Johnathon Schaech

Johnathon Schaech
Born (1969-09-10) September 10, 1969
Edgewood, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater University of Maryland, Baltimore
Occupation
  • Actor
  • writer
  • producer
Years active 1993–present
Spouse(s)
Children 1 (with Solomon)

Johnathon Schaech (/ʃɛk/ SHEK; born September 10, 1969) is an American actor, writer, and producer.

Early life

Schaech was born in Edgewood, Maryland in 1969 to Joe, a Baltimore City law enforcement officer, and Joanne Schaech, a human resources executive.[1] He was raised Roman Catholic.[2][3] Schaech has a sister, Renée.[1] He went to University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMBC), where he studied economics and took one acting class.[4][5] He is also a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

Career

In 1989, dance troupe Chippendales flew Schaech out to Los Angeles and offered him a job, but his father urged him to aim higher. He signed with Wilhelmina West and survived for three years doing commercials and bit parts in movies.[4] Schaech studied under acting teacher Roy London for three and half years until London's death in 1993.[6][7]

1991–2000

In 1991, Schaech went through a three-month audition process before he landed the lead in Franco Zeffirelli's period piece drama El Storia de Capinera (The Sparrow).[6][7] Schaech would have become a regular fixture on Fox TV's Brisco County, Jr. but he bypassed the steady work to portray drifter Xavier Red in The Doom Generation.[7]

Schaech won a pivotal role in How to Make an American Quilt,[7] which received a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. In 1995, Schaech played the ambitious but self-absorbed lead singer of The Wonders in That Thing You Do!.[8] Schaech next played the male lead in the 1998 thriller Hush.[9] He was featured as one of the most promising leading men of tomorrow on the 1996's Vanity Fair cover alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith and Benicio del Toro.[10]

In 1997, Schaech starred in the Australian comedy Welcome to Woop Woop.[11] Taking the role of a British military man, Schaech was in the independent feature Woundings in 1998,[12] for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2001 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival.[13] He then accepted the role of Harry Houdini in TNT's Houdini in 1998.[14]

In 1999, Schaech starred in Finding Graceland[15] and Splendor.[16] He then shot a failed CBS pilot Partners opposite Marg Helgenberger.[17] He played the love interest of Jennifer Love Hewitt in the Party of Five spin-off Time of Your Life,[18] which was canceled in the middle of its first season, on June 21, 2000.[19]

In 2000, Schaech starred in his first major play, David Rabe's A Question for Mercy, playing a Colombian born gay Manhattanite dying of AIDS. He lost 35 pounds for the role.[20]

2001–2010

In 2001, Schaech filmed the role of the title character in Judas for ABC. The film would be highly controversial and was pushed back for several years until Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ was released in 2004, opening a window for the network to air the film.[21]

In 2005, Schaech starred in Sea of Dreams,[22] which won director José Pepe Bojórquez the Silver Goddess award for best first work. In 2005, he was cast opposite his then wife, Christina Applegate, in Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas for CBS.[23] Schaech co-starred in the CBS pilot "Commuters".[24]

In 2006, Schaech starred in Little Chenier. The film went on to win best picture and best ensemble at the Phoenix film festival.[25] In 2006, he was cast in the Lifetime television film Angels Fall.[26]

In 2007, Schaech took the lead in Sony's remake of Prom Night.[27] He received an MTV award nomination for best villain for his performance, losing to Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker.[28] In 2008, he appeared in science fiction film Quarantine.[29]

In 2010, Schaech played a Georgian Army captain in the action indie 5 Days of War.[30]

2011–present

In 2013, Schaech appeared in the submarine thriller Phantom.[31] He was cast in the first season of Showtime ‘s series Ray Donovan, appearing in five episode as an eccentric movie star, Sean Walker.[32] He also played the corn-rowed villain The Legend of Hercules, gaining 30 lbs of muscle to play the Egyptian mercenary Tarak.[32]

In 2014, Schaech joined the cast of History’s miniseries Texas Rising, playing Colonel Sherman.[33]

In 2016, Schaech appeared in the television series Legends of Tomorrow as DC Comics bounty hunter Jonah Hex.[34]

Writing

Schaech wrote his first book titled Rick Dempsey's Caught Stealing.[35]

Schaech has written co-written a number of screenplays with Richard Chizmar, including Heroes (2002), Road House 2 (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006), based on a story by Miles Chapman, Masters of Horror The Washingtonians (Showtime, 2007), based on a story by Bentley Little and The Poker Club, based on the story by Ed Gorman.[36] Schaech and Chizmar have also co-written screenplays based on stories by Peter Crowther: Fear Itself: Eater (NBC/AXN Sci Fi, 2009); Lewis Shiner: Fear Itself: The Circle (NBC/AXN Sci Fi, 2009); and Stephen King: From A Buick 8 (in production 2009) and Black House (in production 2009).[36]

Personal life

Schaech married actress Christina Applegate in October 2001 in Palm Springs.[37] In December 2005, he filed for a divorce,[37] which became final in August 2007.[38]

In December 2009, Schaech became engaged to singer/actress Jana Kramer, whom he began dating in 2008 .[39] They wed on July 4, 2010 in Michigan but announced their separation one month later.[40] Their divorce was finalized in June 2011.[41]

Schaech married his third wife, music and book publicist Julie Solomon, in July 2013 in Ocean City, Maryland.[42] They have one son, Camden Quinn, born in September 2013.[43]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1993The WebbersGiampaoloTV movie
1993Sparrow (AKA Storia di una capinera)Nino
1995How to Make an American QuiltLeon
1995The Doom GenerationXavier Red
1996Poison Ivy II: LilyGredin
1996That Thing You Do!James (Jimmy) Mattingly II
1996Invasion of PrivacyJosh Taylor
1997Welcome to Woop WoopTeddy
1998HushJackson Baring
1998Finding GracelandByron Gruman
1998HoudiniHarry HoudiniTV movie
1998Woundings (aka Brand New World)Douglas Briggs
1999SplendorAbel
1999CaracaraDavid J. McMillanTV movie
2000If You Only KnewParker Concorde
2000The Giving Tree (aka Brutal Truth)James
2000After SexMatt
2000How to Kill Your Neighbor's DogAdam
2001Sol GoodeHappy
2001The ForsakenKit
2002The Sweetest ThingLeather Coat Guy(uncredited)
2002They Shoot Divas, Don't They?TrevorTV movie
2002HeroesFrancis
2002Kiss the BrideGeoffrey 'Geoff' Brancati
2002Blood CrimeDaniel Pruitt
2004Mummy and the ArmadilloJesse
2004JudasJudas Iscariot
2005Suzanne's Diary for NicholasMatt Harrison
20058mm 2David Huxley
2006Sea of DreamsMarcelo
2006Road House 2Shane Tanner
2006Little ChenierBeauxregard "Beaux" Dupuis
2007Angels FallBrodyTV movie
2008Living HellFrank Sears
2008Prom NightRichard Fenton
2008QuarantineFletcher
2009The Poker Club (2009)Aaron Tyler
2009Laid to RestJohnnyDirect-to-video
2010TakersScott
20115 Days of WarCapt. Rezo Avaliani
2013PhantomPavlov
2013Dark CirclesAlexDirect-to-video
2014Hercules: The Legend BeginsTarek
2014The PrinceFrankDirect-to-video
2015ViceChrisDirect-to-video
2016MaraudersMims
2017ArsenalMikey
2017JackalsAndrew PowellDirect-to-video
2018Day of the Dead: BloodlineMax
2018ReprisalGabriel
2019Spider-Man: Far From HomeMorris Bench/Hydro-ManFilming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Outer Limits Andy Pace
2001Time of Your LifeJohn Maguire
2003Arrested DevelopmentGoldstone
2009Cold CaseJulian Bellows
2011CSI: Miami Joseph Crumbaugh
2013Ray DonovanSean Walker
2013The Client ListGreg Carlisle
2014Star-CrossedCastor
2015Sleepy HollowSolomon Kent
2015Texas RisingCol. Sydney Sherman
2015QuanticoMichael Parrish
2016-2018Legends of TomorrowJonah HexSeason 1, Episode 11: "The Magnificent Eight"
Season 2, Episode 6: "Outlaw Country"
Season 3, Episode 18: "The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly"
2016Blue BloodsDetective Jimmy MosleySeason 6, Episode 19: "Blast From The Past"

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