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Johnathon Schaech,  a born storyteller, is an accomplished and award winning actor, writer, director and producer.  He.was born September 10 1969 in Edgewood, Maryland USA, and is the only son of Joanne and Joseph Schaech. His father was a beat cop in Baltimore City.  He also has a sister Renee.

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.

Johnathon is currently

Writing / Acting / Producing

     Written successful screenplays

Eater - Peter Crowther novel
Black House - Stephen King
novel
From a Buick8 - Stephen King
novel
The Poker Club -
Ed Gorman novel
The Washingtonians -
Bentley Little novel
The Hour Before Dark - Douglas Clegg
novel
Road House 2 - original script
Heroes -
Short film featuring Djimon Hounsou
Miserable Comforters
- Winner - Best Feature Film - New York International Independent Film & Video Festival 2001

Starred opposite award winning actors
Including
Brad Renfro, Columbus Short, Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Brittany Snow, Judy Reyes, Lori Heuring, Johnny Messner, Loren Dean, Heather Locklear, Will Patton, Jake Busey, Clifton Collins Jr, Tamara Braun, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Tambor, David Arquette, Vanessa Redgrave, Winona Ryder, Ann Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Rose McGowan, Alyssa Milano, Liv Tyler, Charlize Theron, Rod Taylor, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange, Harvey Keitel, Bridget Fonda, George Segal, Mark Ruffalo, Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Natasha Henstridge, Lauren Hutton, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brooke Shields, Kenneth Branagh, Robin Wright Penn, Lynn Redgrave, Jamie Kennedy, James Caan, Lisa Lackey, Jennifer Beals, Djimon Hounsou, Burt Young, Tim Matheson, Hal Holbrook, Emile Hirsch and many many others ......

Worked with award winning directors, producers and writers
Including Tim McCann (The Poker Club), Drew & John Erick Dowdle (Quarantined, The Poughkeepsie Tapes), Pepe Bojorquez (Sea of Dreams), Jace Johnson & Bethany Ashton Wolf (Little Chenier), Richard Jefferies (Living Hell, Cold Creek Manor) Nelson McCormick (Prom Night) Peter Medak (The Washingtonians), JS Cardone (Prom Night, Mummy an' the Armadillo, The Forsaken, 8MM 2), Tom Fontana (Judas, OZ), Greg Araki (Splendor, Doom Generation), Pen Densham (Houdini, Alienshop - Outer Limits, Tank Girl ), Stephan Elliott (Welcome to Woop Woop, The Adventures of Priscilla-Queen of the Desert, Tom Hanks (That Thing You Do), Jocelyn Moorhouse (How To Make An American Quilt), Richard Friedenberg (Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas), James Patterson (Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas, Along Came a Spider, Kiss the Girls), Stephen King (Black House, From A Buick 8, The Green Mile, The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption), Nora Roberts (Angels Fall), Carl Franklin (Partners, The Riches), Kiefer Sutherland (Fallen Angels, 24, The Lost Boys), Sean Penn (21 grams, Mystic River), Bruce Campbell (Brisco County Jr, Evil Dead, Spiderman 1/2/3) and Franco Zeffirelli (Sparrow).


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Message from Johnathon Schaech - Barack Obama - February 2008


Current projects for 2008

Currently showing in
cinemas Worldwide

DVD release June 10 2008

DVD release July 08 2008

DVD release date TBA

Quarantine
Quarantine
In Theatres October 17 2008

Release date TBA

Release date TBA

Television debut June 5 2008
NBC TV
Episode 101 - Eater
Written by Johnathon
and Richard Chizmar


Site Updates

May 2008
Added Latest News article 1st / 3rd / 7th
Added photo to Living Hell (Organizm) page 8th

April 2008
Added photos to Out and About 11th / 12th / 20th / 23rd / 25th / 27th
Added Latest News article 10th / 11th / 12th
Added link to Quarantined page 11th

March 2008
Added photos to Prom Night 18th
Added Latest News article 3rd / 4th / 10th / 14th / 15th / 17th / 18th / 23rd / 27th
Added photos to Out and About 1st / 22nd

February 2008
Added photos to Out and About 10th
Added Latest News article 1st / 6th / 7th / 17th / 23rd
Added release dates for Little Chenier 5th / 11th / 17th

January 2008
Added Mummy an' the Armadillo  page 22nd
Added updates to Filmography page 14th
Added photos & reviews to Little Chenier page 11th / 18th
Added link and photo to Quarantined page 3rd / 25th
Added Latest News article 3rd / 6th / 18th / 20th / 24th / 25th
Added release dates and cinemas for Little Chenier 2nd / 9th

Previous Site Updates and Projects
2007 - January to December
2006 - January to December


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