Jonathan Slavin was raised in a small suburb of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. A weird, shy misfit,
Jonathan found his voice at 14 when he was cast in his first play. He left Pennsylvania at 17 and
spent the next three years traveling, studying and performing in New England, upstate New York
and Oxford. Finally landing in New York, Jonathan performed in some truly terrible theater, before
being cast as the sexually confused protagonist of The Best of Schools, at Ubu Repertory Theater.
From there he moved to Lincoln Center and then Broadway in Wendy Wassestein's play The Sisters
Rosensweig. After a brief sojourn to Dallas, Texas to do Six Degrees of Separation (a production that
was cited by the Dallas Vice Squad) he moved to Los Angeles to star as the young Larry Kramer in
the West Coast premiere of The Destiny of Me.
He started working in television and after a string of "insert occupation here" guy roles (Flower
Delivery Guy, Fish and Chips Guy, Computer Tech Guy, you get the picture) landed a memorable
turn as "Ice Cream Guy" on Caroline in the City, and has been lucky to have worked in television
since. He has since appeared as a series regular on Better Off Ted, Andy Richter Controls the Universe and
Union Square. He has recurred on many shows, including My Name is Earl, Better With You,
Summerland, Inconceivable, and Wings. Recent notable guest stars include The Finder, Castle, Suburgatory,
Raising Hope, Grey's Anatomy, Weeds, and Bones. He has appeared in such films as Dirty Girl, Hard Pill,
A Cinderella Story, Grand Theft Parsons, Free Enterprise, Race to Witch Mountain, and the award winning
My Mother's Hairdo.
Personally, Jonathan is a longtime activist. He has dedicated much of his life to animal rights and is
a confirmed vegan and animal rescuer. Additionally he has marched in more LGBT rights parades
than he can count, and has twice participated in the California Aids Ride, a nearly six hundred mile
bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles raising funds for Aids/HIV services provided by the
Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center.