One eighties heartthrob, know for his role in The Lost Boys, was spotted with his teenage son in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, this week
One beloved eighties heartthrob looked totally different as he stepped out with his lookalike son during a sunny day out in Santa Monica, Los Angeles this week. The 59-year-old actor and his son attended church after enjoying a morning swim and a trip to the beach.
The actor, known for his role as Michael Emerson in The Lost Boys, wore a black polo shirt, black trousers and sunglasses while his teenage son matched in a similar polo shirt and jeans. The star was none other than Jason Patric, real name John Anthony Miller III.
Jason raised son Gus, who was conceived via in vitro fertilisation, as a solo parent. He took legal action in 2012 to become his father.
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He and ex Danielle Schreiber separated in May 2012 and Danielle’s attorneys argued that, under California law, Jason was a sperm donor and that as the exes had never married and the child was conceived by artificial means, that he had no custody rights to his son.
Two years later, after an appeal, he was given the right to claim parentage of Gus, who was four at the time. Jason shared Gus with Danielle.
After being granted the right, he told Good Morning America the victory was “surreal” and claimed he had “faith in the process” He added: “I have been a dad and I’m going to continue to be a dad. You can’t ever abandon a child.”
Jason had iconic roles Rush, Sleepers, Narc and Geronimo: An American Legend. The star previously revealed the reason he changed his surname to ‘Patric’ from ‘Miller’.
He’s the son of Academy Award–nominated actor and Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Jason Miller and actress Linda Miller. His father left the family when he was still young.
Speaking to The Times Tribune about being a nepo-baby, he said: “The paternal or familial nepotism is not my bag.
“I can understand why people would be interested and that’s why I’ve talked about my past and my father, and I’ve never done that in 25 years.”
Jason, who played Michael in the movie, controversially started dating actress Julia Roberts just days after she cancelled her wedding to his co-star Keifer Sutherland in 1991, running off to Ireland with her on the proposed day of the wedding.
Jason later found himself embroiled in a custody battle with his on/off partner Danielle Schreiber.
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