Jonathan Brandis
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Jonathan Gregory Brandis was an American actor. Beginning his career as a child model, Brandis moved on to acting in commercials and subsequently won television and film roles. Brandis made his acting debut in 1982 as Kevin Buchanan on the soap opera One Life to Live. In 1990, he portrayed Bill Denbrough in the television miniseries It, and starred as Bastian Bux in The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter. In 1993, at the age of 17, he was cast in the role of teen prodigy Lucas Wolenczak on the NBC series seaQuest DSV. The character was popular among teenage viewers, and Brandis regularly appeared in teen magazines. He died by suicide in 2003.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1976
- Active to
- 2003
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Key facts
- Born
- Jonathan Gregory Brandis , ( 1976-04-13 ) April 13, 1976, Danbury, Connecticut , U.S.
- Died
- November 12, 2003 (2003-11-12) (aged 27), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Education
- San Fernando Valley Professional School
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1978–2003
- Awards
- Young Artist Award (1994) for SeaQuest DSV
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jonathan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Danbury
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Young Artist Awards
- Notable work
- SeaQuest DSV
- Official website
- www.jonathanbrandis.org
- Image
- Jonathan Brandis Wiki.jpg
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- writing language
- English language
- end of work period
- 2003-00-00
- birth name
- Jonathan Gregory Brandis
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- date of birth
- 1976-04-13
- date of death
- 2003-11-12
- Commons category
- Jonathan Brandis
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- manner of death
- Suicide
- nickname
- Jon
- unmarried partner
- Tatyana Ali
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Encyclopedic overview
Jonathan Gregory Brandis (April 13, 1976 – November 12, 2003) was an American actor. Beginning his career as a child model, Brandis moved on to acting in commercials and subsequently won television and film roles. Brandis made his acting debut in 1982 as Kevin Buchanan on the soap opera One Life to Live. In 1990, he portrayed Bill Denbrough in the television miniseries It, and starred as Bastian Bux in The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter. In 1993, at the age of 17, he was cast in the role of teen prodigy Lucas Wolenczak on the NBC series seaQuest DSV. The character was popular among teenage viewers, and Brandis regularly appeared in teen magazines. He died by suicide in 2003.
Early life
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