Jonathan Whitesell

Jonathan Whitesell
File:Jonathan Whitesell.jpg Promotional image of Whitesell for season two of Beyond
Born	Jonathan Rae Whitesell (1991-08-28) 28 August 1991 Vancouver, British Colombia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2015–present
Known for	Beyond The 100 Riverdale Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Jonathan Rae Whitesell (born August 28, 1991) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Luke Matthews in the Freeform 2017 science fiction drama Beyond. He later played several high profile recurring roles as Bryan and Kurtz respectively in The CW series The 100 and Riverdale as well as Robin Goodfellow in the Netflix supernatural horror series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Whitesell has also starred in several films, most notably The Kill Team (2019).

Early Life

After graduating high school, Whitsell joined the military, following in the footsteps of his father, who was already enrolled, and his grandfather who was a police officer. Although he had enjoyed acting since he was eight years old, he didn't see it as a lucrative career although and it wasn't until he went through a particularly difficult period in his life that Whitesell decided to try and focus on something he loved and registered for the acting program Capilano University, where his future The 100 co-star Chelsey Reist also studied.

Career

Between 2016 and 2017, Whitesell appeared in a recurring role as Bryan on the third and fourth seasons of The CW's dystopian science fiction series The 100. Bryan is introduced as the boyfriend of established character Nathan Miller (Jarod Joseph). On the significance of his role, he explained "[Bryan and Miller] were two kind of almost alpha males from each station and the relationship was not based in stereotype and it’s so cool being in this universe, sexuality isn’t such a pertinent thing". He also added that playing an LGBT character was an "honor". Discussing his guest role as Hercules in "Labor of Love", the thirteenth episode of the fifth season of ABC fantasy drama Once Upon a Time, Whitsell admitted that he was "stoked" the moment he read the script and thought his story arc was "refreshing" and "interesting", adding that he liked "the new take" on the character as it was very different from how he was portrayed in the 1997 Disney film. He also praised director Billy Gierhart and actress Ginnifer Goodwin for their support on set.

In 2016, Witesell was cast as a series regular on the Freeform series Beyond. Filming for the first season began on April 5, 2016, with Whitesell posting a picture on his Instagram account. Describing the casting process, he explained that he "originally auditioned for the role of Holden. It was a bit of a whirlwind experience that started with a taping, three auditions and a test over the span of a couple of months. It was a couple of weeks after my test I found out I didn’t get the part. It was tough to digest the news, but I was thrilled about the whole experience nonetheless. It wasn’t until about three weeks later that I got the call saying that they were going to offer me the role of Luke instead! The whole process took about three months, and I was very emotionally invested, so when I got the news it was mind blowing". The show was cancelled after its second season.

Whitesell's casting in Dan Krauss' war film The Kill Team was announced on November 1, 2017 following a six week shoot that concluded in Spain on October 20, 2017. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 27, 2019 before being theatrically released by A24 on October 25 that same year.

In late 2019, Whitesell's casting for part three of Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was revealed alongside the casting of Sam Corlett and Skype P. Marshall. Of his role, Deadline reported that Whitesell "will play Robin, a handsome young man with an ‘elfish’ quality to him" and that, though the character is "caring and sweet", he is also a "mischief maker" and "perhaps something more dangerous" who will develop feelings for regular cast member Theo (played by Lachlan Watson).

Personal Life

Whitesell enjoys drawing, painting, photography and directing short films. He also enjoys playing tabletop game Dungeons And Dragons as well as the video games Halo and Overwatch and is a fan of Game of thrones and Star Wars. He has an interest in computer hardware and built his own PC.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	The Unspoken	Logan
	The Hollow	Alex	TV Movie
2016	A.R.C.H.I.E.	Aaron
2017	Never Steady, Never Still	Danny
	Young George and the Dragon	Young George	Voice role
	Not Falling Together	XY	Short Film
2018	Hold the Dark	Arnie
	Bad Times at the El Royale	Chris "Flicker" Grimes
2019	The Kill Team	Coombs

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Proof	Charlie Maynard	Episode: "Memento Vivere"
	Ties That Bind	Michael Gibbons	Episode: "Legacy"
	iZombie	Chad Wolcoff	Episode: "Zombie Bro"
2016	The X-Files	Kyle Gilligan	Episode: "Founder's Mutation"
	Once Upon a Time	Hercules	Episode: "Labor of Love"
2016-17	The 100	Bryan	Recurring role (10 episodes)
2016-18	Beyond	Luke Matthews	Main role (20 episodes)
2017	Beyblade Burst	Quon Limon	Recurring role (6 episodes)
2018	Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own	Mac Hedgyhog	Episode: "All Decked Out"
2019	Project Blue Book	Corporal Wells	Episode: "War Games"
	Riverdale	Kurtz	Recurring role (5 episodes)
	The Twilight Zone	Casey Donlin	Episode: "Six Degrees of Freedom"
2020-present	Chilling Adventures of Sabrina	Robin Goodfellow	Recurring role (7 episodes)

External links

• Jon Whitesell on Instagram
• Jon Whitesell on Twitter
• Jonathan Whitesell on IMDb
• Jonathan Whitesell on Rotten Tomatoes