Johnathon Schaech

The tall and handsome Johnathon Schaech was born on September 10, 1969, in Edgewood, Maryland USA. His father was a law enforcement officer and mother was a HR executive. He studied Economics at the University of Maryland, and simultaneously started learning acting. He was raised as a roman catholic and is of German and Italian descent.

After choosing acting over dancing as a career, John did a few commercials and small roles in movies. He would also learn under the acting teacher, Roy London, until his death in 1993. After a few modelling projects, he would appear in his first movie called, ‘The Webbers’, in 1991. He was then casted in Franco Zefferelli's, ‘The Sparrow’, in 1993, opposite Vanessa Redgrave. He then appeared in ‘The Doom Generation’ as a sexy psychopathic drifter in 1995. The film went on to gain a cult following and John’s face became somewhat familiar among people. He then gave a memorable performance in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s, ‘How to Make an American Guilt’, playing the role of a local Romeo.

In 1996, Tom Hanks I quote his famous line “Mama always said life was >> Read More... would cast him in his writing and directorial debut for the movie, ‘That Thing You Do!’, portraying the role of a pissed off lead singer of a rock band. The performance earned him decent reviews and praises. He would further cement his shoes in the industry by playing the role of an American con artist in Stephan Elliott’s comedy film, ‘Welcome to Woop Woop.’ He then played the title role of the world famous escapologist, Harry Houdini, in the TV movie, ‘Houdini’. His acting in the independent feature, ‘Woundings’, garnered him a Best Supporting Actor’s Award at the 2001 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival.

He was casted as Gwyneth Paltrow’s husband and Jessica Lange’s son in the American thriller, ‘Hush’, in 1998. Director Gregg Araki, again, would cast him in his 1999 romantic comedy, ‘Splendor’, playing the role of a sensitive writer.

Among TV series, his career begun in 1994 when he had a recurring role in ‘Models. Inc.’. He would play the love interest of Jennifer Love Hewitt Born on the 21st of February 1979, the off-spring >> Read More... in Time of Your Life, but the show got cancelled in the middle of its season.

In 2001, he played the lead role in the biblical drama film, ‘Judas’, but the release of the film was held until 2004. In the meantime, he would play small roles in movies. In 2006, he appeared as Matt Harrison in the film adaptation of Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas, a novel by James Patterson James Patterson is an American writer. He is widel >> Read More... . The film also starred Christina Applegate She was introduced to everyone as a child artist i >> Read More... , who Schaech married in 2001. He also starred in ‘Little Chenier’, which won the Best Picture Award at the Phoenix Film Festival.

In 2008, he played the role of a murderous teacher in the horror film, ‘Prom Night’. For his acting, he earned a MTV Movie Award Nomination, but lost it to Heath Ledger “Why so serious?” This is just one his intimidatin >> Read More... for The Dark Knight. The film was a success and performed well at the box office, earning more than 40 million dollars. He then portrayed the role of a firefighter in John Erick Dowdle’s sci-fi flick, ‘Quarantine’.

His other works include Takers, 5 Days of War, Phantom, Hercules: The Legend Begins, The Prince Click to look into! >> Read More... and Vice. He has also co-written a number of screenplays for movies like Road House 2, The Poker Club, Caught Stealing, etc. He also wrote a novel with the title, Rick Dempsey's Caught Stealing. He has appeared in a number of TV shows such as CSI: Miami, Ray Donovan, Texas Rising and Quantico. He has been married thrice. He is currently living in Nashville Tennessee, with his third wife, Julie Solomon, and had a boy who was born in 2013. He has also appeared on the cover of Vanity Affair in 1996, and appeared as DC comics character, Jonah Hex Click to look into! >> Read More... .