Johnathon Schaech
Johnathon Schaech (/ʃɛk/ SHEK; born September 10, 1969[1]) is an American actor and screenwriter. He has been working as an actor since the early 1990s. In 1993, Schaech played the lead role in Franco Zeffirelli's period drama Sparrow (Italian: Storia di una capinera).[2][3] Schaech then played drifter Xavier Red in the Gregg Araki film The Doom Generation.[3]
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| Born | September 10, 1969 Edgewood, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
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| Years active | 1991–present |
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| Children | 2 |
In 1995, Schaech's character Leon romanced Winona Ryder's character Finn in How to Make an American Quilt[3] which received a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.[4] In 1996, Schaech played the ambitious but self-absorbed lead singer of The Wonders in Tom Hanks' That Thing You Do![5] Schaech next starred opposite Jessica Lange and Gwyneth Paltrow in the 1998 thriller Hush, which "promptly bombed".[6][7][8]
References
change- ↑ "Johnathon Schaech". rottentomatoes.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ↑ Anderson, David. "From Edgewood to Hollywood: Johnathon Schaech's busy acting career". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Brennan, Judy (November 4, 1995). "Rising Actor Has That Star Quality: Movies: Johnathon Schaech makes more than muscles ripple in 'How to Make an American Quilt.' – latimes". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
- ↑ Puig, Claudia (January 20, 1996). "Realism focus of nominees for Screen Actors Guild picks". Centre Daily Times (State College, Pennsylvania). p. 31. Archived from the original on November 20, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ↑ "'Off the Cuff' Podcast: Johnathon Schaech Says He Turned Down Franco Zeffirelli". The Hollywood Reporter. February 27, 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
- ↑ Meers, Erik. "Escapist Fare". People. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (March 7, 1998). "At Least The Horses Are Sane". New York Times. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
- ↑ Chute, David (March 9, 1998). "A Disquieting Lack of Suspense in Hush". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 20, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
