Jonathan Brandis

Birthday: 13 April 1976, Danbury, Connecticut, USA

Birth Name: Jonathan Gregory Brandis

Height: 177 cm

Born in Danbury, Connecticut, USA, to Greg and Mary, Jonathan Brandis began his career at age 5, acting in television commercials. He appeared in small parts in several films and TV shows before his first starring role in the 1990 film The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (1990). He starred in popular films such as Ladybugs (1992) and starred as Lucas Wolenczak in Steven Spielberg's television series Seaquest DSV (1993). He doubled up his high school courses so he could finish a year early for his role on SeaQuest. He died in November 2003. Show less «

[speaking in 1994] I want to be remembered as an actor who put in some good work in the beginning of...Show more »

[speaking in 1994] I want to be remembered as an actor who put in some good work in the beginning of his career, even better work at the end of his career and slowly, successfully made the transition into writing and directing. Show less «

My friends would probably describe me as silly. And honest. And that I think about things a bit too ...Show more »

My friends would probably describe me as silly. And honest. And that I think about things a bit too much. Show less «

Teen magazines keep writing that my eyes "twinkle" when I talk. Look, I'm a guy. I don't twinkle, yo...Show more »

Teen magazines keep writing that my eyes "twinkle" when I talk. Look, I'm a guy. I don't twinkle, you know! You can say that my eyes "sparkle" maybe, but not "twinkle", alright? Got that, teen magazine writers?! Show less «

I want to direct, I want to be part of something creative, something with quality. My biggest fear a...Show more »

I want to direct, I want to be part of something creative, something with quality. My biggest fear as an actor is being involved in something mediocre, or being mediocre myself. I've taken classes on screen-writing and, of course, I read a lot of scripts. Writing is what I'd really like to move towards. Right now, though, it just doesn't pay the mortgage. Show less «

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