Lonzo Jones

Birthday: August 17, 1969 in Hamilton, Ohio, USA

Height: 183 cm

Studied Theatre, Film and Television at University of Southern California,UCLA, Wright State University,Van Mar Academy of Motion Picture and Television Acting-Hollywood California. He got his start i ...Show More

Studied Theatre, Film and Television at University of Southern California,UCLA, Wright State University,Van Mar Academy of Motion Picture and Television Acting-Hollywood California. He got his start in Acting at Judson University in Elgin Ill,in the play Our Town. He Is a veteran of 50 television commercials and voice-overs. Producer and close friend of the late Ray Combs who hosted the Family Feud. First Television commercial was for Lazarus Dept. Stores. Sega, Chevrolet, Pringles, Tide, White Castle, JC Penny, MTV's Those Rockin' 70's, and Paramount's Kings Island are among his numerous national-level commercials. A lifelong sports junkie, He was offered college scholarships to play Baseball and Basketball. He chose to play basketball following his idols Larry Bird, Chris Mullen, Rex Chapman, Lenny Lions. He won numerous awards including tournament MVP and a Junior Olympics Silver medal. He played against such top notch talent as Shawn Kemp, Jon and Jay Zulaf, Anderson Hunt, Derrick Coleman, the Fab 5, Jerome Harmon, Pat Knight, Steve Hall, Michael Talley,J.R Reid, Steve Smith. He attended high profile Basketball camps such as B/C, 5-STAR and Metro Index. Had an offer to play professional Basketball overseas but declined. As a business owner He has a production company called Dreamline Productions-5 films in world-wide Distribution and owns a Car Dealership. He worked on many films in Hollywood that never saw the light of day so he decided to start his own production company. He attended Talawanda High school, Badin High School both in Ohio and graduated from St. Hedwig High School in Detroit Michigan. He received the Mayors Award for saving a Mother and Daughter from a burning car.He starred in a Pilot for the UPN Network- On the GO. Two of his films that he Acted in,Wrote and Produced were picked up by the Discovery Channel.He worked on 6 episodes of Frasier and the Pilot for News Radio. He decided to go the Idie Route and prefers to work with Filmmakers with Passion and heart. His film Clowns for Hire has won film festivals across the country. Another film, Life's Riff was picked up by the makers of Dreamworks at the San Diego International Children's Film Festival. He did his first Documentary- Crazy For Playstation 3- and it was a winner at The Indie Gathering Film Festival and is at the G4 Network "Life belongs to the do'ers, work hard, surround yourself with like minded people and stay positive. He prefers to Act,Write and Produce-"Too many good Directors out there that need a job so I prefer to collaborate"-Lonzo JonesHas Produced music videos on super 8 and 16mm film.Won a Gold REMI Award at WorldFest Houston."The Alien Trap" is his next Independent film that will be shot on 16mm. Hide