Jonathan Banks

Birthday: 31 January 1947, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Birth Name: Jonathan Ray Banks

Height: 174 cm

Versatile veteran character actor Jonathan Banks was born in Washington D.C in 1947. While growing up he always had an interest in acting and stage work, so decided to pursue a career in entertainment. To this day he is a very accomplished stage actor. While acting in film, he usually plays sinister types or villains. He can be seen in Better Call ... Show more »

'Wiseguy' for its time was good. It was really good. And it holds up still. But a lot of the restrai...Show more »

'Wiseguy' for its time was good. It was really good. And it holds up still. But a lot of the restraints have been taken off now. Show less «

I've got eighteen-year-old twins that need to go to college, so there's still a financial issue, but...Show more »

I've got eighteen-year-old twins that need to go to college, so there's still a financial issue, but I could retire tomorrow and just count ducks by the side of the lake, and that would be just fine by me. I'm not a high-energy guy. Show less «

If you had told me in the Seventies and Eighties that TV would be as edgy or edgier than most films,...Show more »

If you had told me in the Seventies and Eighties that TV would be as edgy or edgier than most films, and more intelligently written than most films, I wouldn't have believed it. There's great stuff out there. Show less «

I've died so many times. I'm 65. On my 40th birthday, my girlfriend gave me a reel with ways I had d...Show more »

I've died so many times. I'm 65. On my 40th birthday, my girlfriend gave me a reel with ways I had died, whether it was by knife, or electrocution or drowning or being thrown off a building or whatever it might have been. I've died a lot of times! Show less «

I honestly do feel - and I hope I don't gag anybody if they read this - but I feel like I'm one of t...Show more »

I honestly do feel - and I hope I don't gag anybody if they read this - but I feel like I'm one of the luckiest people in the world. Show less «

When I walk onto a set, no matter what it is, I always do the very best work that I can. But I'm not...Show more »

When I walk onto a set, no matter what it is, I always do the very best work that I can. But I'm not braindead, and I want to do things that I want to do, you know? Show less «

Forty-five years since I made my first paycheck, and I'm telling you that 'Breaking Bad' is as good ...Show more »

Forty-five years since I made my first paycheck, and I'm telling you that 'Breaking Bad' is as good as it gets. Show less «

Thank God for theater and film and television and my very, very, very lucky life.

I grew up in Chillum Heights in the Washington, D.C. area., and it was never a garden spot. When guy...Show more »

I grew up in Chillum Heights in the Washington, D.C. area., and it was never a garden spot. When guys go, 'Hey, when I grew up, my neighborhood was tough, and it was this and that'... the reality is that it was just a terribly sad place. And thank God, I was able to escape it. Show less «

I grew up in Washington, D.C. Suffice to say, it was not a garden spot.

Boy I could do this forever; I truly enjoy bad guys.

I have no trouble walking around. But every once in a while, somebody will come, during the course o...Show more »

I have no trouble walking around. But every once in a while, somebody will come, during the course of the day, and say, 'Oh, I recognize you from such-and-such,' and yeah, they'll make a connection. I think for the most part, people don't go, 'Where do I know him from? Does he work at the bank?' Show less «

The funniest guy I've ever worked with - it's just one of those things, again, where we look at each...Show more »

The funniest guy I've ever worked with - it's just one of those things, again, where we look at each other and just laugh - is Jimmy Byrnes from 'Wiseguy.' Jimmy - we can't be in the same room together. He knows he can make me laugh just by looking at me. Show less «

I love Russell Crowe's line to Oliver Reed in 'Gladiator' where he asks him, 'Are you in danger of b...Show more »

I love Russell Crowe's line to Oliver Reed in 'Gladiator' where he asks him, 'Are you in danger of becoming a good man?' It's one of my favorite lines ever. Show less «

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