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• He is left-handed.

• He is 5′ 11″.

• He shares a birthday with Sean Connery, Gene Simmons, Elvis Costello and Tim Burton.

• Was a wrestler in high school.

• His family’s last name was originally Tonkaview but was shortened by a forefather who wanted something shorter for his carpet business.

• He attended Hebrew school as a child.

• Graduated from Rockland High School in 1995.

• He is a cyclist.

• He is often mistaken for CSI actor Eric Szmanda.

• He is has been friends with actor Justin Long since college.

• He has a tattoo on his right shoulder of a clown waving a wand while riding a bee (similar to the image shown here).

• He began acting at an early age, but didn’t consider it as a career until he appeared in the stage play, Equity, at age 13.

• He received a B.A. in 1999 in theater at Vassar College and went on to study further at the National Theater Institute of the Eugene O’Neill Theater.

• He plays the saxophone and guitar and played in the band Skabba The Hutt (later renamed El Conquistadores) in college.

• In Western astrology, Jon is a Virgo. In Chinese astrology he is a Fire Serpent/Snake.