Jonathan Penner
Biography
Jonathan Penner is an American actor and writer whose career spans film, television, and reality competition. Born in New York City, he had featured parts in Anarchy TV, Down Periscope (1996), and The Last Supper (1995), and he also co-produced the last of these. He took a smaller part in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film for Down on the Waterfront, a short he co-wrote, co-produced, and starred in. On television, Penner appeared in Grapevine, The Naked Truth, and Rude Awakening, and he had guest roles on Seinfeld, The Tick, Melrose Place, LateLine, Arrested Development, and The Nanny. He co-wrote the 2003 WB re-imagining of The Lone Ranger and the horror movie The Bye Bye Man (2017). Penner is also known for competing on Survivor three times.
64years old
Turns 65 on March 5in 154 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Jonathan Lindsay Penner
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 27 years1990 to 2017
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Behind the camera
Penner helped write the script for a 2003 re-imagining of The Lone Ranger that The WB produced. He also co-wrote the 2017 horror film The Bye Bye Man.
A first
Penner has played the Survivor game for a total of 78 days, according to the show's count of his time in the competition.
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Stacy Title directed three of these films. Jason Alexander appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jason Alexander's page
Nicholas Sadler's page
Rachel Chagall's page
Stacy TitleDirector, 3 films, 1995 to 2017
All films by Stacy Title
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.