Jonathan Brandis: American actor, director and screenwriter

Jonathan Brandis (photo below) is a famous director, actor and screenwriter from America. Such paintings as "Infinite history 2", "It", "Side blows" and "Underwater Odyssey" brought him popularity. The article will describe his brief biography.

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Jonathan Brandis was born in Danbury in 1976. The father of the boy - Gregory - worked as a fireman and a seller of food products. And mother - Mary - was a teacher and a personal manager.

Jonathan's acting career began when the boy was barely six years old. He starred in a commercial radio program and a number of television commercials. Then came the first role in the series "Life One". Brandis played there young Buchanan.

When Jonathan was nine, his parents decided to move to Los Angeles to develop his son's career. In a short period, the boy appeared in the episodic roles of a number of television productions, "Kate and Ellie," "Full House", "Who's the boss?", And also in the series "Law of Los Angeles."

Popularity

In 1990, Jonathan Brandis won a major role in the film "Infinite History 2". The young man played Bastian Bucks, who went to the magical world of Fantasy to help the inhabitants of the fairy kingdom. In the same year, Brandis received the role of Denbro in the film "It" - a film adaptation of the fantastic book of horrors by Stephen King. In 1992, Jonathan was lucky to star in with the legendary Chuck Norris in the movie "Side Strikes". A little later, the hero of this article appeared in the picture "Ladybugs." The young man's partner was the comedian Rodney Dangerfield.

Widespread fame Brandis brought a fantastic series "Underwater Odyssey", where he brilliantly embodied on screen Lucas Volanchek. After that Jonathan became an idol of teenagers on the whole planet.

And the young man was auditioning for the role of Anakin Skywalker for the second episode of the saga "Star Wars". But in the end, he was beaten by Hayden Christensen.

Other activities

In addition to filming in the movie, Jonathan Brandis tried his hand at the director's field and wrote scripts for the films. He liked this more than anything else, especially in the last few years of his life. Shortly before his death, the young man staged the short film The Slainesville Boys.

Personal life

Even while studying at the school, Jonathan Brandis, whose filmography is not very extensive, met with Brittany Murphy. Together they starred in the Underwater Odyssey. From 1995 to 1998, Jonathan met with the singer and actress Tatiana Ali. In 2000, the young man began a relationship with Monica Kina - a partner in the film "Bad Girls from the High Valley."

Death

November 12, 2003 - this is the date when Jonathan Brandis passed away at the Cedar-Sinai (Los Angeles) medical center. The cause of death is suicide. Despite the absence of a note, his close friends told us that recently the actor was in deep depression and regularly drank. And this does not exclude the likelihood of his desire to leave this world. November 11, Jonathan hanged himself in the corridor of his apartment. A young man was found unconscious 15 minutes after committing suicide. Still alive, Brandis was sent to the hospital. But the doctors could not save his life. Toxicological analyzes showed that on the day of suicide the actor did not take alcohol and drugs.

Interesting Facts

• Jonathan never saw the debut of his short film The Slainesville Boys. He committed suicide six months before her premiere.
• Brendaney Murphy's Brentis friends at the school ball was Brittany Murphy, known to the audience according to the pictures "8 Mile" and "Sin City".
• The main inspirer of Jonathan was his father, who taught him to work from an early age.
• After the death of the actor on the web , a lot of dedicated websites and Internet communities appeared.
• Jonathan Brandis was cremated, and the ashes of the young man were given to the family.