Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 13, 1979
Place of Birth:
New Plymouth, New Zealand
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Jonno Roberts
Biography
Jonno Roberts has been acting in the US since arriving from New Zealand in 1999. He has become a popular performer on stage as well as screen, performing throughout the US and Europe.
He rapidly gained a reputation for hard-hitting performances in a number of productions that have been acknowledged as American theatre landmarks, including the hit New York production of Tracey Letts' "BUG" (he replaced Michael Shannon in the lead role); as Eilif in Janos Szasz' devastating "Mother Courage" at the American Repertory Theatre; as Edmund the Bastard to Stacy Keach's "King Lear" at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago; and in notorious Catalan director Calixto Bieito's sole American production - "Camino Real", also at the Goodman.
He was profiled as a notable artist by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Before moving to the US, he was best known in New Zealand as a comedian, and can still be occasionally seen performing at the legendary LA venue Largo, alongside longtime friend and comedy partner Rhys Darby.
Jonno received a Masters degree from the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University, and from the Moscow Arts Theatre School.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: Dawn of the Vampires | Commander Bright |
| 2025 | Lion Rock | |
| 2024 | The Nut Farm | |
| 2019 | Broker | Poker Player |
| 2017 | Message from the King | Rice |
| 2013 | Speed Queen | |
| 2012 | Seizures | Vincent |
| 2010 | World's End | Tobias |
| 2006 | The Elephant King | Jake Hunt |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Sweet Tooth | Hazmat #1 |
| 2021 | Mr. Corman | Chris |
| 2021 | La Brea | James |
| 2018 | The Rookie | Rupert Payne - VIP Ride-Along |
| 2016 | The Good Place | Gawlff |
| 2016 | Wrecked | Declan Stanwick |
| 2015 | Quantico | Bruno Graf |
| 2015 | The Player | Rehnquist |
| 2013 | Project: S.E.R.A. | NSA Agent |
| 2013 | The Crazy Ones | Grant |
| 2012 | Elementary | Jerome Thomas |
| 2011 | Person of Interest | Peter Arndt |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | Milo |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles | CIA Analyst Robert Lester |
| 2007 | Flight of the Conchords | Stage Murray |
| 2006 | Jericho | J.P. Achor |
| 2006 | Shark | Jonno |
| 2006 | The Unit | |
| 2005 | Medium | Don Burnes |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Russian Hacker |
| 2005 | Bones | Jeffrey Hodgins |
| 2004 | CSI: NY | Samson Rowe |
| 2003 | NCIS | |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Garth Hogan |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Ted Sherman |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Stephen Talbot |
| 1995 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Agathon |
| 1995 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Kurth |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Defense Attorney Barry Boyd |