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| Born | Jon Avery Abrahams October 29, 1977 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Jon Avery Abrahams (born October 29, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in several films such as Sonny Poncelet in Dead Man Walking (1995), Bobby Prinze in Scary Movie , Denny Byrnes in Meet the Parents (both 2000), and Dalton Chapman in House of Wax (2005).
Abrahams was born in New York City. He attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn. [1]
Abrahams' great-uncles were actor Mack Gray – long time confidant of entertainers George Raft, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra – and stuntman and fight coordinator Joe Gray. His father is the artist Martin Abrahams.
Abrahams made his film debut in Larry Clark's Kids . His other feature credits include Scary Movie , Meet the Parents , My Boss's Daughter , Boiler Room, and House of Wax .
On television, Abrahams has appeared on Boston Public , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Second Generation Wayans , The Mentalist , and Criminal Minds . He was also "DJ Jonny" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for season four.
In 2013, Abrahams was cast as the lead in the indie movie Room 105. [2] In 2014, Abrahams was cast in We Are Your Friends as a club promoter. [3]
In 2016, Abrahams made his directorial debut with the film All at Once . The film was released on DVD and video-on-demand in 2018. [4] In 2017, Abrahams was cast in the crime drama film Clover , [5] which he also directed. In 2022 he released his third directorial effort with the gay slasher thriller Exploited.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Kids | Steven | |
| Dead Man Walking | Sonny Poncelet | ||
| 1997 | A, B, C... Manhattan | Milo | |
| Masterminds | K-Dog | ||
| 1998 | The Faculty | F'%# You Boy | |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Naboo Flight Crew | Uncredited [6] |
| Outside Providence | Drugs Delaney | ||
| Pigeonholed | |||
| Bringing Out the Dead | Club Bystander | ||
| 2000 | Boiler Room | Jeff | |
| Scary Movie | Bobby Prinze | ||
| Meet the Parents | Denny Byrnes | ||
| 2001 | Mourning Glory | David Fanelli | |
| Texas Rangers | Berry Smith | ||
| Scenes of the Crime | Lenny Burroughs | ||
| 2002 | They | Billy Parks | |
| 2003 | My Boss's Daughter | Paul | |
| 2004 | What Are the Odds | Mike | Short Film |
| 2005 | House of Wax | Dalton | |
| Standing Still | Pockets | ||
| Prime | Morris | ||
| 2006 | Bottoms Up | Jimmy Desnappio | Direct-to-DVD film |
| The Iron Man | Gustavo Payne | ||
| 2007 | Gardener of Eden | Don | |
| 2008 | Who Do You Love | Phil Chess | |
| 2009 | 2 Dudes and a Dream | Model Instructor | |
| Not Since You | Howard Stieglitz | ||
| 2010 | The Penthouse | Tyler's Agent | |
| 2012 | Missed Connections | Josh Lindsay | |
| Hitchcock | Reporter #1 | ||
| 2013 | Amelia's 25th | Sonny | |
| 2014 | Non-Stop | David Norton | |
| Aldo | Jonny | ||
| Come Back to Me | Johnny | ||
| 2015 | We Are Your Friends | Nicky | |
| Condemned | Vince | ||
| 2016 | All at Once | James Maxwell | Directed by |
| Room 105 | Tom | ||
| 2019 | Apparition | Officer Hale | |
| 2020 | 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up | Tim | |
| 2020 | Clover | Mickey | Directed by |
| 2022 | Exploited | — | Directed by |
| 2024 | Terrifier 3 | Dennis | [7] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Law & Order | Roscoe | Episode: "Damaged" |
| 1999 | Outreach | Henry 'Jenks' Jenkins | |
| 2002–2003 | Boston Public | Zach Fischer | 18 episodes |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Robert Logan | Episode: "Mother" |
| 2006 | Deceit | Roger | TV movie |
| Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-Roc's Street | Chad (voice) | TV movie | |
| 2008 | The Life and Times of Marcus Felony Brown | Cash | TV movie |
| 2011 | Masters of the House | Jerry | 6 episodes |
| 2013 | Second Generation Wayans | Agent | |
| 2014 | The Mentalist | Peter Kilgallen | Episode: "Forest Green" |
| Criminal Minds | Leo Jenkins | Episode: "The Itch" | |
| 2015 | Major Crimes | Fre$h | Episode: "Special Master: Part One" |
| The Astronaut Wives Club | Frank Borman | Episode: "The Dark Side" | |
| 2016 | Hawaii Five-0 | Ben Halanu | Episode: "He Moho Hou" |
| 2020 | Stumptown | Jared Mendleton | Episode: "At All Costs: The Conrad Costas Chronicles" |
| 2020 | Black Hearted Killer | Dennis Cummings | TV movie |
| 2023 | Snowfall | Officer Anderson | Episode: "Fallout" |
| Year | Title | Role | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Do You Know?" | The Director | Enrique Iglesias |
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