Jon Abrahams

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| image = Jon Abrahams (cropped).jpg

| caption = Abrahams in 2009

| birth_name = Jon Avery Abrahams

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|10|29}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1994–present

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Jon Avery Abrahams (born October 29, 1977) is an American actor and film director. He is best known for his roles in several films such as Sonny Poncelet in Dead Man Walking (1995), Bobby Prinze in Scary Movie, Denny Byrnes in Meet the Parents (both 2000), and Dalton Chapman in House of Wax (2005).

Early life and family

Abrahams was born in New York City. He attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn.Lee, Linda. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E2DB1F3DF934A15756C0A9679C8B63 "A NIGHT OUT AT THE: Paramount Hotel; The Pajama Game"], The New York Times, May 27, 2001. Accessed November 3, 2007. "A product of St. Ann's School in Brooklyn, Mr. Abrahams, 23, had invited a batch of friends from high school to join him. He lives in North Park Slope, exactly 41 minutes from here, he said."

Abrahams' great-uncles were actor Mack Gray – long time confidant of entertainers George Raft, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra – and stuntman and fight coordinator Joe Gray. His father is the artist Martin Abrahams.

Career

Abrahams made his film debut in Larry Clark's Kids. His other feature credits include Scary Movie, Meet the Parents, My Boss's Daughter, Boiler Room, and House of Wax.

On television, Abrahams has appeared on Boston Public, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Second Generation Wayans, The Mentalist, and Criminal Minds. He was also "DJ Jonny" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for season four.

In 2013, Abrahams was cast as the lead in the indie movie Room 105.{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2013/10/25/casting-net-affleck-mcadams/|title=Casting Net: Ben Affleck to direct and star in Africa-set thriller|website=EW.com|language=en|access-date=March 21, 2019}} In 2014, Abrahams was cast in We Are Your Friends as a club promoter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/scary-movies-jon-abrahams-joins-zac-efron-in-edm-movie-we-are-your-friends-exclusive/|title='Scary Movie's' Jon Abrahams Joins Zac Efron in EDM Movie 'We Are Your Friends' (Exclusive)|date=August 6, 2014|website=TheWrap|language=en-US|access-date=March 21, 2019}}

In 2016, Abrahams made his directorial debut with the film All at Once. The film was released on DVD and video-on-demand in 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/ALL-AT-ONCE-Directed-by-Jon-Abrahams-Available-On-Digital-On-Demand-43-20180319|title=ALL AT ONCE Directed by Jon Abrahams, Available On Digital & On Demand 4/3|author=BWW News Desk|access-date=September 26, 2018|language=en}} In 2017, Abrahams was cast in the crime drama film Clover,{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/clover-casting-jonabrahams-mark-webber-erika-christensen-ron-perlman-chazz-paminteri-nicole-elizabeth-berger-1202204548/|title=Jon Abrahams, Mark Webber, Erika Christensen, More Set For Comedic Mob Thriller 'Clover'|last=Ramos|first=Dino-Ray|date=November 9, 2017|work=Deadline|access-date=September 26, 2018|language=en-US}} which he also directed. In 2022 he released his third directorial effort with the gay slasher thriller Exploited.

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

rowspan="2" |1995

|Kids

|Steven

Dead Man Walking

|Sonny Poncelet

rowspan="2" |1997

|A, B, C... Manhattan

|Milo

Masterminds

|K-Dog

1998

|The Faculty

|F'%# You Boy

rowspan="4" |1999

|Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

|Naboo Flight Crew

|Uncredited{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C6kNrzdvAWR/?img_index=1 |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=www.instagram.com}}

Outside Providence

|Drugs Delaney

Pigeonholed

Bringing Out the Dead

|Club Bystander

rowspan="3" |2000

|Boiler Room

|Jeff

Scary Movie

|Bobby Prinze

Meet the Parents

|Denny Byrnes

rowspan="3" |2001

|Mourning Glory

|David Fanelli

Texas Rangers

|Berry Smith

Scenes of the Crime

|Lenny Burroughs

2002

|They

|Billy Parks

2003

|My Boss's Daughter

|Paul

2004

|What Are the Odds

|Mike

|Short Film

rowspan="3" |2005

|House of Wax

|Dalton

Standing Still

|Pockets

Prime

|Morris

rowspan="2" |2006

|Bottoms Up

|Jimmy Desnappio

|Direct-to-DVD film

The Iron Man

|Gustavo Payne

2007

|Gardener of Eden

|Don

2008

|Who Do You Love

|Phil Chess

rowspan="2" |2009

|2 Dudes and a Dream

|Model Instructor

Not Since You

|Howard Stieglitz

2010

|The Penthouse

|Tyler's Agent

rowspan="2" |2012

|Missed Connections

|Josh Lindsay

Hitchcock

|Reporter #1

2013

|Amelia's 25th

|Sonny

rowspan="3" |2014

|Non-Stop

|David Norton

Aldo

|Jonny

Come Back to Me

|Johnny

rowspan="2" |2015

|We Are Your Friends

|Nicky

Condemned

|Vince

rowspan="2" |2016

|All at Once

|James Maxwell

|Directed by

Room 105

|Tom

2019

|Apparition

|Officer Hale

2020

|10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up

|Tim

2020

|Clover

|Mickey

|Directed by

2022

|Exploited

|{{N/A}}

|Directed by

2024

| Terrifier 3

| Dennis

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