Jon Abrahams


Actor

About

Also Known As
Jonathan Abrahams
Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA
Born
October 29, 1977

Biography

The boyish-looking actor Jon Abrahams got his start in Larry Clark's risqué "Kids," as one of a clique of New York City adolescents who skateboarded, had sex, and risked contracting AIDS. He went on to play a supporting role in "Masterminds," a hostage movie set at a school--something that the characters in his debut rarely attended--and continued to get "schooled" in Robert Rodriguez's ...

Biography

The boyish-looking actor Jon Abrahams got his start in Larry Clark's risqué "Kids," as one of a clique of New York City adolescents who skateboarded, had sex, and risked contracting AIDS. He went on to play a supporting role in "Masterminds," a hostage movie set at a school--something that the characters in his debut rarely attended--and continued to get "schooled" in Robert Rodriguez's evil-teacher thriller, "The Faculty," as well as in multiple episodes of "Boston Public," David E. Kelley's FOX series set in a Massachusetts secondary school. Abrahams has often tried his hand at horror, not only in "The Faculty," but also in the campus-set "They," the 2005 remake of "House of Wax"--featuring Paris Hilton, whose star was then waxing--and the horror-film spoof "Scary Movie." When not giving people the willies, the actor has taken on roles in romantic dramas like "Not Since You," appearing with his "Scary Movie" costar Kathleen Robertson. He also played Robert De Niro's kinsman in the big-hit comedy "Meet the Parents," and was honored with a festival award for his leading turn in the fortune-cookie-themed short "What Are the Odds."

Life Events

1995

Made feature film debut in Larry Clark's "Kids"

1997

Appeared in "Masterminds"

1999

Breakthrough screen role as Drugs Delaney in "Outside Providence"

2000

Appeared in Ben Younger's directorial debut "Boiler Room"

2000

Co-starred in the blockbuster "Scary Movie"

2000

Played Robert De Niro's son in "Meet the Parents"

2001

Had featured role in "Texas Rangers"

2002

Joined the cast of Fox's "Boston Public" as Zack Fisher

2002

Starred in the "House of Wax," a remake of the 1953 classic Vincent Price film

2005

Re-teamed with writer/director Ben Younger on "Prime" starring Uma Thurman

2006

Cast in the indie comedy "Standing Still"

Photo Collections

Zaat - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for the low-budget monster movie Zaat (1972), produced and directed by Don Barton. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Videos

Movie Clip

Z -- (1969) -- (Movie Clip) A Hungry Bear Does Not Dance "The Deputy" (Yves Montand), just arrived in the un-named country that can only be the director's native Greece, planning the rally, thug Yago (Renato Salvatori) and pals beating up demonstrators, in Costa-Gavras' Z, 1969.
Have I The Right To Kill (a.k.a. L'Insoumis) -- (Movie Clip) Years Of Bitter War Impressive location shooting in the opening, French troops losing ground in Algeria, Alain Delon disobeying the orders of his lieutenant, Georges Geret, plus newsreel footage, in this dubbed version of Have I The Right To Kill (a.k.a. L'Insoumis or The Unvanquished), 1964.
Have I The Right To Kill (a.k.a. L'Insoumis) -- (Movie Clip) One Way For A Deserter Now holed up in an apartment in Algiers, having deserted the French Foreign Legion, Thomas (Alain Delon) receives his old lieutenant (Georges Geret), who's joined the militant right-wing O.A.S. faction, in Have I The Right To Kill (a.k.a. L'Insoumis or The Unvanquished), 1964.
L'Atalante (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Tired Of Village Life Attribution and opening credits, the first scenes from the initially reviled final film by the then 29-year old French director Jean Vigo, who died the year it was released, L'Atalante, 1934, starring Michel Simon, Dita Parlo and Jean Daste.
L'Atalante (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Paler Than The Wind The morning after the wedding and the first on the barge, country girl and young bride Juliette (Dita Parlo) with her husband the captain (Jean Daste) and his crewman Jules (Michel Simon), neither of whom, it appears, she knows very well, in Jean Vigo's acclaimed L'Atalante, 1934.
Diary Of A Chambermaid (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Play Innocent Following director Luis Bunuel's opening sequence over French countryside, Parisian domestic Celestine (Jeanne Moreau) meets grumpy driver Joseph (Georges Geret), then elderly Rabour (Jean Ozenne) and son-in-law Monteil (Michel Piccoli) are introduced, in Diary Of A Chambermaid, 1964.
No Orchids For Miss Blandish -- (Movie Clip) You Croaked Him! Brits playing American thugs, high-strung Riley (Richard Nelson) launches the kidnap of Foster (John McLaren) and Miss Blandish (Linden Travers), but Bailey (Leslie Bradley) has to shoot almost everyone, in No Orchids For Miss Blandish, 1948.

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