Jon Jon Briones

Ernesto Cloma Briones, Jr.,[1] known as Jon Jon Briones (born August 7, 1965)[2] is a Filipino-American actor, best known for his work in musical theatre. He was born in Quezon City, Philippines and became a United States citizen in 2010.[3]

Jon Jon Briones
Born
Ernesto Cloma Bridges Jr.

(1965-08-07) August 7, 1965
Quezon City, Philippines
CitizenshipAmerican
OccupationActor
Spouse(s)
Megan Johnson Briones
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(m. 1996)​
Children

Career

While an engineering student in the Philippines Briones became involved with the original 1989 London production of Miss Saigon. Briones had a friend who was a producer in the Philippines who asked Briones to help "facilitate an audition" for the Cameron Mackintosh team who were holding auditions in the Philippines for Miss Saigon. In addition to helping with the organization of the auditions, Briones himself auditioned for and then became a member of the ensemble.[4]

He has been involved with various touring productions of Miss Saigon, as a swing and covering other roles, finally playing the Engineer. In 2014 he joined the original cast of the Miss Saigon West End revival, playing the Engineer.[5] He was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing this role and won the Whatsonstage.com Award for Best Actor in a Musical.[6][7] He remained in the role until the production closed on February 27, 2016.[8]

In 2017, Briones transferred with the production to Broadway at the Broadway Theatre. Previews started on March 1, 2017, with an official opening on March 23.[9]

On April 30, 2019, Briones received the Visionary Award from East West Players during their annual awards dinner and silent auction.[10] The award is given to celebrate individuals that are able to raise the visibility of Asian Pacific Americans through their work.[11] During his acceptance speech, Briones said that his "vision is that we change hearts and minds in Hollywood and in the theatre community so they see that we have a voice and a story – beautiful stories – to tell, and we are the ones who can and should tell it."[12]

In 2018, he appeared in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, as Modesto Cunanan, father of Gianni Versace's murderer, Andrew Cunanan, and in American Horror Story: Apocalypse as Ariel Augustus.

In January 2019, it was announced that Briones will star in the upcoming Netflix drama series Ratched[13] where he plays Dr Richard Hanover.[14]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Potluck Short film
2008 Proud American Dawn's Father
2008 An Immigrant Girl's Journey Paulo Alcedo Short film
2008 Brown Soup Thing Uncle Jon Jon
2010 Breathe Rhadamanths Short film
2012 Jolly B. Fierce Edward Biagan Short film
2012 Nico's Sampaguita Raul Short film
2012 Just an American Father of Dawn Trang
2014 Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage Asian Genie
2014 Blood Ransom Father Mena
2016 Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary The Engineer
2018 Model Home Mr. Fan

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2003–04 Las Vegas Cosme Caliyag 2 episodes
2007 Moonlight Party Goer Episode: "Out of the Past"
2008 Sons of Anarchy Asian Elvis Episode: "Pilot"
2009 Monk First Mercenary Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Magician"
2010 Miami Medical Technician Episode: "Diver Down"
2010 Law & Order: LA Brant Ross Episode: "Hollywood"
2011 Southland Rama Episode: "Graduation Day"
2013 The Mentalist Mr. Lam Episode: "My Blue Heaven"
2014 Bones Adrian Lingao Episode: "Big in the Philippines"
2017 Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Lama Vajra Episode: "Abominable"
2018 The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Modesto Cunanan 2 episodes
2018 Designated Survivor Prime Minister Khallou Episode: "Bad Reception"
2018 American Horror Story: Apocalypse Ariel Augustus 3 episodes
2019 Better Things Himself Episode: "The Unknown"
2019 All Rise Daniel Mendoza Episode: "How to Succeed in Law Without Really Re-Trying"
2020 Ratched Dr. Richard Hanover 7 episodes

References
  1. Blank, Matthew. "CUE & A: London's Miss Saigon Star Jon Jon Briones on Sammy Davis Jr., "Field of Dreams" and Two Decades as The Engineer". Playbill.
  2. "Briones Broadway" Playbill, retrieved September 24, 2017
  3. Wolf, Matt. "West End Star Jon Jon Briones on His 25-Year Journey in 'Miss Saigon', From Ensemble Member to Engineer" broadway.com, May 7, 2014
  4. Gordon, David. "From Engineering Student to "The Engineer": Jon Jon Briones' Journey With 'Miss Saigon' " theatermania.com, March 19, 2017
  5. "Alistair Brammer, Tamsin Carroll, Hugh Maynard & More Join West End's MISS SAIGON; Full Cast Announced!". 22 November 2013. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  6. "Olivier awards 2015: complete list of nominations". 9 March 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  7. "Miss Saigon dominates WhatsOnStage awards". BBC. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  8. "Final flight for Miss Saigon". cameronmackintosh.com. 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  9. Gans, Andrew (29 September 2016). "Additional Casting Announced for Miss Saigon Broadway Revival". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  10. Wood, Ximón. "TV & Stage Stars Suzy Nakamura and Jon Jon Briones will join Lily Mariye and Wendy Chang/Dwight Stuart Youth Fund as Honorees at East West Players' 52nd Visionary Awards Dinner & Silent Auction on Monday, April 30, 2018 at Hilton Universal City". East West Players. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  11. Wood, Ximón. "Golden Anniversary Visionary Awards Dinner and Silent Auction". East West Players. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  12. TFCBalitangAmerica (2018-05-02), Showbiz Tonight: Jon Jon Briones receives Visionary Award by East West Players, retrieved 2019-07-22
  13. Petski, Denise (January 14, 2019). "'Ratched': Sharon Stone, Cynthia Nixon Among 10 Cast In Ryan Murphy's Netflix Series". Deadline. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  14. "Ratched star Jon Jon Briones on his wild role: 'Oh my God, I have to do a lobotomy on my son'". EW. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
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