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Trevor Stines

American actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ29513369
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Trevor Stines (born July 15, 1996) is an American actor, best known for his role as Jason Blossom in Riverdale (2017–2023).

Career

Stines began his professional acting career at the age of 19, when he has appeared in the TV Show Blue Match Comedy, The Fosters, Wrong Hole and The Rookie: Feds.

Stines made his feature film debut in 2016, when he played the role of Brett in the horror film The Amityville Terror, directed by Michael Angelo and written by Amanda Barton, based on Jay Anson's 1977 novel of the same name, which was released on August 2, 2016.

Stines appeared in the first season of Riverdale, which he played the recurring role of Jason Blossom and also guest role as Teen Clifford Blossom.

In 2019, Stines starred opposite Sloane Avery in the thriller drama film Purity Falls, directed by Sam Irvin, which was released on May 31, 2019. On the same year, Stines also played the role of Rick Rhodes in the mystery thriller film Secrets at the Lake starring Anna Hutchison and Nicky Whelan, directed by Tim Cruz, which released on August 27, 2019. He played the role of Sean in the television film Most Likely to Murder.

Stines plays Josh Richards in the drama film Evan Wood, directed by Niki Byrne, which was released on May 10, 2022.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Trevor Stines” as american actor. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1996, 2017, 2023, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1996-07-15. The account is most persuasive where Trevor, Stines and American can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as american actor. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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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 Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q29513369. VIAF identifies the subject as 38154800253556192875. The Library of Congress control number is no2019004349. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1996, 2017, 2023 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from Trevor Stines” 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.