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Johnny Alonso

Date of Birth / Doğum Tarihi
22 November 1970, Queens, New York, New York, USA

Birth Name / Gerçek Adı
John-Michael deCastro Alonso

Mini Biography / Biyografi
Johnny Alonso got his degree in acting from N.Y.U.'s Actor's Studio. A scout from ABC studios saw Alonso's work during an improvisational technique class and asked him to audition for a role they have not been able to book for almost 2 months. Alonso landed the 1 year contract role as "Seth" a pine valley high school student/Susan Lucci's nephew on "All My Children" straight out of the Actor's Studio - not bad for his first gig. From there many gigs have followed: a guest starring role next to Ned Betty and Andre Brauer on "Homicide", a 2 episode guest starring contract on "Buffy, The Vampire Slayer" (Alonso worked with Sarah Michelle Gellar right before she left All My Children), a contract role next to Samuel L. Jackson in "Rules Of Engagement", "Axe" the bass player/boyfriend to Rachel Leigh Cooke's character in "Stateside. Things really picked up when Johnny landed a serious recurring on the last season of "Dawson's Creek" as "Jimmy Franco", a snide junior stock broker next to Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes. Originally a 2 episode contract (directed by Joanna Kerns from Growing Pains/Lifetime) became an 8 episode run with Dawson, Joey and Pacey. Also, Alonso holds the record for the only actor to audition 28 times for a series on the WB before landing a job! Call it fate to have worked with Joanna Kerns. Joanna said she and Alonso would work together again one day - well, right after Dawson's Creek came to an end, Johnny's agent got a call from ABC and Disney. This stroke of luck gave Johnny the chance to work with the original cast from the series Growing Pains in "Growing Pains II - Return Of The Seavers" as "Mickey" Chrissy's r-n-r, bad new boyfriend (Chrissy is the youngest Seaver played by Ashley Johnson). Johnny spent 1 month on location in New Orleans Co-starring with Kirk Cameron, Ashley Johnson, Joanna Kerns, Traci Gold. Disney execs loved what he did for that Hallmark special, they cast Johnny in the Disney summer special "Stuck In The Suburbs" as "Trent" the hyperactive music video director. Again shot around the French Quarter in New Orleans. When all of this dust settled Johnny got called in for an audition for the new WB series "One Tree Hill" and landed the current recurring role of "Joey D." Haley and Chris' New York band/tour manager (Bethany Joy Lens plays the role of "Haley" and Tyler Hilton plays "Chris") Again this was a 2 episode deal which has been extended to 9 episodes (so far) - Johnny is the only actor to segway from Dawson's Creek to One Tree Hill (which took Dawson's Creek's place) and this time Johnny only auditioned 1 time for his role - this time around. Many other co-starring and Guest Starring credits include "F.B.I. Files, The Adventures Of Young Van Helsing, Johnny Come Lately, Night Cry, "The Passing" - the list is getting heavy. IMDb Mini Biography By: joey vecino