Jason Narvy

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| name = Jason Narvy

| birth_name = Jason Andrew Narvy

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|3|27|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1993–present

| spouse = Amy Schnetzer

| known_for = Skull in Power Rangers

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Jason Andrew Narvy (born March 27, 1974[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jason-narvy Jason Narvy – Rotten Tomatoes]) is an American actor known for playing the role of Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch on the various iterations of Power Rangers and film franchise from 1993 to 2012, beginning with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in 1993.

Career

Narvy grew up in Los Angeles. [http://www.jasonnarvy.com/film-bio "Biography"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109034148/http://www.jasonnarvy.com/film-bio |date=2012-01-09 }}. JasonNarvy.com. Retrieved October 1, 2013. He studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. He is best known for playing Skull, one half of the bullying rival duo on Fox Television's children's TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,{{cite news|title=Borrowing From Bard for Bucks : Actor Jason Narvy will direct Newbury High students in an abridged version of 'Hamlet.'|date=May 26, 1994|first=Jane|last=Hulse|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-26-vl-62169-story.html}} a role he reprised on its spin-offs, Power Rangers Zeo, Power Rangers Turbo, and Power Rangers in Space, before leaving the franchise to continue college. He made a cameo appearance in the last episode of Power Rangers Super Samurai. He also appeared in the feature film adaptations, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie in 1995 and the Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie in 1997.

He also provided the voice of Combat Chopper on the sci-fi children's show Masked Rider.

Narvy appeared in a lead role in a Fox Family pilot, Men in White. He also appeared numerous commercials, public service announcements and voiced numerous toys, tie-ins, and video games for Fox, ABC, and Disney.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Franklin and Marshall College, and got his master's degree from Mary Baldwin College, where he studied with the American Shakespeare Center, performing in the title role in Henry V, Pericles, and Hamlet. He also appeared as Richard of Gloucester and Suffolk in a conflation of the Henry VI trilogy. Jason also worked with the Legitimate Theater Company of New York, a Lower East Side company that emphasizes new plays and experimental works.[https://www.cuchicago.edu/faculty/theater/jason-narvy/ "Jason Narvy, PhD: Assistant Professor of Theatre"]. Concordia University, Chicago. Retrieved October 1, 2013.{{Primary source inline|date=October 2013}}{{Primary source inline|date=October 2013}}

Narvy is a certified actor/combatant with the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat, a member of the Screen Actors Guild, and holds a PhD in Theater Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently an assistant professor of acting, directing, and musical theatre at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania.

Narvy became a brand ambassador for Shout!Factory TV's TokuSHOUTsu channel on Pluto TV.{{Cite web|url=https://shoutfactorytvlive.com/tokushoutsu|title=Tokushoutsu|website=shoutfactorytvlive.com}}

Narvy remains good friends with his co-star Paul Schrier, and was close to Jason David Frank before his death.{{fact|date=May 2023}}