Jon Abrahams

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Jon Abrahams
Abrahams in 2009
Born
Jon Avery Abrahams

(1977-10-29) October 29, 1977 (age 46)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

Jon Avery Abrahams (born October 29, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in several films such as Sonny Poncelet in Dead Man Walking (1995), Bobby Prinze in Scary Movie, Denny Byrnes in Meet the Parents (both 2000), and Dalton Chapman in House of Wax (2005).

Early life and family

Abrahams was born in New York City. He attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn.[1]

Abrahams' great-uncles were actor Mack Gray – long time confidant of entertainers George Raft, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra – and stuntman and fight coordinator Joe Gray. His father is the artist Martin Abrahams.

Career

Abrahams made his film debut in Larry Clark's Kids. His other feature credits include Scary Movie, Meet the Parents, My Boss's Daughter, Boiler Room, and House of Wax.

On television, Abrahams has appeared on Boston Public, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Second Generation Wayans, The Mentalist, and Criminal Minds. He was also "DJ Jonny" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for season four.

In 2013, Abrahams was cast as the lead in the indie movie Room 105.[2] In 2014, Abrahams was cast in We Are Your Friends as a club promoter.[3]

In 2016, Abrahams made his directorial debut with the film All at Once. The film was released on DVD and video-on-demand in 2018.[4] In 2017, Abrahams was cast in the crime drama film Clover,[5] which he also directed. In 2022 he released his third directorial effort with the gay slasher thriller Exploited.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Kids Steven
Dead Man Walking Sonny Poncelet
1997 A, B, C... Manhattan Milo
Masterminds K-Dog
1998 The Faculty F'%# You Boy
1999 Outside Providence Drugs Delaney
Pigeonholed
Bringing Out the Dead Club Bystander
2000 Boiler Room Jeff
Scary Movie Bobby
Meet the Parents Denny Byrnes
2001 Mourning Glory David Fanelli
Texas Rangers Berry Smith
Scenes of the Crime Lenny Burroughs
2002 They Billy Parks
2003 My Boss's Daughter Paul
2004 What Are the Odds Mike Short Film
2005 House of Wax Dalton
Standing Still Pockets
Prime Morris
2006 Bottoms Up Jimmy Desnappio Direct-to-DVD film
The Iron Man Gustavo Payne
2007 Gardener of Eden Don
2008 Who Do You Love Phil Chess
2009 2 Dudes and a Dream Model Instructor
Not Since You Howard Stieglitz
2010 The Penthouse Tyler's Agent
2012 Missed Connections Josh Lindsay
Hitchcock Reporter #1
2013 Amelia's 25th Sonny
2014 Non-Stop David Norton
Aldo Jonny
Come Back to Me Johnny
2015 We Are Your Friends Nicky
Condemned Vince
2016 All at Once James Maxwell
Room 105 Tom
2019 Apparition Officer Hale
2020 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up Tim
2020 Clover Mickey

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Law & Order Roscoe Episode: "Damaged"
1999 Outreach Henry 'Jenks' Jenkins
2002–2003 Boston Public Zach Fischer 18 episodes
2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Robert Logan Episode: "Mother"
2006 Deceit Roger TV movie
Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-Roc's Street Chad (voice) TV movie
2008 The Life and Times of Marcus Felony Brown Cash TV movie
2011 Masters of the House Jerry 6 episodes
2013 Second Generation Wayans Agent
2014 The Mentalist Peter Kilgallen Episode: "Forest Green"
Criminal Minds Leo Jenkins Episode: "The Itch"
2015 Major Crimes Fre$h Episode: "Special Master: Part One"
The Astronaut Wives Club Frank Borman Episode: "The Dark Side"
2016 Hawaii Five-0 Ben Halanu Episode: "He Moho Hou"
2020 Stumptown Jared Mendleton Episode: "At All Costs: The Conrad Costas Chronicles"
2020 Black Hearted Killer Dennis Cummings TV movie
2023 Snowfall Officer Anderson Episode: "Fallout"

Music videos

Year Title Role Artist Notes
2007 "Do You Know?" The Director Enrique Iglesias

References

  1. ^ Lee, Linda. "A NIGHT OUT AT THE: Paramount Hotel; The Pajama Game", The New York Times, May 27, 2001. Accessed November 3, 2007. "A product of St. Ann's School in Brooklyn, Mr. Abrahams, 23, had invited a batch of friends from high school to join him. He lives in North Park Slope, exactly 41 minutes from here, he said."
  2. ^ "Casting Net: Ben Affleck to direct and star in Africa-set thriller". EW.com. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "'Scary Movie's' Jon Abrahams Joins Zac Efron in EDM Movie 'We Are Your Friends' (Exclusive)". TheWrap. August 6, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  4. ^ BWW News Desk. "ALL AT ONCE Directed by Jon Abrahams, Available On Digital & On Demand 4/3". Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  5. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (November 9, 2017). "Jon Abrahams, Mark Webber, Erika Christensen, More Set For Comedic Mob Thriller 'Clover'". Deadline. Retrieved September 26, 2018.

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