Jason Dottley

Jason Dottley (born December 30, 1982 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American Television and stage actor, singer, writer, director and producer.

In 2003, he made his professional acting debut in a production of Terrence McNally's The Lisbon Traviata at the Actor's Lab in Hollywood, CA. His performance was called "letter-perfect" by the Los Angeles Times. The world was introduced to Dottley in 2008 via his most-notable-to-date starring role as Ty Williamson in Sordid Lives: The Series, from IMG Global and Viacom via Logo in the United States, and is now available to view on Hulu. Sordid Lives aired internationally in 17 countries around the world starring icons Rue McClanahan, Caroline Rhea, Olivia Newton-John, Leslie Jordan and Margaret Cho.[1] Dottley also appeared in a national tour of the stage production of Sordid Lives.

In 2015, Dottley began his 20+ city tour with his first full length one-man show Life on the gAy-List. He co-wrote and co-produced the one man show with playwright and producer Eric Rittenhouse. The debut one-man show was "Pick of the Week" in the Boston Globe on July 1, 2015.[2]

Dottley is also an award-winning theatre producer. In 2010, Dottley produced Yellow at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood which won him the most prestigious Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle "Best World Premiere Play" Award. He has produced and starred in major national tours with icons Rue McClanahan, Delta Burke, Caroline Rhea and Georgette Jones. Dottley produced Oscar winner Octavia Spencer in the Del Shores play "The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife". He has also had the honor of producing and starring (with Delta Burke and Leslie Jordan) in the Southern Baptist Sissies/Sordid Lives national tour. The tour placed at #105 on Billboard's Concert Boxscore Chart grossing over $150,000 in 2 days. Dottley is a member of both professional performing artists organizations SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity.

His recording career has led him to become a five-time Top 40 Billboard recording artist and a Top 10 UK electropop star. His first release was "Party Round the World", in March 2010.[3] "Party Round the World" hit #19 on Billboard, and was followed by "Pop It", then "It's Our Night",[4] which all rose to the Top 25 on Billboard (US).[5] "Pop It" became a Top 10 UK smash hit.[6] "It's Our Night" was released in the Summer of 2013 and quickly became his 3rd Top 25 Billboard record. "It's Our Night", is a catchy, memorable, power-pop hit.

The song completed an 11-week run on Billboard, became his first UK Top 20 Pop hit single, and was a Top 20 UK Pop summer hit.[7] Dottley then released the theme song he wrote for his Love Story Project appropriately titled "Love Story" in 2013. The song was not promoted to radio or clubs, the first "fan offering" in Dottley's career. Valentine's Day in 2015 found Dottley celebrating the 30-year anniversary of Madonna's song "Crazy for You", by releasing his own cover and wildly controversial music video re-interpretation of the iconic Madonna love ballad from the 1980s.[8] All records combined, Dottley has spent over 44 weeks on the Billboard charts. His 2016 hit, "Cocaine and Whiskey", would be best known for its world-record setting music video for that features some of the most expensive and rare exotic luxury cars in the world, valued between $15M and $20M. The list includes: a McLaren 650, the Lamborghini Aventador, the Bentley GTR-3, the Rolls Royce Ghost, the Ferrari 458, the Lamborghini Huracán, the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, and three tricked out Porsche GT3s.

In 2017, Dottley had his biggest US Pop Radio Top 40 hit, "Summertime" (featuring Rick Cross). It spent 5 weeks in the US Top 100 Pop Radio Charts.[9]

Dottley was a member of 2008's Out 100 Most Influential People in GLBT culture, alongside Katy Perry and Guillermo Diaz. The list is compiled by Out magazine yearly, and presents the 100 most influential people in LGBT culture.[10] His work for gay rights, Out 100 status, and his year after year successes, has made him a "Superstar in the GLBT community." [11] In 2012, the National Don't H8 organization awarded Jason with the national recognition as the "King of Don't H8" a forever title for the National system, where he reigns with Queen of Don't H8, American Idol's Kimberly Caldwell.[12]

In November 2016, the National Don't H8 organization named Dottley their national social media representative for the 2017 year.

In March 2017, Dottley was ranked as one of the 275 most influential people in LGBTI culture globally.[13]