Date of Birth

10 December 1981, Rossford, Ohio, USA

Birth Name

Jonathan David Bennett

Height

6' 2" (1.88 m)

Mini Biography

Jonathan David Bennett was born in Rossford, Ohio, to RuthAnne (Mason) and Dr. David Paul Bennett. He headed straight to New York to pursue acting after graduating from the theater program at Otterbein. He was actually discovered by an agent while sitting on a train. Six months later he signed on to the iconic soap opera "All My Children," playing J.R. Chandler. Since then Jonathan's career has been on fire. He has appeared in a slew of teen comedies, side-by-side with some of the biggest and brightest stars of their time including; "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" (with Steve Martin) and "Lovewrecked" (with Amanda Bynes). He also stepped into and took over the iconic role replacing Ryan Reynolds as Van Wilder in "Van Wilder: Freshman Year."

Trivia

• Brother of Brent, Brian, and Lisa Bennett.
• A close friend of actress/comedian Kathy Griffin.
• Went to his high school prom with Rebecca Reichert.
• Teaches spin classes at Flywheel in Los Angeles.
• He is the son of RuthAnne (Mason) and Dr. David Paul Bennett. He is of English, as well as some German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Irish, descent.
• Came out as gay in 2014.
• Engaged to Jaymes Vaughan since November 30, 2020.

Quotes

• I still have horrible luck with girls.
• Guys aren't threatening. Other girls are the competition. You are usually what they're fighting over.
• Girls aren't mean to guys in high school. They are mean to each other. Girls were never mean to me.
• I think the qualities I look for in a girl I'd like to be my girlfriend would be the way Lindsay's character is before she becomes a plastic. Very real.
• I can talk to anybody but when it comes to somebody that I like, then I turn into like this five-year-old kindergartener in a sandbox.
• Lohan and I talk about just things that happen. It's Lindsay. She's great. I went from not knowing who she was to not being able to get rid of her because she's everywhere. She's on everything.
• Guys just don't care. We don't take the time to plan behind each other's back. We just say, If you don't like me, screw you'. If a guy doesn't like you, you know because you have a black eye.
• My first three years of high school, I wasn't that cool.