Resume

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Film

Bye Bye Benjamin Supporting Charlie McDowell / AFI
Side Effect Lead Liz Adams / AFI
I Am Bad Supporting David Rackoff
A Postcard from the Volcano Lead Josh Tate
Victims of Love Supporting Justin Lutsky
No One Island Supporting Stacy Marr

Television

Criminal Minds Recurring Rob Spera / ABC
MAD MEN Co-Star Ed Bianchi / AMC
Carnivale Co-Star Jeremy Podeswa / HBO
NCIS Co-Star Arvin Brown / CBS
ER Co-Star Andrew Bernstein / NBC
Malcolm in the Middle Co-Star Steve Love / FOX

Theater

Surviving Sex (world premiere) Stan (us) Falcon Theatre
Bluebonnet Court (world premiere) Roy Glenn Hudson Mainstage Theatre
Tevye! (staged reading) Charles El Portal Theatre
Guys & Dolls Nicely-Nicely (us) Interact Theatre Co. / John Rubinstein
Broadway Showstoppers I Soloist (opposite Jason Alexander) Interact Theatre Co. / John Rubinstein
Broadway Showstoppers II Soloist (opposite Robert Morse) Interact Theatre Co. / John Rubinstein
Our Town Sam Craig Interact Theatre Co. / Mariclare Costello
Rumors Glenn Cooper Theatre East
Charlie’s Aunt Jack Chesney Glendale Centre Theatre
A Chorus of Disapproval Guy Jones Long Beach Playhouse

Performer Skills

  • Athletic Skills: Rollerblading, Bowling
  • Accents: Impeccable British (northern), Cockney, East Texas, German, Midwest, Southern, Russian
  • Performance Skills: Improvisation, Stage Combat, Voiceover, Singing

Education

  • University of Illinois , Champaign/Urbana, Illinois, B.F.A., 1994
  • British American Drama Academy , Oxford, England

Training

  • Kalmenson & Kalmenson , Burbank, CA, Voice Over Training
  • Margie Haber Studios , Hollywood, CA, Audition Technique, Courtney Burr
  • Atelier L.A. , Studio City, CA, Scene study, Diana Stevenson
  • The Second City , Hollywood, CA, Improvisation
  • Harvey Lembeck Comedy Workshop , Hollywood, CA, Comedy
  • Los Angeles Fight Academy , Los Angeles, CA, stage combat, Payson Burt
  • Tepper/Gallegos , Los Angeles, CA, On-camera Commercial

Videos:

Jonathan’s Commercial Reel

Jonathan’s Commercial Reel

Featured: Cox Communications (current national spokesman – 4 spots) and Alka-Seltzer Cold Medicine

Bundlese: “Speed Dating” – Cox Communications

Bundlese: “Speed Dating” – Cox Communications

The “Speed Dating” commercial for Cox Communications (2008). Part of the “Bundlese” series.
Posted with permission from Cox Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.

Bundlese: “The Office” – Cox Communications

Bundlese: “The Office” – Cox Communications

“The Office” commercial for Cox Communications (2008). Part of the “Bundlese” series.
Posted with permission from Cox Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.

Bundlese: “2 Suburban Guys” – Cox Communications

Bundlese: “2 Suburban Guys” – Cox Communications

The “2 Suburban Guys” commercial for Cox Communications (2008). Part of the “Bundlese” series.
Posted with permission from Cox Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.

Bundlese: “Dentist” – Cox Communications

Bundlese: “Dentist” – Cox Communications

The “Dentist” commercial for Cox Communications (2008). Part of the “Bundlese” series.
Posted with permission from Cox Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.

“Alka Seltzer Cold Medicine” – Commercial

“Alka Seltzer Cold Medicine” – Commercial

Oh, and oldie, but goodie! My first national commercial was for Alka Seltzer Cold Medicine from way back when. Enjoy.
One little note… Those are not my “sighs of relief” you are hearing. Professional “sigher” was hired. Ah, advertising!

Watch My Reel:

Jonathan’s Acting Reel 2010

Jonathan’s Acting Reel 2010

Scenes from AMC’s MAD MEN, Criminal Minds, HBO’s Carnivale, Malcolm in the Middle and Victims of Love, a film by Justin Lutsky.