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When Johnathon was 19 he left the University of Maryland and moved to Los Angeles - driven by a need for a defining purpose in life. He started by studying with acting legend Roy London for four years until he landed the lead role in Franco Zefferelli's film Storia Di Una Capinera (Sparrow). He also trained in voice, dialect and posture with RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) in London and studied with the Actor's Studio in New York. After Roy's tragic death in 1993, Johnathon went on to study with Cameron Thor and remains there to this day. Johnathon was also a part of the Electric Theatre Company in LA. In 1994 after almost a year filming in Europe, Johnathon landed plum roles in Jocelyn Moorehouse's How To Make An American Quilt opposite Winona Ryder and Greg Araki's cult classic The Doom Generation. Hollywood then started taking notice...!!! Tom Hanks cast him as the lead rocker in another cult classic That Thing You Do. He then took the lead role opposite Gwyneth Paltrow and Jessica Lange in the thriller Hush. After these studio films, Vanity Fair announced he was a leading man to watch out for - but Johnathon chose to back away from the limelight - taking roles in Independent films such as Greg Araki's Splendor and Stephan Elliott's Welcome To Woop Woop. He then chose roles that allowed him to work with other great actors such as Kenneth Branagh in How To Kill Your Neighbor's Dog, Harvey Keitel in Finding Graceland and Ray Winstone and Guy Pearce in Woundings (Brand New World). Shortly after, Johnathon went on to play the title roles in Pen Densham's Houdini and Tom Fontana's Judas. Johnathon recently appeared opposite Heather Locklear in Nora Robert's Angels Fall, where he not only sizzled and smouldered on the screen, but won the hearts of around 5 million viewers. Always in pursuit of meaning, Johnathon partnered up with long time friend Richard Chizmar (Cemetery Dance Publications) and the pair formed their film production company Chesapeake Films - in which they have found success adapting novels into screenplays for the likes of Stephen King, Akiva Goldsman, SONY and MGM. Last year they also wrote the screenplay for the now classic The Washingtonians which is a fan favourite of Showtime's Masters of Horror Series - Season 2. Johnathon has trained in boxing and taekwondo and is currently studying Krav Maga.
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