Biography

Jai West was born Jai Tatsuto West in Vancouver, British Columbia to a Japanese mother and French father and began his acting career in his teens as a series regular on the popular kid's show 'Kidzone' and many roles on TV and film in the US and Canada including guest appearances in 'The Surrogate', 'Once in a Blue Moon', 'Highlander', 'The Odyssey' and '21 Jump Street'. In Japan he has starred in such high-grossing feature films 'Worst Contact', 'Bus Panic' and 'Private Detective Mike' as well as appearing in several high profile TV commercials. In 2004, Jai took on a key role in the Japanese box office hit 'Survive Style 5+' the directorial debut of stellar advertising industry creative duo Tada Taku and Sekiguchi Gen. Jai has also received praise for the poetry he creates under the pseudonym 'Lotus Chamelion'. He's a bi-cultural artist that possesses a distinguished energetic presence and chameleon-like versatility, able to uniquely portray comedic and serious characters.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Mellow Drama