Johnathan McClain

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Years active2001–present
SpouseLaura McClain

Johnathan McClain (born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) is an American actor, screenwriter, and audiobook narrator.

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Career

At the age of 21 McClain moved to Chicago where he wrote and began performing his critically acclaimed, multiple character, one-man show, "Like It Is." The Chicago Reader was quoted as saying: “If we’re ever to return to a day when theatre matters, we’ll need a few hundred more artists with McClain’s vision and courage.” [1] The show subsequently moved to New York, where his work was compared to that of Eric Bogosian, John Leguizamo, and Anna Deavere Smith. [2]

McClain continued to pursue stage acting for a number of years in New York City and his work there includes appearing Off-Broadway in the original cast of Jonathan Tolins’ "The Last Sunday In June" at The Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and later in its transfer to The Century Center for the Performing Arts, as well as at Lincoln Center Theater and with the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab. Around the country, he has been seen on stage at the American Conservatory Theater, South Coast Repertory, Florida Stage, Paper Mill Playhouse, and the National Jewish Theatre, as well as at various theatres in Los Angeles. [3]

In 2004 he booked a lead in the Jessica Simpson pilot for ABC, [4] and over the next several years made a number of guest appearances on television. In 2010 he was cast as the lead in TV Land's second original comedy series Retired at 35 which premiered on January 19, 2011, at 10:30 pm following Hot in Cleveland . [5]

He has also worked as a contributor to the Public Radio International series Fair Game (radio). [3]

Personal life

McClain is originally from South Carolina and is active in the world of slam poetry.[ citation needed ] He and his wife, Laura, divide their time between New York and Los Angeles. [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Isaac YarbroughEpisode: "Countdown"
2001 Sponk! Host
2002 Far from Heaven Staff Member #1
2003 Happy Family JimmyEpisode: "Randall's Gift"
2004JessicaJoeTV Pilot
2005 The Bad Girl's Guide PatricMain Cast
2006 CSI: Miami Todd ManningEpisode: "The Score"
2006 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Adam ChaseEpisode: "Rashomama"
2007 Without a Trace Justin HobartEpisode: "One and Only"
2008 Valentine Morgan TreatEpisode: "Daddy's Home"
2009 24 Derek WattsMultiple Episodes
2009 Medium Ted - Executive in MeetingEpisode "How To Make A Killing In Big Business Parts 1&2"
2010 Scoundrels Hugh BarnesEpisode: "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire"
2010Love and Other Unstable States of MatterOwen
2011–12 Retired at 35 David RobbinsLead
2012 The Glades Zach FergusonEpisode: "Longworth's Anatomy"
2014 Crash & Bernstein Trent BixbyEpisode: "Flushed In Space"
2014 Mad Men Alan SilverMultiple Episodes
2016 Lab Rats: Elite Force TonyEpisode: "Need for Speed"
2016 Bizaardvark LiamMultiple Episodes
2018 Prince of Peoria King of BuroniaMultiple Episodes
2019 Mom MarkEpisode: "Triple Dip and an Overhand Grip"
2022 The Outfit Co-writer and Executive Producer

Audiobook work

In 2012, New York Times bestselling author Lincoln Child's audiobook recording of The Third Gate was released for which Johnathan McClain was the narrator. [6] AudioFile magazine reviewed it positively saying, "McClain enhances the narrative passages about the history of Egyptian royalty with deft pacing." [7] Later that year, McClain continued his audiobook narrating with Christopher Krovatin's YA novel, Mountain of Bones: Gravediggers, Book 1 , [8] as well as three books from the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child: Die Trying , Tripwire , and Running Blind . [9]

Audiobooks
YearProjectAuthor
2012 The Third Gate Lincoln Child
2012 Mountain of Bones: Gravediggers, Book 1 Christopher Krovatin
2012 Die Trying Lee Child
2012 Tripwire Lee Child
2012 Running Blind Lee Child
2013 These Broken Stars Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner
2015 The Forgotten Room Lincoln Child
2015 Illuminae Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman
2016 The Last Days of Night Graham Moore
2017Infini Krista & Becca Ritchie
2017The Book Of Joe: The Life, Wit, And (Sometimes Accidental) Wisdom Of Joe Biden Jeff Wilser
2019The Mayor of Noobtown Ryan Rimmel
2019The Village of Noobtown Ryan Rimmel
2020Castle of the Noobs Ryan Rimmel
2020Dungeons and Noobs Ryan Rimmel
2021Noob Game Plus Ryan Rimmel
2022Nautical Noobs Ryan Rimmel
2023Tower of the Noobs Ryan Rimmel

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