Jonny Cruz (born Jonathan Willie Hernández; December 1, 1982) is an
American actor, scriptwriter, producer, filmmaker and musician. He has
been featured as an actor in movies like Walking Tall: Lone Justice,
Infiltrators and Haunting at the Beacon. He has also appeared on
television series like General Hospital, Prison Break and Don't Trust
the B---- in Apartment 23. As producer, Jonny has run films such as
Small Timers, Hold, the web series Cool Wheels and plays the guitar
with his musical team Power Up in Los Angeles and Hollywood,
California in the United States. He is also the voice of Lúcio in the
video game Overwatch and the voice of Lucas Rivera in Need for Speed
Heat. His experience in filmmaking has also covered activities as
producer, director, writer, editor, SFX artist, voice artist and
cinematographer.Jonny Cruz was born Jonathan Willie Hernández in El
Paso, Texas on December 1, 1982 and is the son of Maritza Pagan and
Orlando Hernández, younger brother of two children with his sister
Sharlene. Jonny chose to use Cruz as his professional last name in
honor of his Grandmother Nayda Cruz. He attended school in El Paso and
studied abroad in Würzburg, Germany in early grade school. Cruz
started acting and performing in his early years in the fourth grade
with his first role as Brom Bones in the play Sleepy Hollow. He
continued his studies and never lost the chance to keep performing at
Eastwood High School and went on to study acting and filmmaking at the
University of Texas at Arlington. The ability to be so completely lost
in the moment and find perfection through performance and filmmaking
attracted Cruz to the art form. Cruz found himself fascinated with
Improv comedy performance and joined the well known Four Day Weekend
Performance Team in Fort Worth. While performing, Cruz continued to
shoot short videos to showcase his comedic and technical
talents.[better source needed]Cruz studied computer science, acting,
filmmaking and communication media, all of which he used to understand
the complex process of film making. His computer skills allowed him to
work as web designer and his passion for acting always prompted him to
audition for movie roles as they came. Cruz stated, “I loved to
learn so, I would spend endless hours working on the computer learning
editing software, visual FX programs, I felt that I could pretty much
make a movie on my own from beginning to end after learning all the
different aspects of movie making†.[better source needed] So in
2005, with enough knowledge on technical and theoretical aspects of
movie making, Cruz made his first incursion as writer, director and
producer, besides his acting role, with Cool Wheels where he co-worked
with college friends Robby Storey and Kim Matula.[better source
needed] He then went on to produce, write, act and direct Small
Timers, his first feature-length film. Small Timers took six years to
complete due to severe technical difficulties, and Cruz stated that
completing the film was one of the hardest things he's ever had to do.
American actor, scriptwriter, producer, filmmaker and musician. He has
been featured as an actor in movies like Walking Tall: Lone Justice,
Infiltrators and Haunting at the Beacon. He has also appeared on
television series like General Hospital, Prison Break and Don't Trust
the B---- in Apartment 23. As producer, Jonny has run films such as
Small Timers, Hold, the web series Cool Wheels and plays the guitar
with his musical team Power Up in Los Angeles and Hollywood,
California in the United States. He is also the voice of Lúcio in the
video game Overwatch and the voice of Lucas Rivera in Need for Speed
Heat. His experience in filmmaking has also covered activities as
producer, director, writer, editor, SFX artist, voice artist and
cinematographer.Jonny Cruz was born Jonathan Willie Hernández in El
Paso, Texas on December 1, 1982 and is the son of Maritza Pagan and
Orlando Hernández, younger brother of two children with his sister
Sharlene. Jonny chose to use Cruz as his professional last name in
honor of his Grandmother Nayda Cruz. He attended school in El Paso and
studied abroad in Würzburg, Germany in early grade school. Cruz
started acting and performing in his early years in the fourth grade
with his first role as Brom Bones in the play Sleepy Hollow. He
continued his studies and never lost the chance to keep performing at
Eastwood High School and went on to study acting and filmmaking at the
University of Texas at Arlington. The ability to be so completely lost
in the moment and find perfection through performance and filmmaking
attracted Cruz to the art form. Cruz found himself fascinated with
Improv comedy performance and joined the well known Four Day Weekend
Performance Team in Fort Worth. While performing, Cruz continued to
shoot short videos to showcase his comedic and technical
talents.[better source needed]Cruz studied computer science, acting,
filmmaking and communication media, all of which he used to understand
the complex process of film making. His computer skills allowed him to
work as web designer and his passion for acting always prompted him to
audition for movie roles as they came. Cruz stated, “I loved to
learn so, I would spend endless hours working on the computer learning
editing software, visual FX programs, I felt that I could pretty much
make a movie on my own from beginning to end after learning all the
different aspects of movie making†.[better source needed] So in
2005, with enough knowledge on technical and theoretical aspects of
movie making, Cruz made his first incursion as writer, director and
producer, besides his acting role, with Cool Wheels where he co-worked
with college friends Robby Storey and Kim Matula.[better source
needed] He then went on to produce, write, act and direct Small
Timers, his first feature-length film. Small Timers took six years to
complete due to severe technical difficulties, and Cruz stated that
completing the film was one of the hardest things he's ever had to do.
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