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Jason Day (actor)

Peruvian actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ6162331
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Jason Day del Solar (born July 8, 1985) is a Peruvian actor. He has starred in a number of popular television series, including Playing with Fire (2019) and El Inmortal. Gangs of Madrid (2022-2024).

Early life

Day was born in Lima in Peru. He studied acting in Los Angeles with Ron Burrus and Deborah Aquila. He also studied film direction at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires in Argentina.

Career

Day has starred in the TV series Esta sociedad (Season 1,2) and La Tayson, corazón rebelde, participated in the Fox series recorded in Bogotá and Miami El capo, broadcast by Mundo Fox and RCN, starred in the Latin American remake of the ABC hit series Revenge titled Venganza, Fox Latin America's science fiction series 2091 and in 2019 starred in Telemundo and O'Globo's production Jugar con Fuego, (Playing with Fire). He has starred in the films Mañana te cuento, Mancora, the American independent film 30 Beats, and Atacada, and directed the short film The Revelation. He co-hosted the reality show Secret Story in Peru, and starred in the critically acclaimed, unconventional theatre play Hoy Prometo No Mentir.

Activism

Day is known for his human rights and political activism in his home country, Peru, where he has also been a weekly columnist for the newspaper La República.

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The public source identifies “Jason Day (actor)” as peruvian actor. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jason, actor and Peruvian.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985, 2019, 2022, 2024—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1986-07-08. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jason, actor and Peruvian providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6162331. VIAF identifies the subject as 169058694. The Library of Congress control number is no2010185657. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1985, 2019, 2022 and 2024.

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This entry incorporates text from Jason Day (actor)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.