Johnathon Schaech

Johnathon Schaech

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
BirthdaySep 10, 1969
BiographyJohnathon Schaech (pronounced /ʃɛk/; born September 10, 1969) is an American actor and screenwriter. He first gained recognition for his role in How to Make an American Quilt (1995). His other films include The Doom Generation (1995), That Thing You Do! (1996), Hush (1998), Prom Night (2008), Phantom (2013), Marauders (2016), and The Night Clerk (2020).

On television, Schaech's work include as Harry Houdini in Houdini (1998), Time of Your Life (1999–2000), and Colonel Sidney Sherman in Texas Rising (2015). He also played the DC Comics gunslinger Jonah Hex in DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2018) and Batwoman. As of 2025, he stars as the sheriff in the TV series Blue Ridge (2024), reprising his role from the 2020 film of the same name.

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as Justin Wise
Texas Rising
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Texas Rising

as Colonel Sherman
Time of Your Life
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Time of Your Life

as John Maguire

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