Jonathan Lindsay Penner was born on March 5,1962 and is an American actor, screenwriter, television personality, and film producer, known for producing and starring in the film The Last Supper, as well as acting in the television series Rude Awakening and The Naked Truth.
19 Facts About Jonathan Penner
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Jonathan Penner is known for his multiple appearances on the American competitive reality series Survivor.
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Jonathan Penner had a small role in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.
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Jonathan Penner was nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at the Academy Awards in 1994 for Down on the Waterfront, which he co-produced, co-wrote, and starred in, along with Jason Alexander and Edward Asner.
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Jonathan Penner co-wrote the script for the 2003 The WB-produced re-imagining of The Lone Ranger, and later the 2017 horror film The Bye Bye Man.
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Jonathan Penner is developing a King Kong television series for MarVista Entertainment and IM Global Television.
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Jonathan Penner resides in Los Angeles, California, with his two children: Ava, born in 1999, and Cooper, born in 1995.
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Jonathan Penner was married to director Stacy Title from 1991 until her death in 2021; he was introduced to Stacy by his friend Jason Alexander, who is married to Stacy's cousin, Daena Title.
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Jonathan Penner was a contestant on Survivor: Cook Islands in 2006.
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Jonathan Penner was one of the original five members of the Rarotonga tribe.
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Jonathan Penner quickly became notorious among the cast for stealing another tribe's chicken on the first day.
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Jonathan Penner was the fourteenth person voted out, finishing in seventh place.
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Jonathan Penner humbly voted for Kwon to win in the Final Tribal Council.
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Jonathan Penner was one of ten returning favorites on the Malakal tribe and later switched to Airai.
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Jonathan Penner was removed from the game during the sixth episode, due to a life-threatening infection in his injured knee.
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Jonathan Penner returned to play the game for a third time on Survivor: Philippines, the 25th season of Survivor.
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Jonathan Penner was one of the three returning players who had been medically evacuated during their previous season, the others being Michael Skupin and Russell Swan.
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Jonathan Penner ended up being the 11th person voted out, placing seventh overall, which is where he had finished the first time he participated on Survivor.
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In total, Jonathan Penner has spent 78 days playing the Survivor game.