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Jon-Paul Gates | |
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| Born | March 1980 (age 45) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, producer |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Jon-Paul Gates (born March 1980)[ citation needed ] is an actor [1] who has starred in 96 feature films, predominantly playing the antagonist. Was born in Greenford, Middlesex under the name of Jon Morrey. He spent most of his childhood in a village near Doncaster, South Yorkshire and aspired to becoming a professional footballer before his career was cut short through injury and so decided on a career "treading the boards" instead.
He got his first break starring as Allan Hindle in the BBC's soap, Eldorado . Due to the show's unpopularity, he changed his professional name to Jon-Paul Gates in 1994. After various short films and a Channel 4 TV series, Focus North, he starred in his first feature film Cold Fish in 1999, playing the lead role of Alex. In 2001, he secured lead roles in Palm Tree's The Hawk & the Dove and played the antagonist Ida in Winter Warrior ; which entered the top 10 DVD films in Russia in 2004. From 2002 to 2006 he accumulated more films in Europe; The Prodigal, Red Rose, Axe Raiders before trying his luck in the USA. After getting his big break in vampire flick Revamped, he starred in The Asylum's Dragon , with Gary Busey in Beyond the Ring and Danny Trejo in Dark Games . Travelling back and forth, he played the evil priest opposite Jeff Fahey and Martin Kove in Messages , Peter in Carmen's Kiss with Hugo Speer and Bruce Payne. Gates has also worked with Bruce Payne on Disturbance .
Jon-Paul Gates continues to work internationally portraying a variety of characters. After starring as Mr. Draper in Dance Star , he was the robotic over voices in Dark Side of Heaven ; an alcoholic in Blood Forest , [2] a boxer turned gangster in Villains , a medium in the Haunted franchise, [3] a lawyer with a coke habit in Essex Boys:Retribution , an aggressive prison guard opposite Patrick Kilpatrick in Borstal , playing Dracula himself in The Howling , Rudi Schneider in 2019 UK independent horror film The Haunting of Borley Rectory , and a journalist who perishes in the 1958 Munich Air Disaster with Brian Cox in Believe . From 2020 to 2022 he starred in 16 movies including Sarah's husband in They're Outside", Henry, a Cafe Owner, in "Sorority", an Italian speaking vampire in "Nest of Vampires", a horrible criminal, The Spitter, in "the Lockdown Hauntings", a zany quizmaster in "Graphic Desires and a unscrupulous priest in "Werewolf Cabal". In 2023 Gates played the role of Canine in Howard J. Ford's thriller, Escape.