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Olazabal in 2012, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, United States
Date of Birth: October 14, 1973
Ethnicity: * father – Mexican [Basque, possibly other] * mother – English, Scottish, Welsh, distant Dutch
Jason Manuel Olazabal is an American actor. His roles include the film Bad Boys II , This Is Not a Test (2008), and I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore , and the shows Law & Order , Dexter , Make It or Break It , and Fear the Walking Dead . He has also been credited as Jason Olazabal.
His father had Mexican roots. The surname Olazabal is of Basque origin. His mother is mostly of English, Scottish, Welsh, and distant Dutch, descent. He is married to actress Sunita Param.
Jason’s maternal grandfather was Frank Lester Matthews (the son of Lester Orlin Matthews and Dollie Grey Telling). Frank was born in California. Jason’s great-grandfather Lester was born in Kansas, the son of Caswell S. Matthews and Jennie E. Smith. Dollie was born in Montana, the daughter of David John Telling, who was born in either England or Montana, to parents from England and Wales; and of Sylvia Pearl Drake.
Jason’s maternal grandmother is Rosalie Ellen Miller (the daughter of Nathan Lee/Whaley Miller and Ellen Rose Moore). Jason’s grandmother Rosalie was born in California. Nathan was born in Kentucky, the son of Henry Clanton Miller and Sara Loud Dagg. Jason’s great-grandmother Ellen was born in New York.
Source: Obituary of Jason’s maternal grandfather, Frank Lester Matthews – http://legacy.com