| Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Inland Empire, Jon is a Californian
through and through. He considers 29 Palms his home town and loved growing up a "desert rat."
In those years Jon spent a lot of time outdoors enjoying nature, most often hiking, sometimes
riding the family horse, or on rowdy days riding his motorcycle. A favorite weekend activity
was trekking up to the 49 Palms oasis with his friend Hannah to enjoy breakfast at sunrise.
For as long as Jon can remember life has been about entertaining. It all started in the
family garage where he staged small plays and variety shows, generally cajoling his sister
and cousins into joining him to entertain the adults. In high school he played guitar and
sang in a rock-n-roll band. Things changed when he saw his first real play; on that day he
knew that his life would ultimately lead him to acting.
Jon's early adult years, though, were consumed by his technical side (yeah, he's a geek...)
and after honorable service in the United States Air Force he used his technical, communications,
and entertainment skills to work his way through the ranks of a major American corporation,
satisfying two of his three life goals: 1) to travel around the world and, 2) to earn a
United States patent (he has three).
With those goals out of the way Jon left the large corporate world to focus on acting and
writing. While living in Dallas he met and began studying with noted acting coach
Cliff Osmond, the coach Jon continues
to work with today. Just before leaving Dallas to return home to SoCal Jon won a role in the
hit comedy, "The Night of the White
Pants" which stars Tom Wilkinson and Nick Stahl. It was a great experience and a thrill
to work with Tom and with Frances Fisher. If you ask him, Jon will admit he developed a little
crush while working with Frances!
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