Our guest today is Jonathan Emond
Jonathan does not fit our usual profile for guests being that he’s not established yet but it’s who he is as an artist that intrigues me.
Jonathan is Huron Wendat, French, Polish and Canadian and at 26 years old he has many talents of which he pursues all. He’s a gifted pianist, and A poet – having written two yet to be published poetry books.
At 10 yrs old Jonathan suffered a life threatening event when both his kidneys failed and his father donated one of his . The experience motivated Jonathan to become a public speaker sharing his story of survival and encouraging corporations to pledge funds while still in his teens. Today he remains an active ambassador for various children's charities and organisations.
His acting career started as a teenager with his first ever audition for the show called Tactik. After leading for a few episodes alongside great youth talent, he realized that he had a lot to learn. He decided to go study in Los Angeles with renowned acting coach Aaron Speiser, where he blossomed as an artist. Having now worked in Transformers: Age of Extinction, Slaxx, Transplant, La Chute de Sparte, and a leading role in the sci-fi feature - Moment One, his young career promises to keep the audience on their toes.
I had the pleasure of directing Jonathan recently and what caught my attention is his artistic integrity –what I mean by that is – his ability to connect with conviction and his dedication to align himself with the artistic vision while making it personal to him and still serve the overall piece.
Our discussion ran the gamut From his Buddhist views of life to his method approach to acting. With one requiring detaching from his ego and the other involving profound connection to it, he manages to find oneness in both.
