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Kevin Patrick Smith ( born August ___MASK67___ , 1970 ) is an American filmmaker , actor , comedian , public speaker , comic book writer , author , and podcaster . He came to prominence with the low - budget comedy film " Clerks " ( 1994 ), which he wrote , directed , co - produced , and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob . Jay and Silent Bob have appeared in Smith ' s follow - up films " Mallrats ", " Chasing Amy ", " Dogma ", and " Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back " which were set primarily in his home state of ___MASK35___ . While not strictly sequential , the films frequently featured crossover plot elements , character references , and a shared canon described by fans as the " View Askewniverse ", named after his production company View Askew Productions , which he co - founded with Scott Mosier . Chasing Amy is a 1997 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith . The central tension revolves around sexuality , sexual history , and evolving friendships . It is the third film in Smith ' s View Askewniverse series . The film was originally inspired by a brief scene from an early movie by a friend of Smith ' s . In Guinevere Turner ' s Go Fish , one of the lesbian characters imagines her friends passing judgment on her for `` selling out '' by sleeping with a man . Kevin Smith was dating star Joey Lauren Adams at the time he was writing the script , which was also partly inspired by her . The film won two awards at the 1998 Independent Spirit Awards ( Best Screenplay for Smith and Best Supporting Actor for Jason Lee ) . ___MASK35___ is a state in the Northeastern United States and mid - Atlantic regions of the United States . It is bordered on the north and east by New York , on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean , on the west by Pennsylvania , and on the southwest by Delaware . ___MASK35___ is the fourth - smallest state but the 11th - most populous and the most densely populated of the 50 United States . ___MASK35___ lies entirely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia and is the third - wealthiest U . S . state by per capita income as of 2014 . Scott A . Mosier ( born March ___MASK60___ , 1971 ) is a Canadian American film producer , editor , podcaster , writer and actor best known for his work with director Kevin Smith , with whom he co - hosts the weekly podcast , " SModcast ". The View Askewniverse is a fictional universe created by writer / director Kevin Smith , featured in several films , comics and a television series ; it is named for Smith ' s production company , View Askew Productions . The characters Jay and Silent Bob appear in almost all the View Askewniverse media , and characters from one story often reappear or are referred to in others . Smith often casts the same actors for multiple characters in the universe , sometimes even in the same film ; Smith himself portrays the character of Silent Bob .