Jason Cope

Jason Cope is a British and South African actor. He starred and played multiple roles in the 2009 Academy Award-nominated science fiction film District 9.

Career In 2004, Cope played a variety of roles on the second season of the SABC1 comedy show The Pure Monate Show. In 2008, he played the character of Howard Weaver in the MNet miniseries Ella Blue. The title character of the miniseries was portrayed by actress Nathalie Blott, who would go on to costar with Cope in the film District 9. Since 2010, he has also played a "Field Reporter" on eTV's satirical news show Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola.

In the 2009 film District 9, Cope played a variety of characters including the alien Christopher Johnson, created entirely through CGI using Cope's motion captured performance. This process creates a character modeled on the performance of an actor or actress, allowing for on-camera performances including interaction with the other cast members. He also played the character Grey Bradnam, one of the narrators of the film, and provided the majority of the background voice work in the film, including the cameraman Trent. In a deleted scene of the movie, Cope also played a doctor at a clinic visited by the film's protagonist, who was seeking to have his arm amputated due to being infected with alien DNA. The scene is featured as part of the movie's DVD "extras."

In 2010, he also had a costarring role in the South African-produced film Spud, opposite veteran actor John Cleese.

In 2012, Cope had a minor role in DREDD 3D as one of the thugs killed during the film's introduction sequence. In 2015, he played a Tetravaal Lead Mechanic in Neill Blomkamp's science-fiction film Chappie.

Filmography 2013: Spud 2: The Madness Continues — Sparerib 2013: Dredd — Zwirner 2012: Mermaids: The Body Found (TV documentary) — Dr. Rodney Webster 2011: Spoon — Conway 2010: Spud — Sparerib / Mr. Wilson 2009: District 9 — Grey Bradnam / Christopher Johnson 2008: Doomsday — Wall guard 2008: Ella Blue (TV series) — Howard Weaver 2007: Big Fellas — Fabio / Wimpie 2007: Flood — Young survivor 2006: Bunny Chow — Cope 2006: Alive in Joburg — UN Official / alien