Jonathan Torrens
Biography
Jonathan Torrens is a Canadian actor and television personality born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, who came to notice co-hosting the CBC consumer affairs series Street Cents from 1989 to 1996. Next he hosted, co-produced and wrote the teen talk show Jonovision until 2001. He played David in Beefcake and won a Gemini for Best Short Dramatic Program for Nan's Taxi, both in 1998. He had a recurring role as J-Roc on Trailer Park Boys and appeared in all of its movies, and he later took regular parts on Mr. D, Call Me Fitz, Game On and Letterkenny. He hosted TV with TV's Jonathan Torrens from 2009 to 2011, and in 2021 he wrote, directed and starred in the sitcom Vollies, which earned him a Canadian Screen Award nomination in 2022. That same year he played the father of the young leads in Kids vs. Aliens (2022).
53years old
Turns 54 on October 25in 12 days
- Born Charlottetown
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Jonathan Ormond Torrens
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 16 years2006 to 2022
Every film, newest first
- 2022Kids vs. AliensIMDb rating 5.0
- 2009Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor DayIMDb rating 7.3
- 2006Trailer Park Boys: The MovieIMDb rating 7.1
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Big break
Torrens was cast as J-Roc on Trailer Park Boys after Mike Clattenburg called him and offered the part, which Torrens took because they worked well together creatively and it let him do something different.
A first
Torrens reunited the original Degrassi cast on Jonovision in 1999, and the episode became the show's highest rated and was seen as a catalyst for Degrassi's revival.
Getting ready for a role
On March 21, 2013, Facebook confirmed that Torrens put on forty pounds to play J-Roc again in Don't Legalize It, the third Trailer Park Boys film.
First role
Torrens made his first stage appearance in Grade 1 at Sherwood Elementary School, where he attended as a child in Sherwood.
Behind the camera
Torrens helped write Seasons 9 and 10 of Trailer Park Boys. In April 2016, he departed the cast of that show.
Jonathan Torrens movies on Netflix
Most often with
Mike Clattenburg directed two of these films. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Mike ClattenburgDirector, 2 films, 2006 to 2009
All films by Mike Clattenburg
Also two films together4 more actors
- Barrie DunnTrailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day (2009) and Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)
- Lucy DecoutereTrailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day (2009) and Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)
- Sarah DunsworthTrailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day (2009) and Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)
- Tyrone ParsonsTrailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day (2009) and Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.