Jonathan Majors is an American actor. He is known for his performances in the TV series, When We Rise (2017), and Lovecraft Country (2020), and the films, The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019), and Da 5 Bloods (2020).
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Jonathan Majors was born as ‘Jonathan Michael Majors’ on Thursday, September 7, 1989 (age 31 years; as in 2020) in Lompoc, California. His zodiac sign is Virgo. He spent his formative years at Vandenberg Military Base in Lompoc and then moved to Dallas, Texas at the age of five. He completed his schooling from Duncanville High School in Texas in 2008. She took a year off and earned a BFA in Acting from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and an MFA in Acting from Yale School of Drama in 2016. Following his BFA degree, he studied acting at Terry Knickerbocker Studio, New York.
Physical Appearance
Height: 6′
Eye colour: brown
Hair Color: Black
Family and ethnicity
Jonathan comes from an African American Christian family. His mother is a Methodist pastor. His father was an Air Force officer at Vandenberg Military Base in Lompoc. His father abandoned the family when he was just five years old. He has a younger brother, Cameron, and an older sister, Monica. They also have a daughter, born before she enrolled at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts for her bachelor’s degree.
livelihood
Jonathan made his on-screen debut in 2011 as ‘Mike’ in the ‘Prom’ segment from the film ‘Do Not Disturb’.
Jonathan Majors in Do Not Disturb (2011)
He made his breakthrough with the film ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’ (2019) starring Montgomery Allen in the lead role.
He has starred in the films, Much Ado About Nothing (TV Movie; 2013), Hostiles (2017), White Boy Rick (2018), Captive State (2019), Glee (2019), and Da 5 Bloods (2020). He made his television debut with the mini-series ‘When We Rise’ (2018) as the young Ken Jones.
He also stars as ‘Atticus Black’ in the HBO series ‘Lovecraft Country’ (2020).
Jonathan Majors in Lovecraft Country (2020)
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favorite things
- Basketball Player: Scottie Pippen
- Actor: Mark Rylance, Mahershala Ali, Denzel Washington
- Film: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- Playwright: August Wilson
- Restaurants: Best Best Best Pizza & Restaurant in New Haven
Facts/General Knowledge
- In his free time he likes to travel, watch movies, play sports, and read.
- He grew up playing various sports, especially football, in Texas.
- In his teenage years, he found himself getting into trouble with the neighborhood kids; He started fighting and being threatened. A series of misfortunes befell him as he was forced to perform community service after being caught red-handed shoplifting, he faced suspension from school after getting involved in a physical fight, and shortly after , he was thrown out of his home, living there in his car, which he fondly remembers as an ‘Oldsmobile named Ariel’. At the same time, he started getting involved in theaters and started working part-time in a restaurant.
- He considers himself a disciple of the American playwright August Wilson, whose plays he directed at the Yale School of Drama. Talking about it he says,
We did all 10 of the Pittsburgh Bicycle series in one year. When Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance hadn’t seen anything like this since he was in school.”
- He had some difficulty speaking and had his tongue cut to audition for colleges.
- In 2015, he won the NSAL (National Society of Arts and Letters) Drama Competition. Talking about his experience in the competition he said,
I can’t tell you all what a life-changing experience this competition was for me. A lot has happened since the spring of 2015, from starring in an ABC mini-series (directed by Gus Van Sant) that premiered in 2017 to entering 2018 with four feature films on screens worldwide. “I am still building and still working towards achieving my dream,” he said. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you do for young artists.”
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