Jonathan Roumie

Jonathan Roumie is an American actor and voice artist known for playing Jesus in The Chosen, the crowd-funded series about Jesus of Nazareth. Born in New York City, he studied film at the School of Visual Arts and entered the industry as a production assistant and location scout on Spider-Man, National Treasure and I Am Legend. He began with a voice role on the MTV series Celebrity Deathmatch, then took minor television roles on Castle, The Good Wife and As the World Turns. He played Jesus in a short film by Dallas Jenkins and in Faustina: Messenger of Divine Mercy, and he co-produced, co-directed and starred in the live performance The Last Days: The Passion and Death of Jesus. He starred in The Chosen's pilot in 2017, played evangelist Lonnie Frisbee in Jesus Revolution (2023), appeared in Solo Mio (2026), and voiced characters in video games including Fallout 4 and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.