My name is Jon Morgan Woodward and I have recently moved back to California from the state of Washington. I started acting at approximately 3 1/2 years old and actively worked in the industry until I was about 21 or 22. I was what one would call a child actor and unfortunately I have absolutely no horror stories to tell you when I was a child actor. I had nothing but absolutely a fantastic incredible experience in life I loved every minute of it and when the time came for me to make the very very hard decision to move on because I was not the cute little boy and good-looking handsome stud teenager anymore and the parts just stopped coming. I decided to go back to college receiving my Bachelors, my Masters and then my Ph.D. in mental health and I worked for approximately 18 years in the field of mental health and doing forensic psychology or the last 9 1/2 years of my practice. I married who I lost way too young in life, but I had five beautiful children that I have raised them by myself for the last 17 years. Approximately 4 years ago I decided I no longer wish to continue practicing and working in the field of mental health basically I hit what is called burnout, do I miss it not one little bit. My children about two years ago convinced me that I needed to go back to my very first love and passion of life and that is show business, motion picture, theater and television. So here I am I just finished filming a full-length motion picture called One Hour Fantasy Girl which is a Psychodrama and I had the costarring role. I cannot tell you much at this point due to confidentiality and industry discretion as one would say, but I will tell you this it look's very good for it to come out via a large studio before the end of the year, should know more hopefully towards the end of June. I also have done three HBO on demand through charter cable of stand up comedy. The first one I thought I relatively stank, evidently they liked it and asked me back a second time. The second time was pretty good I thought, but the third time in my opinion and most people who watched the video clip on my web site say it was excellent. So I probably am going to start doing more standup, I had forgotten how difficult standup is oh my God it is very very difficult, but as with all performing live, stage and theater, what a fantastic rush. I've also done a exter role in the movie 7 pounds with Will Smith just for the fun of it, had a great time. I have been signed on to do the sequel of the movie One Hour Fantasy Girl, to start filming sometime in late January early February of next year. I also have approximately 2 other motion pictures in discussion at this point in time. If anybody would've have told me two years ago that I would be doing what I am doing today, I would've told you your crazy. I would never believed that I could've even began to make a reentry into the industry that I love so incredibly much. It must be my destiny and it must be where I'm supposed to be at this time and point in my life, because every door, every obstacle, have literally opened and moved to the side to let me through. I have rekindled some very very old friendships and met some incredibly new people and started new friendships in this industry, I have a love and passion for. I have a drive to perform and I have a commitment to succeed. I'm from the old book I am very professional I take my art very seriously and I love every single minute of what I am doing. Well thank you for taking the time to read my rambling on. I hope you've enjoyed it and hope you learned little bit more about me. I look forward to meeting as many people as I can who have the same passion and drive and loved for this business as I do. Please feel free to messenge me any time that you feel a need.******************************************************* ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************ After that I went on to do countless and countless other television commercials and can't even tell you all the different commercials I did. Then I did the movie Sometimes a Great Notion with Paul Newman, Henry Fonda and Lee Remic what an incredible experience it was. From there I did Kansas City bombers with Raquel Welch what a stinker it was!! From there I did an episode of The Odd Couple, really got involved in theater I did a summer stock theater with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. From there I became a television commercial actor basically doing everything from info commercials to automobile commercials to Yamaha, home furnishing and so .. then I went to college and then in the 80s I became very involved with a drug-free America program and did a tremendous amount commercials regarding drug-free America and also creating the commercial where we'd hold the egg and said this is your brain and then cracked it and drop in a frying pan and said this is your brains on drugs. Then in the 90s the late 90s that is, I had an incredible opportunity to do the motion picture Hallmark Hall of Fame's 200th Night Ride Home with Rebecca De Mornay, Keith Caribbean and Thora Birch. My most recent motion picture is One Hour Fantasy Girl, One Hour Fantasy Girl is incredible psychological drama. From the moment I saw the scrip, I knew this was a role that I must do. I played Roger and it was a costar who had multi-faceted personality, what an incredible role. I can play a variety of different characteristic parts I can look as young as 40 some say even a little younger, to as old as about 55 I'm definitely a method actor and if I accept the role you will get 125% out of me if not or more.******************************************************* ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************ From IMDBJon Woodward was born Jonathan Morgan Woodward in Vancouver Washington. Using Jon as his stage name until the late 80s when he went back to using primarily Jonathan. Jon, was a very popular character actor in the 70s some of his most well-known performances however are those that were done through television commercials. In the 70s when he was the national spokesman for 2 1/2 years for national glass and sat up in the corner of your television screen and sold the world on adding mirrors over their beds and in their living rooms to reflect the light off of the cities at night. After growing up graduating high school and going to college Jon did spotty work off and on throughout the years in the 80s he became very involved with both the just say no to drug campaign, with the White House conference for drug-free America doing television commercials with Nancy Reagan and the like, telling us to just say no to drugs. He was the creator of the television commercial which the actor would hold an egg in one hand saying this is my brain, than cracking the egg and dropping it into a frying pan and saying this is my brain on drugs. Along the way, John had gotten married and had children. Received his Ph.D. and practice in the area of mental health for many years.In the 90s again Jon dabbled in the areas of television commercials and then in 1999 he had the opportunity to play the part of one of the doctors in the movie Night Ride Home. This was the 200th Hallmark Hall of Fame movie. Starring Rebecca De Mornay, Keith Carradine and Thora Birch. Since that time, with the business back in his blood Jon has been positioning himself for a comeback. Jon has five children and two grandchildren and many people can't believe that he's actually old enough to have children let alone grandchildren. One of the outstanding characteristics that Jon was able to portray was the ability to look and act very young or much older he's been a very versatile entertainer. Some of the best areas that Jon has shown his greatest ability in. Is when he does comedy both on film and stage. The ability of being a stand up comedian is just another outstanding quality of his. Jon has always been able to easily switch from comedy to drama that matches the ability of any of the great stars.Along with acting Jon has also done a tremendous amount of directing both on stage and in the area of television commercials. When he was directing in theater he worked with a number of small theater companies in producing and directing some of the best off-Broadway theater in the 70s there was. He directed the outstanding comedy drama that was also rewritten to have a musical Overtown, I'll be home for Christmas. He also directed Mr. Scrooge finds Christmas which starred Patti page as Mrs. cratchit. Then again in the 70s he also produced Neil Simon's incredible play Plaza suite off-Broadway. After that still working with some of the best theater production companies, Jon was the co-producer and director of the incredible old-time favorite Curse You Jack Daulton. The musical score was written and directed by David Lee. He also helped produce the off-Broadway production of Catch-22 and incredible theatrical success. Many of the plays that he directed or help produce received incredible reviews.
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