Jon Lindstrom

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|caption = Jon Lindstrom at the 2009 As The World Turns Fan Luncheon held in New York City, April 18, 2009

|name = Jon Lindstrom

|birth_name = Jon Robert Lindstrom

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1957|10|18}}

|birth_place = Medford, Oregon, U.S.

|occupation = {{flatlist|

Actor
writer
director
producer
musician}}

|years_active = 1982–present

|spouse = {{Plainlist |

{{Marriage|Eileen Davidson
|1997|2000|end=div}}
{{Marriage|Cady McClain|2014|2024|end=sep.}}}}

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File:Jon Lindstrom.jpg

Jon Robert Lindstrom (born October 18, 1957) is an American actor, writer, director, producer, and musician. He is well known for his roles of Kevin Collins and Ryan Chamberlain on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital and its spin-off Port Charles. In 2024 his debut novel Hollywood Hustle, published February 6 by Crooked Lane Books, is an official USA Today Bestseller.

Early life and education

Lindstrom was born in Medford, Oregon, to Robert, a TV advertising executive, and Suzanne Lindstrom, a homemaker. He has an older brother, Jeff. As a drummer, Lindstrom recorded the album Feel Free to Do So with the band The High Lonesome for the Spark Records label.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/feel-free-to-do-so-mw0000183954|title=Review by Bob Gottlieb|work=AllMusic |access-date=April 23, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/the-high-lonesome-1/discography/47946/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308004220/http://www.cmt.com/artists/the-high-lonesome-1/discography/47946/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2016|title=The High Lonesome Discography |publisher=CMT |access-date=April 23, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.welovesoaps.net/2010/12/jon-lindstrom-and-high-lonesome-release.html|title=Jon Lindstrom and The High Lonesome Release New CD|work=We Love Soaps|last=Mulcahy Jr.|first=Kevin|date=December 21, 2010|access-date=April 23, 2015}} The record garnered much industry praise and "most-added" status for two singles on the Billboard Hot 100.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

Lindstrom attended the University of Oregon, studying theatre and music, after which he moved to Los Angeles, where he studied with acting teachers Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler and Jeff Corey.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

Personal life

An active athlete, he is an active member of the Directors Guild of America, SAG-AFTRA, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and Actors' Equity Association.

Lindstrom is a distant cousin to the late award winning costume designer Donfeld.{{cite web|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/general-hospital/news/707775/jon-lindstrom-tribute-costume-designer-bob-miller/|title=General Hospital Suffers Yet Another Loss: Jon Lindstrom Mourns a 'Brilliant' Colleague|work=Soaps She Knows|author=Charlie Mason |access-date=December 10, 2023}}

Lindstrom married soap opera actress Eileen Davidson in 1997, ending in divorce in 2000. He next married his former As the World Turns co-star Cady McClain in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/tv/tvguide/article/Exclusive-General-Hospital-s-Jon-Lindstrom-on-5290392.php|title=Exclusive: General Hospital's Jon Lindstrom on His Marriage to Cady McClain|last=Logan|first=Michael |work=TV Guide|access-date=March 7, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Exclusive: General Hospital's Jon Lindstrom on His Marriage to Cady McClain|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/general-hospital-jon-lindstrom-1078861.aspx|work=TV Guide |author=Michael Fairman |access-date=August 15, 2014|date=March 14, 2014}} On April 27, 2024 the couple announced in the joint statement on Instagram that they were separating after 10 years of marriage.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"
Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes
1989 \| Listen to Me \| Television Reporter \|
rowspan=2\|1994 \| Oasis Cafe \| Zak \|
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III \| DJ \|
2005 \| Must Love Dogs \| Peter \|
2007 \| The Hard Easy \| \|Creator, Co-Screenwriter and Co-Executive Producer
rowspan=2\|2008 \| The Double Born \| Ephraim \|
The Sacrifice \| Walter Johnson \|
2009 \| Ice Dreams \| Nolan \|
2011 \| What Happens Next \| Paul Grecco \| Original title: You Can't Have It All{{cite web\|url=http://www.philly2philly.com/entertainment/entertainment_articles/2010/7/11/24544/you_cant_have_it_all_opens_years_q_fest_and_mak\|title=You Can't Have it All opens this year's Q-Fest, and makes use of Philadelphia locales and romantic comedy clichés\|work=Philly2philly.com\|date=July 11, 2010\|access-date=April 21, 2015\|archive-date=November 3, 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103171617/http://www.philly2philly.com/entertainment/entertainment_articles/2010/7/11/24544/you_cant_have_it_all_opens_years_q_fest_and_mak\|url-status=dead}}
2014 \| How We Got Away With It \| Det. Arlen Becker \|Director, Co-writer, and Co-producer
2015 \| God's Not Dead 2 \| Jim Powell \|
2015 \| Val-En-Tina \| James Clarington \|
2015 \| The Queen of Hollywood Blvd. \| The Snitch \|
2020 \| A Dark Foe \| Vincent the Pimp \|
2021 \| Ten-Cent Daisy \| Richard \|
2022 \| Diary of a Spy \| George \|
2023 \| Boston Strangler \| Doug Berman \|
2023 \| Confidential Informant \| Joe Mangano \|

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"

Year

! Film

! Role

! Notes

1989

| Listen to Me

| Television Reporter

rowspan=2|1994

| Oasis Cafe

| Zak

Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III

| DJ

2005

| Must Love Dogs

| Peter

2007

| The Hard Easy

|Creator, Co-Screenwriter and Co-Executive Producer

rowspan=2|2008

| The Double Born

| Ephraim

The Sacrifice

| Walter Johnson

2009

| Ice Dreams

| Nolan

2011

| What Happens Next

| Paul Grecco

| Original title: You Can't Have It All{{cite web|url=http://www.philly2philly.com/entertainment/entertainment_articles/2010/7/11/24544/you_cant_have_it_all_opens_years_q_fest_and_mak|title=You Can't Have it All opens this year's Q-Fest, and makes use of Philadelphia locales and romantic comedy clichés|work=Philly2philly.com|date=July 11, 2010|access-date=April 21, 2015|archive-date=November 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103171617/http://www.philly2philly.com/entertainment/entertainment_articles/2010/7/11/24544/you_cant_have_it_all_opens_years_q_fest_and_mak|url-status=dead}}

2014

| How We Got Away With It

| Det. Arlen Becker

|Director, Co-writer, and Co-producer

2015

| God's Not Dead 2

| Jim Powell

2015

| Val-En-Tina

| James Clarington

2015

| The Queen of Hollywood Blvd.

| The Snitch

2020

| A Dark Foe

| Vincent the Pimp

2021

| Ten-Cent Daisy

| Richard

2022

| Diary of a Spy

| George

2023

| Boston Strangler

| Doug Berman

2023

| Confidential Informant

| Joe Mangano

=Television=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
rowspan=2\|1982 \| The Facts of Life Goes to Paris \| Young Man \| Television film
Voyagers! \| Remington \| Episode: "Bully and Billy" (S 1:Ep 3)
1983 \| Square Pegs \| Reed Kendall \| Episode: "It's Academical" (S 1:Ep 3)
1984 \| Call to Glory \| Bartender \| Episodes: {{Plainlist \| "Cover Story" (S 1:Ep 11) "Realities" (S 1:Ep 12) }}
1984—85 \| Rituals \| Brady Chapin \| Main cast
1985 \| Rocky Road \| Jerry Daniels \|
1985–86 \| Santa Barbara \| Mark McCormick \|
1987 \| The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory \| Capt. Almaron Dickinson \| Television film
rowspan=3\|1989 \| Generations \| Paul Jarre \| Episodes: {{Plainlist \| "Pilot episode" (S 1:Ep 1) "Episode 002" (S 1:Ep 2) }}
21 Jump Street \| Mick \| Episode: "The Blu Flu" (S 3:Ep 8)
Empty Nest \| Joe \| Episode: "Between a Cop and a Hard Place" (S 2:Ep 4)
rowspan=2\|1990 \| Baywatch \| Chris Barron \| Episode: "Armored Car" (S 1:Ep 13)
Fall From Grace \| Brian \|
1992–95, 2018–present \| rowspan="2" \| General Hospital \| Ryan Chamberlain \| Role from: 1992 to March 1995, August 10, 2018 to Present-
1993–97, 2004, 2013—present \| Kevin Collins \| Role from: December 1993 to May 1997, July 2004, January 30, 2013 to present
1994 \| Baywatch \| Keith Travis \| Episodes: {{Plainlist \| "Coronado Del Sol, part 1" (S 4:Ep 14) "Coronado Del Sol, part 2" (S 4:Ep 15) }}
1997–2003 \| Port Charles \| Kevin Collins \| Role from: June 2, 1997 to October 3, 2003
1999 \| Introducing Dorothy Dandridge \| \|HBO TV Movie
2003 \| Right on Track \| Gregg Enders \| {{Plainlist \| Made-for-TV Disney Channel Original Movie }}
rowspan=2\|2006 \| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation \| Martin Sidley \| Episode: "Up In Smoke" (S 6:Ep 16)
Everwood \| Bill Schmicker \| Episode: "Across the Lines" (S 4:Ep 14)
rowspan=2 \|2007 \| McBride: Dogged \| Barry Hastings \| Made-for-TV
While the Children Sleep \| Tate Walker \| {{Plainlist \| Made-for-TV Also known as The Sitter }}
2008–10 \| As the World Turns \| Craig Montgomery \| Role from: December 3, 2008 to September 10, 2010
2011 \| Blue Bloods \| Judge Fenton \| Episode:"Little Fish" (S 1:Ep 11)
rowspan=2\|2013 \| Drop Dead Diva \| Professor Sharf \| Episode: "50 Shades of Grayson" (S 5:Ep 8)
NCIS \| Perry Davidson \| Episode: "Oil & Water" (S 11:Ep 6)
2014 \| Castle \| Agent Connors \| Episode: "Driven" (S 7:Ep 1)
2015 \| True Detective \| Jacob McCandless \| Episodes: {{Plainlist \| "The Western Book of the Dead" (S 2:Ep 1) "Night Finds You" (S 2:Ep 2) "Other Lives" (S 2:Ep 5) "Church in Ruins" (S 2:Ep 6) "Omega Station" (S 2:Ep 8) }}
2016 \| Recovery Road \| William Walker \| Episode: "Parties Without Borders" (S 1:Ep 4)
2017–2018 \| NCIS: Los Angeles \| Phillip Nelson \| Episode: {{Plainlist \| "Mountebank" (S 9:Ep 5) "Vendetta" (S 9:Ep 18) }}
2018 \| S.W.A.T. \| Ashe Jones \| Episode: "Seizure" (S 1:Ep 10)
2019 \| Bosch \| Lance Cronyn \| Episodes: {{Plainlist\| "The Last Scrip" (S 5:Ep 3) "The Space Between the Stars" (S 5:Ep 6) "The Wisdom and the Desert" (S 5:Ep 7) "Hold Back the Night" (S 5:Ep 9) }}
2019 \| Homeland \| Claude Geroux \| Episode: "Prisoners of War" (S 8:Ep 12)
2020 \| Days of Our Lives \| Jack Deveraux \| Temporary stand-in December 30, 2020
2021 \| Bull \| Donovan Nichols \| Episode: "Wrecked" (S 4:Ep 20)

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

rowspan=2|1982

| The Facts of Life Goes to Paris

| Young Man

| Television film

Voyagers!

| Remington

| Episode: "Bully and Billy" (S 1:Ep 3)

1983

| Square Pegs

| Reed Kendall

| Episode: "It's Academical" (S 1:Ep 3)

1984

| Call to Glory

| Bartender

| Episodes: {{Plainlist |

"Cover Story" (S 1:Ep 11)
"Realities" (S 1:Ep 12)

}}

1984—85

| Rituals

| Brady Chapin

| Main cast

1985

| Rocky Road

| Jerry Daniels

1985–86

| Santa Barbara

| Mark McCormick

1987

| The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory

| Capt. Almaron Dickinson

| Television film

rowspan=3|1989

| Generations

| Paul Jarre

| Episodes: {{Plainlist |

"Pilot episode" (S 1:Ep 1)
"Episode 002" (S 1:Ep 2)

}}

21 Jump Street

| Mick

| Episode: "The Blu Flu" (S 3:Ep 8)

Empty Nest

| Joe

| Episode: "Between a Cop and a Hard Place" (S 2:Ep 4)

rowspan=2|1990

| Baywatch

| Chris Barron

| Episode: "Armored Car" (S 1:Ep 13)

Fall From Grace

| Brian

1992–95, 2018–present

| rowspan="2" | General Hospital

| Ryan Chamberlain

| Role from: 1992 to March 1995, August 10, 2018 to Present-

1993–97, 2004, 2013—present

| Kevin Collins

| Role from: December 1993 to May 1997, July 2004, January 30, 2013 to present

1994

| Baywatch

| Keith Travis

| Episodes: {{Plainlist |

"Coronado Del Sol, part 1" (S 4:Ep 14)
"Coronado Del Sol, part 2" (S 4:Ep 15)

}}

1997–2003

| Port Charles

| Kevin Collins

| Role from: June 2, 1997 to October 3, 2003

1999

| Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

|HBO TV Movie

2003

| Right on Track

| Gregg Enders

| {{Plainlist |

Made-for-TV
Disney Channel Original Movie

}}

rowspan=2|2006

| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

| Martin Sidley

| Episode: "Up In Smoke" (S 6:Ep 16)

Everwood

| Bill Schmicker

| Episode: "Across the Lines" (S 4:Ep 14)

rowspan=2 |2007

| McBride: Dogged

| Barry Hastings

| Made-for-TV

While the Children Sleep

| Tate Walker

| {{Plainlist |

Made-for-TV
Also known as The Sitter

}}

2008–10

| As the World Turns

| Craig Montgomery

| Role from: December 3, 2008 to September 10, 2010

2011

| Blue Bloods

| Judge Fenton

| Episode:"Little Fish" (S 1:Ep 11)

rowspan=2|2013

| Drop Dead Diva

| Professor Sharf

| Episode: "50 Shades of Grayson" (S 5:Ep 8)

NCIS

| Perry Davidson

| Episode: "Oil & Water" (S 11:Ep 6)

2014

| Castle

| Agent Connors

| Episode: "Driven" (S 7:Ep 1)

2015

| True Detective

| Jacob McCandless

| Episodes: {{Plainlist |

"The Western Book of the Dead" (S 2:Ep 1)
"Night Finds You" (S 2:Ep 2)
"Other Lives" (S 2:Ep 5)
"Church in Ruins" (S 2:Ep 6)
"Omega Station" (S 2:Ep 8)

}}

2016

| Recovery Road

| William Walker

| Episode: "Parties Without Borders" (S 1:Ep 4)

2017–2018

| NCIS: Los Angeles

| Phillip Nelson

| Episode: {{Plainlist |

"Mountebank" (S 9:Ep 5)
"Vendetta" (S 9:Ep 18)

}}

2018

| S.W.A.T.

| Ashe Jones

| Episode: "Seizure" (S 1:Ep 10)

2019

| Bosch

| Lance Cronyn

| Episodes: {{Plainlist|

"The Last Scrip" (S 5:Ep 3)
"The Space Between the Stars" (S 5:Ep 6)
"The Wisdom and the Desert" (S 5:Ep 7)
"Hold Back the Night" (S 5:Ep 9)

}}

2019

| Homeland

| Claude Geroux

| Episode: "Prisoners of War" (S 8:Ep 12)

2020

| Days of Our Lives

| Jack Deveraux

| Temporary stand-in
December 30, 2020

2021

| Bull

| Donovan Nichols

| Episode: "Wrecked" (S 4:Ep 20)

Awards and nominations

2009 Winner, Angel Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast ("The Sacrifice"), Monaco International Film Festival (shared With: Molly C. Quinn, Darby Stanchfield, Chris Mulkey and Richard Riehle)
2013 Winner, Best of Fest ("How We Got Away With It"), Film Fest Twain Harte
2013 Winner, Audience Choice Award for a Feature Film ("How We Got Away With It"), Marina del Rey Film Festival
2013 Finalist, New Filmmakers Forum (NFF) Emerging Director Award ("How We Got Away With It"), St. Louis International Film Festival
2013 Winner, 1st Runner-up Stolman Audience Award ("How We Got Away With It"), Sonoma International Film Festival
2013 Winner, Best Thriller Feature Film ("How We Got Away With It"), Bare Bones International Film Festival.
2013 Nominated, Best Actor/Filmmaker in a Feature Film, Bare Bones International Film Festival (Jon Lindstrom-"How We Got Away With It")
2013 Nominated, Best Showcase Feature Film ("How We Got Away With It"), SOHO International Film Festival

=Daytime Emmy Awards=

2010: Nominated, Outstanding Leading Actor in a Drama Series – As The World Turns{{cite book |title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announces the 37th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award nominations |url=http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/_pdf/day_0910_nominations_v03.pdf |publisher=Daytime Emmy Awards |page=22 |access-date=2024-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204081719/http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/_pdf/day_0910_nominations_v03.pdf|archive-date=4 December 2016|date=12 May 2010|url-status=dead}}
2019: Nominated, Outstanding Leading Actor in a Drama Series – General Hospital{{Cite web |url=https://theemmys.tv/daytime/46th-performer-drama/ |title=The Daytime Emmys Winners & Nominees |publisher=Daytime Emmy Awards |access-date=2024-06-25}}
2020: Nominated, Outstanding Leading Actor in a Drama Series – General Hospital{{Cite web |url=https://theemmys.tv/daytime/47th-nominees-performer-drama/ |title=The 47th Daytime Emmys Nominees |publisher=Daytime Emmy Awards |access-date=2024-06-25}}
2023: Nominated, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – General Hospital{{Cite web |url=https://theemmys.tv/daytime/50th-nominees-performer-drama/ |title=The 50th Daytime Emmys Nominees |publisher=Daytime Emmy Awards |access-date=2024-06-25}}

=Soap Opera Digest Awards=

1994: Nominated, Outstanding Villain/Villainess – General Hospital{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}
2000: Won, Outstanding Supporting Actor – Port Charles{{Cite web |url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/2000-0/ |title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards 2000 |website=Soap Opera Digest |access-date=2024-06-25}}

References

External links

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{{Facebook|JonLindstromFans}}
{{Twitter|thejonlindstrom}}
[http://www.jonlindstrom.com Jon Lindstrom main page]
[http://www.tv.com/people/jon-lindstrom/ Jon Lindstrom] at [http://www.tv.com/ TV.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520230801/http://www.tv.com/ |date=2019-05-20 }}
[http://www.soaps.com/astheworldturns/actor/711/Jon_Lindstrom Jon Lindstrom] at [http://www.soaps.com/ Soaps.com]
[http://phillygaycalendar.com/pages/video.php?id=197 Video Interview] with Jon Lindstrom at QFest 2010

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