Jeff Anderson
Biography
Jeff Anderson is an American actor, director and screenwriter known for playing the video store employee Randal Graves in Kevin Smith's Clerks films. Born in Connecticut and raised in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, he was working at AT&T while Smith was making his first feature, and an audition he treated as a joke led to the lead role of Randal, a rude and unmotivated slacker. That part in Clerks (1994) earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination for best debut performance. He hesitated over returning as Randal until he read the script for Clerks II (2006). Other credits include Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), as Deacon, the cameraman and editor, and Clerks III (2022). He also directed and acted in Now You Know (2002), which he wrote, and has filled in for Scott Mosier on Smith's SModcast.
56years old
Turns 57 on April 21in 162 days
- Born Connecticut
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Jeffrey Allan Anderson (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 28 years1994 to 2022
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Big break
While Anderson worked at AT&T, Smith was making his debut movie Clerks. Anderson auditioned as a joke for the role of Jay, and from that audition Smith later gave him the lead part of Randal Graves, a video store employee.
A role that slipped away
Anderson declined to reprise the role of Randal for Clerks III in April 2017, and production halted indefinitely with an $8 million budget already obtained and locations being scouted in Philadelphia.
Behind the camera
In 2002, Anderson took on writing, directing and starring roles for Now You Know. The writing process lasted only three months.
Jeff Anderson movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Kevin Smith directed six of these films. Two actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also three films together1 more actor
- Trevor FehrmanClerks III (2022), Clerks II (2006) and Now You Know (2002)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.