He first discovered his passion for the arts at 8 years old whilst living in Colombia, exploring fine art and drawing. His attention moved towards instruments: The Piano and the Flute. It was the energy and emotions able to transcend through music that captivated him, even going on to perform professionally before returning to London and taking an interest in performance.
His favourite piece to play was Nino Rota’s composition for The Godfather (1972). Not knowing that he’d later discover the magnificent work of Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, and Marlon Brando to name a few of those he looks up to.
Jonathan took an interest in acting at secondary school, taught to improvise and devise pieces based off of plays and films explored in class he was encouraged by his drama teacher to keep on pursuing his passion. In 2012, he began training at Instinctual Acting with New York acting coach Michael Duvall learning: improvisation, character/script analysis and acting for the camera.
Shortly, he was cast as ‘Siddie’ in Jonathan Harvey’s: ‘Tomorrow I’ll be happy’ (directed by Anna Jordan). It was selected by The National Theatre for Connections 2013, this experience only added to his burning desire for performance and storytelling. After positive reviews from Artistic Director of The National Theatre at the time, Nicholas Hytner. He was asked to be part of The Young Studio’s upcoming project that summer.
He continued training with part-time drama schools: Identity School of Acting and RAaW London. In this time, he’s been trained in combat, improvisation, voice, and accents (including American, Spanish and Middle Eastern) for stage and film.
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