=2021-10-18|website=www.etonline.com|date=8 January 2015 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Halliwell|first=Elle|date=2015-07-26|title=Dundas whipped up in shark frenzy|work=Daily Telegraph|url=https://dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/jason-dundas-puts-down-the-mic-to-act-out-his-fantasy-with-a-cameo-in-sharknado-3/news-story/7fd041a02e437db6d331b16fe8944beb|access-date=2021-10-18}}</ref> the host of ''The X Factor Australia''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tecson|first=Karla|date=2016-11-28|title='X Factor Australia' 2016 latest news: Natalie Ong floods her Instagram page with grand final moments|url=https://www.ibtimes.com.au/x-factor-australia-2016-latest-news-natalie-ong-floods-her-instagram-page-grand-final-moments|access-date=2021-10-18|website=International Business Times AU|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-10-03|title=The X Factor moment that made Iggy cry|work=news.com.au|url=https://news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/the-x-factor-audition-that-made-judge-iggy-azalea-cry/news-story/a5c19137b4d120795503ba5ceb7a7590|access-date=2021-10-18}}</ref> in 2016, host of America's Best Dance Crew<ref>{{Cite web|last1=August 13|first1=Jodi Walker Updated|last2=EDT|first2=2015 at 06:17 AM|title='ABDC' recap: Crews on fleek|url=https://ew.com/recap/america-s-best-dance-crew-season-8-episode-3/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=EW.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-07-31|title='America's Best Dance Crew': 'Road to the VMAs' starts, and one crew hits bottom quick|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-americas-best-dance-crew-the-road-to-the-vmas-starts-20150730-story.html|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Weigle|first=Lauren|date=2015-07-30|title='America's Best Dance Crew: Road to the VMAs' – Judges & Host|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2015/07/americas-best-dance-crew-2015-cast-judges-host-road-to-the-vmas/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Heavy.com|language=en-US}}</ref> on MTV, VH1's ''Big Morning Buzz Live,'' travel series ''Getaway''<ref>{{Cite news|date=2014-01-27|title=They call this work?|work=Gold Coast Bulletin|url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/entertainment/getaway-pair-jesinta-campbell-and-jason-dundas-post-work-pics-online/news-story/66b46be5746f7a9148d53591bd437433|access-date=2021-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McManus|first=Bridget|date=2021-05-08|title=Time to start planning big holidays, says Getaway's Jason Dundas|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/time-to-start-planning-big-holidays-says-getaway-s-jason-dundas-20210429-p57ni7.html|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref> in Australia, and the founder and director of Dundas Media.
==Personal life== Dundas was born in Penrith, Sydney to Ross and Diane Dundas.
He attended Jamison High School, and later went on to study at the School of Communication Arts at the University of Western Sydney where he studied a Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication).
He won a contest to be the host of MTV<ref>{{Cite web|title=MTV to reintroduce TRL Australia in 2019 {{!}} Programming {{!}} News {{!}} Rapid TV News|url=https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2018082853301/mtv-to-reintroduce-trl-australia-in-2019.html#axzz79Cr0eCA9|access-date=2021-10-18|website=www.rapidtvnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-27|title=MTV is bringing TRL back to Australia|url=https://themusicnetwork.com/mtv-is-bringing-trl-back-to-australia/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=The Music Network}}</ref> Australia in 2003, after creating his own DIY video audition from his bedroom at 19 years old.
Dundas is married to Tayler Blackman.
==Career== ===Filmography=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2003 || MTV Homebuzz Australia || Host || MTV Australia |- | 2004–2006 || MTV TRL Australia || Host || MTV Australia |- | 2004–2005 || MTV News Australia || Host || MTV Australia |- | 2004 || MTV Europe Music Awards || Red carpet reporter || MTV Europe Music Awards |- | 2005 || MTV Australia Video Music Awards || Co-presenter || MTV Australia |- | 2005–2006 || Snow Cave MTV Australia || Host || MTV Australia |- | 2005–2006 || Beach House MTV Australia || Host || MTV Australia |- | 2005–2006 || Back Door To... || Host || MTV Australia |- | 2006 || Full Tank MTV Australia || Host || MTV Australia |- | 2006 || MTV Australia Video Music Awards || Co-presenter || MTV Australia |- | 2006–current || Getaway<ref>{{Cite web|title=Getaway host Jason Dundas' favourite things to do in Los Angeles|url=https://travel.nine.com.au/destinations/getaway-insider-tips-los-angeles/3e7e4987-bcdd-4626-ba92-50fe641efd4b|access-date=2021-10-18|website=travel.nine.com.au|date=15 February 2019 |language=en-AU}}</ref>|| Presenter || Nine Network |- | 2007–2009 || 20 to 1 || Panelist || Nine Network |- | 2008 || MTV Australia Video Music Awards || Co-presenter || MTV Australia |- | 2009 || MTV Australia Video Music Awards || Co-presenter || MTV Australia |- | 2009 || Logie Awards Australia || Presenter || Nine Network |- | 2011–2012 || VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live USA || Pop-culture correspondent || MTV Australia |- | 2012 || VH1 Do Something Awards USA || Co-host || VH1 |- | 2012 || VH1 Fan Jam USA || Co-host || VH1 |- | 2012 || VH1 Divas USA || Correspondent || VH1 |- | 2012 || Big Evening Buzz USA || Co-host || VH1 |- | 2012 || VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown USA || Host (One episode, 3 November 2012) || VH1 |- | 2012 || CNN Showbiz Tonight USA || Panelist on 2 episodes || CNN |- | 2012 || New Year's Eve 2012 Australia || Co-host || Nine Network |- | 2013–2014 || VH1 Big Morning Buzz Live USA || Co-host || VH1 |- | 2013 || VH1 Best Super Bowl Concert Ever USA<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-01-17|title=Carrie Keagan & Jason Dundas To Host VH1's "Pepsi Superbowl Fan Jam" On February 2nd!|url=https://www.iconvsicon.com/2012/01/17/carrie-keagan-jason-dundas-to-host-vh1s-pepsi-superbowl-fan-jam-on-february-2nd/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Icon Vs. Icon|language=en-US|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018043749/https://www.iconvsicon.com/2012/01/17/carrie-keagan-jason-dundas-to-host-vh1s-pepsi-superbowl-fan-jam-on-february-2nd/|url-status=dead}}</ref>|| Co-host || VH1 |- | 2014 || The Big Adventure<ref>{{Cite web|last=Galvin|first=Nick|date=2014-11-25|title=Network Seven loses $1 million gamble on The Big Adventure|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/network-seven-loses-1-million-gamble-on-the-big-adventure-20141125-11tfxl.html|access-date=2021-10-18|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref> || Host || Seven Network |- | 2014–2015 || Beyond Dance/America's Best Dance Crew<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-04-22|title=Revamped 'America's Best Dance Crew' gets new moniker, judges and host|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-americas-best-dance-crew-all-star20150421-story.html|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> || Host || MTV |- | 2015 || Entertainment Tonight || Special correspondent || CBS |- |2016 |The X Factor Australia |Host |Seven Network |- |2019 |Page Six TV |Co-host |Fox |- |2019–2020 |BUILD Stopover |Host |Verizon Media |- |2019–current |The Watchlist |Creator, Host & Executive Producer |Foxtel |- |2020 |Fire Fight Australia |Co-host |Foxtel |- |2021 |Yahoo Finance<ref>{{Cite web|title=Will Bitcoin hit $100,000 in 2021?|url=https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/will-bitcoin-hit-100000-in-2021-201841707.html|access-date=2021-10-24|website=au.finance.yahoo.com|date=21 October 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='200% returns': Wolf of Wall Street's top investing tip|url=https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/wolf-wall-street-cryptocurrency-044101960.html|access-date=2021-10-18|website=au.finance.yahoo.com|date=8 September 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=How do you mine Bitcoin?|url=https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/how-do-you-mine-bitcoin-003116369.html|access-date=2021-10-18|website=au.finance.yahoo.com|date=7 July 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='Power-hungry': The dirty truth about Bitcoins and NFTs|url=https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/dirty-truth-bitcoin-nft-203249644.html|access-date=2021-10-18|website=au.finance.yahoo.com|date=5 September 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref> |Correspondent |Yahoo |}
===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes |- | 2008 || Fool's Gold || Frat Boy 1 || Warner Bros. Pictures |- | 2012 || Hardflip || Ryder || Skipstone Pictures |}
===TV=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Program !! Role !! Notes |- | 2010 || Sea Patrol || Jack Fiene || Nine Network |}
=== Production ===
==== Dundas Media ==== After studying graphic design at Sydney's School of Design, Dundas sold his first TV show to MTV when he was 21-years-old. He currently runs a Hollywood-based video<ref>{{Cite web|title=New York-inspired VEGEMITE pizza via Thinkerbell - AdNews|url=https://www.adnews.com.au/news/new-york-inspired-vegemite-pizza-via-thinkerbell|access-date=2021-10-24|website=www.adnews.com.au|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-22|title=New York Master Pizza Chef teams up with Vegemite to show Aussies how to really eat the mitey stuff in new campaign via Thinkerbell|url=https://campaignbrief.com/new-york-master-pizza-chef-teams-up-with-vegemite-to-show-aussies-how-to-really-eat-the-mitey-stuff-in-new-campaign-via-thinkerbell/|access-date=2021-10-24|website=Campaign Brief|language=en-AU}}</ref> production company, Dundas Media.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Jason|date=2018-08-15|title=Jason Dundas Stopped Eating Like A Model, And Became Happier Than Ever|url=https://www.menshealth.com.au/jason-dundas-diet|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Men's Health}}</ref>
In 2019 Dundas created the weekly entertainment TV show The Watchlist<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-05|title=AACTA International awards for 'Parasite,' Tarantino, Pitt, Ronan and Robbie|url=https://www.if.com.au/aacta-international-awards-for-parasite-tarantino-pitt-ronan-and-robbie/|access-date=2021-10-18|website=IF Magazine|language=en-AU}}</ref> from LA for Foxtel Australia. He is the show's executive producer, co-writer and host with the series currently in its fourth season with over 700 short-form episodes.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
=== Entrepreneur ===
==== Dundas Fit ==== As an entrepreneur, Dundas became the second men's ambassador<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-08-04|title=Jesinta's 'blow up' with Dundas|work=News.com.au|url=https://news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/jesinta-campbell-laughs-off-claims-she-had-a-blow-up-with-jason-dundas-at-david-jones-fashion-show/news-story/397cddee9daa5f625140ea70febf75f7|access-date=2021-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=KOHA|first=NUI TE|date=2017-07-16|title=Jason Dundas and David Jones part ways|work=Herald Sun|url=https://heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/model-and-television-presenter-jason-dundas-says-hes-no-longer-a-david-jones-ambassador/news-story/f92d23e29b8718b937dd5dbe16d22a0b|access-date=2021-10-18}}</ref> of Australian department store David Jones. In this role, he fronted fashion campaigns Miranda Kerr and Jessica Gomes,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Halliwell|first=Elle|date=2016-07-29|title=Why Jason is pumped (and ripped) for runway|work=Daily Telegraph|url=https://dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/why-jason-is-pumped-and-ripped-for-runway/news-story/adb98b081b9d5c802609e2efa8fb0e20|access-date=2021-10-18}}</ref> starred in and produced video series, and developed his own activewear brand DundasFit, sold in 35 stores in Australia.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.jasondundas.com Jason Dundas Official Website] *[https://westernweekender.com.au/2021/03/podcast-south-penrith-to-hollywood-jasons-remarkable-rise-to-the-top/ Jason Dundas Podcast Interview] *[https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/jason-dundas-says-he-was-supposed-to-be-the-next-bachelor/news-story/70eef2cb098fed7d7a5d1ad8caf82a05 Jason Dundas 'The Bachelor' Interview] *[https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/the-reasoning-behind-that-naked-instagram-photo-of-jason-dundas-36557014.html Jason Dundas Instagram Selfie explanation] *[https://www.couriermail.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=CMWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.couriermail.com.au%2Fentertainment%2Fconfidential%2Fgetaway-presenter-jason-dundas-rules-himself-out-of-being-the-bachelor%2Fnews-story%2Ffd24bd17325b95a898df93ff0a686e34&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-warm-test-score&V21spcbehaviour=append Jason Dundas chatting 'The Bachelor']{{subscription required}} *[https://mumbrella.com.au/gumtree-targets-timewasters-and-dishonest-sellers-in-social-campaign-517084 Jason Dundas chatting 'Gumtree']
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