Jonathan's Temple

NAME: Jonathan Gregory Brandis 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Danbury, Connecticut -April 13, 1976 

LIVES IN: San Fernando Valley, CA

FAMILY: parents, Greg (owns a distribution company) 
and Mary (manages Jon, but recently has a new manger) 

PETS: two parrakeet(one yellow and the other is blue-
green)-Bert and Ernie(unfortantely Ernie was eaten by 
Marbles) a calico cat-Marbles ; a west highland white 
terrier-Megan (unfortantely Megan passed away from a 
mouth tumor)

FAMOUS FRIENDS: Jenna Von Oy, Brian Austin Green, Mario
 Lopez, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Chris Demetral, Jason 
Marsden, Tatyana Ali, Mark Paul Gosselaar, Sara Gilbert,
 Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Soleil Moon Frye, Roy Scheider,
 Marco Sanchez, Michael Ironside, Stephanie Beacham, Don
 Franklin, Stacy Haiduk, John D'Aquino, Royce D. Applegate,
 Ted Raimi, Edward Kerr, Kathy Evison, Michael DeLuise, 
Peter DeLuise, Elise Neal, Rodeny Dangerfield and DARWIN 

STATS: dark blond hair/blue eyes; 5'10" / 135 lbs(62 kg)  

BODY MARKINGS: a little scar on his nose, just near his 
eye

NICKNAMES: Jon and the J-man 

SELF DESCRIBTION:"Funny and never shy" 

WHAT HE LIKES BEST ABOUT HIMSELF: "The fact that I can 
take a criticism and not let it bother me" 

WHAT MR. BRANDIS DISLIKES ABOUT HIMSELF: "Sometimes I 
ignore people without even knowing it." 

HABITES: "I watch too much television and I bite my 
nails"

FAVORITE MUSIC: Red Hot Chilly Peppers, Gun N'Roses, 
U2 and Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, Pearl Jam, Counting 
Crows,Snoop Doggy Dogg, Babyface, Primitive Radio 
Gods, Eric Clapton 

FAVORITE MOVIES: J.F.K.,Back to the Future,Where 
the Day Takes You,  Raiders of The Lost Ark, The 
Fugitive, Schindler's List(which he cried in) 

FAVORITE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES: Richard Dreyfuss, 
Sally Field, James Dean(wich is his long time Idol),
 Steven Speilberg(another Idol) 

FAVORITE TV SHOWS: Quantum Leap, Cops, Melrose Place,
 NYPD Blue 

FAVORITE APPLIANCES: The Phone! - He can't live without
 it! He has to call all his friends, and tell them how 
much he misses them. 

FAVORITE CLOTHING: Flannel Shirts 

FAVORITE CLOTHING STORE: JC Penney's 

QUALITY IN A WOMAN: Sensitivity and Honesty 

Unfortunately Jonathan doesn't really like to date. 
 He's gotten involved
a couple of times, but nothing really serious.  
He's been in love a couple
of times - (Ed: Jonathan the lovesick puppy??? 
Nah!!), and a lot of his
female friends now, are his ex-girlfriends.

STAR!: Do you like girls who stand up to you?

JB: Yeah, the most important things is that a 
girl should be very secure with
    herself.  I don't want to be out with a 
girl and have to constantly tell
    her she's okay, that she doesn't have to 
worry and that she looks all
    right.  Insecure girls I find are very 
difficult to communicate with.
    They are very frustrating for me.  I like
 girls who know how to be sexy
    and are aware of their sexuality.  Girls 
who are not too candid but not
    too hidden about it, either!

Jon's pretty secretive about these things.  He 
likes to keep them private.  Anyhow, he doesn't   
have a girlfriend at the moment, and apparantely  
doesn't want one (for the time being anyhow).  He 
doesn't really like to date either.               

STAR! Magazine Interviewed Jonathan

STAR!: What do you like in a girl? 
JB: A girl has to be very emotionally strong. I find
 that very necessary. It's also because this business
 throws a lot of pressure on you, and I wouldn't want
 my girlfriend to feel weak or disappointed if I am 
doing a movie with another girl. I don't want jealousy
 to come into the picture if I go away to do a movie 
and she feels I can't be trusted. Besides that, I look
 for girls who are fun and interesting. I like people 
who intrigue me and who can debate with me. At the 
moment I'd be happy just to have a girl to go and see
 a movie with and have some fun! 

STAR!: Do you like girls who stand up to you? 
JB: Yeah, the most important things is that a girl 
should be very secure with herself. I don't want to
 be out with a girl and have to constantly tell her
 she's okay, that she doesn't have to worry and that
 she looks all right. Insecure girls I find are very
 difficult to communicate with. They are very 
frustrating for me. I like girls who know how to be 
sexy and are aware of their sexuality. Girls who are
 not too candid but not too hidden about it, either! 

Source: Star! Magazine 

CHILDHOOD MEMORY: When he traveled to Africa to make
 the television miniseries Poor Little Rich Girl 

FAVORITE COLOR: Midnight Blue 

FAVORITE FOOD: Pizza with sausage and pepperoni 
topping 

FAVORITE JUNK FOOD: Reese's candy pieces 

FAVORITE DRINKS: Pepsi,Snapple, and Yoohoo 

FAVORITE DESSERT: Ice Cream Sundae 

MOST MEMORABLE GIFT: The telephone he received on
 his 15th birthday from his folks 

MOST MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY: His 13th, when he and 
his friends went to Hollywood's famous Magic Castle,
 which is a private magicians club 

FAVORITE ITEMS TO COLLECT: MAD magazines, Pez 
dispensers

FAVORITE ITEM TO HANG ON HIS WALLS: Movie Posters 

FAVORITE ANIMAL: Hawk 

FAVORITE TIME TO WAKE UP: 10:00am 

FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR: December 31st new years 
eve! 

HIS FIRST KISS: at about 12, in the back of a school 
bus, with a whole crowd of kids watching


FAVORITE TOOTHPASTE: Tarter Control Crest 

FAVORITE PAJAMIES: Just his boxers 

RECENT GIRLFRIENDS: 
Dated Tatyana Ali 

Dated Heather McComb 

Dated Vinessa Shaw 

Dated Tiffani-Amber Thiessen 



SOME LITTLE FACTS ABOUT JON:Given his middle
 name from his fathers and his 
first from a "cool guy" that caught the bus 
Greg would drive. Little did Mary 
and Greg know that their son would become an
 almost overnight success. They 
had gotten many compliments on how adorable 
Jonathan was and what a great 
little actor he was while he would ham it up
 on home videos. They didn't take 
it seriously until they did some serious 
thinking. They considered giving it a 
try and whisked 2 year old Jon off to New
 York for an audition for a Buster 
Brown Shoes advertisement. 

It seemed to have gone great and after a 
few days 
past he had gotten the audition. Jon makes
 his debut on the Buster Brown Shoes 
poster. Every day they would take trips to
 modeling agencys, photographers & 
agents. They were long trips, but they were
 worth it. By the age of 6 Jon was 
working as a print model and would do an 
occasional commercial. Soon he managed 
to get a small part on the TV soap One 
Life To Live. He also guest-starred on 
Another World! 
After Jon turned 9 Greg decided it would
 be easier to live closer to Jons jobs, so 
they all packed up and moved to San Fernando
 Valley right outside of LA. His mother 
became his manager and his father quit his 
bus driving job and found a job distributing 
for Pepperidge Farm. Now they escape the city
 life but are close enough to it so 
driving far isnt too much of an option. 

Almost immediatly he won a role on the series
 The Poor Little Rich Girl: A Barbara 
Hutton Story starring Farrah Fawcett. During
 this time he also starred in movies with 
small roles until 1990 when he starred as 
Bill in the tv version of Stephen Kings IT. 
He played his part of a chronic stutterer 
fairly well. *just saying that makes ya 
stutter =)* Later that year Jon was shipped
 off to Germany to film The Neverending 
Story: Part II. He played the part of 
Bastian Baltazar Bux who saves Fantasia from 
the true Nothingness. *You have to see it to 
get what I'm sayin here* 
Jon loved touring Germany and Europe during 
his stay and had an experience he will 
never forget: he had been on a real submarine!
 Obviously this set of his career big time. 

He won many television roles like Blossom, 
Saved By The Bell and Full House. 
Although Jon was pretty busy he insisted on
 staying in Public School with his friends 
instead of Private or a Home tutor. Jon 
worked hard for a series yet it seems no one 
would give him a chance. "All of my friends 
were working on a serious job and I would 
wonder 'when will it happen for me?'" Jon 
says.

FUTURE DREAMS:Jon wants to write, direct 
and produce movies, as well as keep acting.
 He also wants to take another tour of Europe.

He was named after a cool boy on his 
father's old bus route. 
His career began at the age of 2 as a
 poster model on a Buster Brown Shoes ad. 
He graduated from the Valley Professional 
School in 1993, where he doubled up his 
courses in the last year. 
He helps out in the "Make-A-Wish" charity
 foundation for kids. 
He used to get over 4000 fan mail letters
 each week. 
He was never good in school and he often 
got into fights. 
He got first kiss when he was twelve, in 
the back of a school bus, and he did you-
know-what three years later,hopefully not
 in the back of a bus. 
He has a habit of chewing on pens when he
 writes. 
He knows how to play the trumpet and the 
piano. 
His favourite stuffed animal from his 
childhood is a cuddly bear named Teddy,
 which his grandfather bought for him in
 Germany. 
Jonathan Brandis has never posed nude.
His first fan letter that he received 
is framed on his wall....it was about 
this pilot show that never got aired on
 tv.... (info provided by Jane Lane) 
He now drives a black Jeep Grand Cheerokee. 
Jonathan actually chooses to do his own 
laundry, including ironing his shirts.

A JB DAY: 1:30 PM - Come back from lunch 
and do more of the show. I take breaks now
 and then to ride Backdraft or Back to the
 Future [the rides]
He has a habit of chewing on pens when he 
writes.

Question: Jonathan, was it difficult 
working with the mechanical dolphin in
 'Seaquest?' 

JBrandis: Yeah, we also had a mechanical
 Roy Schneider, That was tougher.

QUOTE: The things I enjoy most about acting
 are probably the people and jobs and the 
locations and the stories and the characters
 and the whole aspect of changing roles and 
changing between comedy and drama and horror.
 The thing I like least about it is waking up
 early in the morning.

BOP: Do you ever see yourself as a role model?
 Jon: Um, yeah. It's tough to recongnize yourself
 sometimes as a role model. I don't know if I can
 honestly say I am. I think to some extent I am. 
I mean, I try to say the right things and give 
the right advice. But still, I'm only a person.

QUOTE: I think my body could use some more muscles.
 Fitnessing is not going so well yet though, I 
happen to be more than just a little bit lazy.

QUOTE: The first album I got was Michael Jackson's
 Thriller, in 1984. I played it to death. I knew 
every single syllable he spoke on that album.

BOP: What would be your ideal role to play? Jon: 
My ideal role? An ´´Indiana Jones´´-type character.
 I would love to do that. I remember when I saw 
[Raiders of the Lost Ark] and I just wanted so 
badly to have that outfit, and to have that whip,
 you know, and just swing on vines and stuff! 
I'd love that type of role. I'd have fun with 
any period piece like that.

Astrologically speaking, Jonathan is an Aries
(As is am I). If you buy into this stuff, you
 know that means he's ambitious, adventurous,
 charismatic, protective of others and a 
rendsetter.

Q: So you are not vain? 

A: Well, sometimes I am, sometimes not. It 
depends what kind of mood I'm in. One time 
I can stand fiddling in front of the mirror 
for an hour and another time I think: well 
hack, this is just the best it can get. Only 
if I have to go to work I really try to look 
fantastic.
He has 27 first cousins

QUOTE: I hope I am also judged on my 
accomplishments as an actor and not just on 
my pretty face!
A JB DAY: 7:20 PM - Get home and relax, watch
 T.V. and stuff. 7:30 - Talk on the phone, 
arrange photo shoots or interviews for another
 day or the weekend. 8PM - Eat Dinner. I like 
Corn Pops.

QUOTE: I'd like to play Luke Skywalker in the 
next 'Star Wars' movies. That would be cool!

QUOTE: Thai food... you see, that's too cultured
 for me.

QUOTE: I'd love to film or produce or direct a 
movie with special effects in it---or even without 
them. I don't think I'll ever go into the special-
effects industry, only because I don't know if 
that's the right area for me. I just love film-
making.
He collects movie memorabilia and Mad magazines.

QUOTE: I think my body could use some more muscles. 
Fitnessing is not going so well yet though, I happen 
to be more than just a little bit lazy.
According to his dad, Greg, if Jonathan had been 
born a girl, he would have been named Fay, after 
Greg's father, Fay William..

QUOTE: Next to the things everybody does like 
smoking and drinking behind your parent's back, 
I did forge a drivers license when I was sixteen.

Question: Jonathan, did you enjoy making the movie
 'Ladybugs?' 

JBrandis: Yeah, I remember it being fun. I didn't 
want to dress up like a girl initially, because I 
was like this insecure 15 year old at the time.<

QUOTE: Roy Schneider was cool. I learned quite a 
bit from him.
He likes clothes from the Gap, especially flannel 
shirts, khaki pants and other comfortable, casual
 items

QUOTE: I admitt, I did take a small joint once, 
but I soon realised what the consequences would be 
when I would begin taking harddrugs.

Q: Have you ever seen a UFO? 

A: No, except on The X-Files. I think if I did 
see one it wouldn't be that scary because you 
don't go around expecting to see one.

QUOTE: I'd like to play Luke Skywalker in the 
next 'Star Wars' movies. That would be cool!

Facts collected from:
The Jonathan Brandis FAQ
The Jonathan Brandis Internet Fan Club Homepage
Aftonbladet 

  
  









PROJECTS: 

"Webster" (TV series) (1983) 
"Murder She Wrote" (TV series) (1984) Kevin Bryce 
Fatal Attraction (1987) party guest 
The Wrong Guys (1988) Kid Tim 
Stepfather II (1989) Todd Grayland 
"Stephen King's It" (TV) (1990) Young Bill 
The Never Ending Story 2 (1990) Bastian Bux 
Ghost Dad (1990) voice 
"The Flash" (TV guest appearance) (1991) Terry 
Sidekicks (1992) Barry Gabrewski 
Ladybugs (1992) Matthew/Martha 
"SeaQuest DSV" (TV series) (1992-95) Lucas Wolenczak 
"Good King Wenceslas" (TV) (1994) Wenceslas 
"Her Last Chance" (TV) (1996) Preston Atherton 
"SeaQuest DSV 2032" (TV) (1996) Lucas 
"Aladdin" (TV) (1996) voice of Mosenrath 
"Born Free: A New Adventure" (TV) (1996) Rand 
"Fall Into Darkness" (TV) (1996) Chad Lear 
"Two Came Back" (TV) (1997) Jason O'Donnell 
Outside Providence(movie) 1999 Mousy 
"Ride With The Devil" (movie) 1999 Cave Wyatt 
"A Fate Totally Worst Than Death"(movie)2000

contacts: 
Jonathan Brandis Fan Club
11684 Ventura Blvd., Suite 909
Studio City, CA 91604-2613

Shelter Entertainment 
9255 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90069
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April 13 Movie History
On 13 April , the following people were born:

Name Year   Name Year 
Sabrina Carballo  1982  Alberto Salvá  1938 
Courtney Peldon  1981  Lanford Wilson  1937 
Kyle Howard  1978  Edward Fox  1937 
Jonathan Brandis  1976  Lari Laine  1937 
Kazuki Hasegawa  1974  Didi Perego  1937 
Tanja Schmitz  1973  Erich von Däniken  1935 
Alexandra Adi  1971  Lyle Waggoner  1935 
Cory 'Bumper' Yothers  1971  Dan Gurney  1931 
Miho Tsumiki  1971  Sergiu Nicolaescu  1930 
Klodyne Rodney  1970  Kristine Miller  1929 
Rick Schroder  1970  Maurice Ronet  1927 
Christine Skou  1969  Mari Blanchard  1927 
Oren Sarch  1969  Don Adams (I)  1926 
Harold Pruett  1969  Ellie Lambeti  1926 
Nicholas Oulman  1967  Jules Irving (II)  1925 
Chanel (III)  1966  Enrique del Castillo  1924 
Justin Bookey  1966  Stanley Donen  1924 
Steven C. Gladstone  1966  Barbro Nordin  1923 
Simon Scotland  1965  Peter Dyneley  1921 
Caroline Rhea  1964  Florence Pepper  1921 
Page Hannah  1964  Jack Lambert (I)  1920 
Garry Kasparov  1963  Howard Keel  1919 
Hillel Slovak  1962  Robert Bailey (I)  1913 
Vicky Witt  1959  Jerry Bresler  1912 
Klas Dykhoff  1958  Alfred S. Keller  1911 
Hisako Manda  1958  Hanne Mertens  1909 
Saundra Santiago  1957  Eudora Welty  1909 
Gary Kroeger  1957  Yngve Nordwall  1908 
Jimmy Destri  1954  Elena Hálková  1907 
Max Weinberg  1951  Helen Parker (II)  1907 
Peabo Bryson  1951  Samuel Beckett  1906 
Peter Davison  1951  Bud Freeman  1906 
Terry Lester  1950  Rex Evans  1903 
Ron Perlman  1950  Godfrey Kenton  1902 
William Sadler  1950  Raymond Lovell  1900 
Maria Hedborg  1949  Chandulal Shah  1898 
Agostina Belli  1949  Malcolm Stuart Boylan  1897 
Cia Löwgren  1949  Cesco Baseggio  1897 
Asrani  1948  Maria Delgado (I)  1896 
Amy Robinson  1948  Beppie De Vries  1893 
Al Green (II)  1946  Michio Ito  1892 
Josif Tatic  1946  Christian Rub  1887 
Lowell George  1945  Colin Chase (I)  1886 
Charles Robinson (I)  1945  Ferdinand von Alten  1885 
Tony Dow (I)  1945  Leonard Shepherd  1882 
Elisabeth Trissenaar  1944  Charles Christie  1880 
Jack Casady  1944  Hugh E. Wright  1879 
Charles Burnett  1944  Walter Soderling  1872 
Bill Conti  1942  Ellaline Terriss  1872 
Vladimir Cosma  1940  Otto Treßler  1871 
Paul Sorvino  1939  

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On 13 April , the following people died:

Name Year  Name Year 
Willi Stoph  1999  Larry Parks  1975 
Don McGuire  1999  Stanley Smith (I)  1974 
Gene Ashley  1999  Balraj Sahni  1973 
William Griffis  1998  Jean Tissier  1973 
Frank L. Moss  1997  Dorothy Dalton  1972 
Allan Scott (I)  1995  Matti Lehtelä  1971 
Jørgen Buckhøj  1994  Lillian Herlein  1971 
Nikolai Kryuchkov  1994  Eunice Burnham  1966 
Christopher Lynch  1994  Oreste Seragnoli  1965 
John O'Brien (II)  1994  Herman Rosse  1965 
Barry Karas  1993  Veit Harlan  1964 
Grigori Abrikosov  1993  Bud Wolfe  1960 
Sten Ardenstam  1993  Julien Josephson  1959 
Brian Oulton  1992  Joe Bonner  1959 
Eddie Fontaine  1992  Sybille Schmitz  1955 
Esko Saha  1990  Gennaro Curci  1955 
Luis Trenker  1990  Angus L. Macdonald  1954 
Ronald Ibbs  1990  C.V. France  1949 
Francesca Cappelano  1988  John J. Clark  1947 
Erwin Nyiregyhazi  1987  Hugh Sothern  1947 
Francis M. Cockrell  1987  Frederic Hatton  1946 
Stephen Stucker  1986  Peggy O'Neill (I)  1945 
Richard Hurndall  1984  Ilya Ilf  1937 
Paul McGrath (I)  1978  James Donnelly (I)  1937 
Serp  1977  Kinsey Peile  1934 
Frank Hotaling (I)  1977  Maurice Abrahams  1931 

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On 13 April , the following people were married:

 and   Year 
Dorothy L. Sayers    'Oswald Arthur (Mac); Fleming'  1926 


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