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Jon continued to get small parts until 1990, when he won a role in the television adaptation of Stephen King's IT. Jon played the part of "Stuttering Billy" Denbrough. He co-starred with the late John Ritter, as well as Seth Green of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame. Later that year, Jon also was featured in the sequel to the Neverending Story, in which he played the part of Bastian.In addition to roles in television series, he also had several guest-starring roles on many series such as Blossom and Full House. Jon, in addition to working, attended public school as well.
Jon's big break in films came when he landed a part in Ladybugs, starring opposite Rodney Dangerfield. The film called for Jon to play a character who had to wear girl's clothing at the behest of Dangerfield's charachter. The film didn't do very well at he box office, but it did put Jonathan Brandis in the spotlight. In 1992, Jon starred along side action hero Chuck Norris as well as Beau Bridges in Sidekicks. This film was a more commercial success as opposed to his earlier fil
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Jonathan Brandis
Death date
November 12, 2003
Also in 1990, he 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 Lucas Wolenczak, a teen prodigy on the NBC series seaQuest DSV. The character was popular among teenage female viewers, and Brandis regularly appeared in teen magazines.
On November 12, 2003, Brandis died at the age of 27 after hanging himself. Though he did not leave a suicide note friends advised that Brandis had been depressed about the state of his career and had been drinking heavily. He had also stated publicly that he intended to kill himself.
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Jonathan Brandis
ACTOR
1976 - 2003
Jonathan Brandis
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonathan Brandis has received more than 12,830,438 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Jonathan Brandis is the 5,242nd most popular actor (up from 5,502nd in 2019), the 7,642nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,208th in 2019) and the 2,365th most popular American Actor.
Memorability Metrics
13M
Page Views (PV)
53.87
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
33
Languages Editions (L)
3.34
Effective Languages (L*)
4.01
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among ACTORS
Among actors, Jonathan Brandis ranks 5,242 out of 13,578. Before him are Mich
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