Johnathon Schaech
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Biography
Johnathon Schaech emerged from a swimming pool in "How to Make an American Quilt" (1995) and the camera--if not most of the audience so inclined--fell in love. With his swarthy good looks, mischievous eyes and pouty lips, Schaech seemed destined for stardom. He had only been acting for a few years prior to this, most memorably as a stalker in a six episode arc on the short-lived series "Models, Inc." (Fox, 1994). His role of Leon in Jocelyn Moorhouse's "How to Make an American Quilt" was that of a local romeo enticing the confused Finn (Winona Ryder) into an affair. In addition, 1995 also saw the release of Gregg Araki's "The Doom Generation," in which Schaech essayed a sexy psychopathic drifter, and the direct-to-video "Poison Ivy II: Lily," with the bleached blonde actor romancing Alyssa Milano. Tom Hanks tapped the up-and-comer for the role of the leader of a rock band in Hanks' directorial debut, "That Thing You Do!" (1996). He further solidified his rising star status by appearing in Stephan Elliott's "Welcome to Woop Woop," as an American con artist who is held hostage in the Australian Outback by an eccentric local and in the key role of Jessica Lange's son and Gwyneth Paltrow's husband in the thriller "Hush" (both 1998). That same year he starred as the legendary illusionist in TNT's original biopic "Houdini."
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Life Events
1993
Played the lead in "Sparrow" for director Franco Zeffirelli; was credited as Jonathan Schaech
1993
Made his screen-acting debut in TV movie "At Home with the Webbers"
1994
Had the recurring role of a stalker on six episodes of "Models, Inc."
1994
Made his TV debut on an episode of "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr."
1995
Made his first feature collaboration with Gregg Araki, "The Doom Generation"
1995
Was cast in his breakthrough role as Leon in "How to Make an American Quilt"
1996
Played the lead singer in Tom Hanks' "That Thing You Do!"
1998
Had the title role in the TNT biopic "Houdini"
1999
Formed one leg of a romantic triangle as a music journalist in Gregg Araki's comedy "Splendor"
1999
Made his TV series debut as a regular on "The Time of Your Life"
2001
Portrayed the leader of a roving band of vampires in "The Forsaken"
2002
Was cast as Judas Iscariot in the religious-themed TV-movie "Judas and Jesus" (ABC)
2002
Had a cameo in "The Sweetest Thing," starring his then-wife Christina Applegate
2005
Co-starred with Applegate in the CBS movie "James Patterson's Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas"
2008
Was cast with Brittney Snow in the horror film, "Prom Night"
2008
Appeared in the horror film "Quarantine"
2010
Appeared in the ensemble crime thriller "Takers"
2013
Had an extended character arc on the short-lived drama "The Client List"
2013
Played the recurring role of Sean Walker on Showtime's "Ray Donovan"
2014
Played Castor on sci-fi drama "Star-Crossed"
2015
Was featured in the historical drama "To Appomattox"
2015
Played Colonel Sherman on the western mini-series "Texas Rising"
2018
Co-starred in the zombie apocalypse sequel "Day of the Dead: Bloodline"
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