Jonathan Daniel Raymond Smith, better known by his stage name John Raymond, was born on Sunday, March 9, 1975 at the Southern California Hospital Hollywood in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States at 0:00. He is the only son of Phillip Smith; a retired computer engineer and Lisa Jones, a real estate agent. He celebrates his birthday on the same day as his uncle Todd, his father's older brother. He has English ancestry on his dad and paternal uncle's side. His grandparents Michael Vincent Smith (January 3, 1919 in Manchester, England-August 20, 1994 in Los Angeles, California), a businessman and Geena Louise Walker (June 2, 1923 in Chelsea, London, England-August 20 of 1994 in Los Angeles, California), an administrator, emigrated to the United States in January 1946. They were interesting in living in another place and always showed interest in the US, particularly Hollywood. They settled there on January 18 of that year, on Sunset Boulevard, the following year they had their first son, Todd, on March 9 and Phill came on August 26, 1950. Phill met Lisa on September 16, 1970 at the State University, where he studied. After having known each other for a while, in 1972, they fell in love. He proposed to her on December 15, 1973 and they were married on June 15, 1974. The following month, Lisa announced her pregnancy and 9 months later, John came. At the early age of 3 , John realized his interest in acting and started going to acting school on August 25, 1978. At the age of 4, John already knew he wanted to be an actor. In February of 1980, he got his big break in a children's series called The Rainbow as a special guest. In the same month, he met his eventual agent Mark Lopez, Lopez officially became his agent on April 16, 1980 and would hold that job until October 3, 2016. John's early work between 1980 and 1985 was mainly child-aimed projects, in 1985 got moderate fame with his appearances in The Playground and began to give interviews on a regular basis, as well as meet a wide variety of famous people (he did get to know celebrities before but not frequently). The year 1986 was a year of not many highlights for him, since his parents wanted to focus more on their education. But the following year, it would be different. Something unforgettable would happen. On January 9, 1987, Mark Lopez, his agent learned that there were auditions for the Billy's Life program, Lopez claimed that Raymond would be perfect for the main role. He went to his house to tell him what happened, and after school he went to Entertainment Studios for the audition. A few hours later, he found out through a phone call that he had got the role. He could not believe it! It was something to be proud of, due to certain events, the production did not officially begin until February 2, the day on which the first episode was filmed, that day he met his co-stars and made friends with them, but is closer with Matt Smith, Julie Johnson and Stevie Lowe. The series premiered on September 5 of the same year and was an immediate success. On October 10 of that year, the series was renewed for a second season and another unexpected event occurred, having calculated all of John's earnings, Mark Lopez announced to his family that he had become the richest member of the family; fact that is still true until now. On December 8, 2000 it was confirmed that Raymond was the fifth most paid actor in the US and 17 years later he had become the highest earner, with a $ 100 billion fortune. The series continued to air until June 27, 1992, the third season was notable in that Raymond began to appear in public on a regular basis with his beard; The finale of the series broke the record in being the most watched finale in the history of television in the United States 106.9 million viewers. Three years later Raymond would get one of his best and most important roles in the movie titled The Big Dark Secret, Raymond received enormous critical acclaim and his performance in the film it took him to his first Oscar nomination. During production of the film, Raymond went through a period of anxiety, a period that would occur, thirteen years later. On July 30, 1997 he landed the role of Ryan Johnson in the most acclaimed AVB TV show "Real Friends", the first episode was filmed two days after the auditions, Raymond became close to his co-stars that same day. The series premiered on May 2, 1998 and culminated on November 29, 2003. The first episode broke the record of being the most watched episode of a series of AVB with 40.1 million viewers, then matched by an episode of the series International Job on June 23, 2017. On July 2, 2004, the movie Action! where he played the main character. It was a worldwide success and his performance took him to his first Oscar (for Best Actor). On March 9, 2005, on his 30th birthday, for his honors, he was awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, this star stands out in which the categories of Television and Movies are in it, and not separately. On July 7, 2005 the animated series Gordon was released, where he voiced the titular character, this was his first main role in an animated series, the series concluded on August 26, 2010. On October 3, 2016 he became in his own agent after the death of Mark Lopez, 7 months later, on May 9, 2017, John Raymond Productions opens, a company where he is responsible for several productions.
Raymond is considered one of the most influential actors in the history of acting, was voted as Person of the Year by Time and Most Influential Person magazine in the years 1995, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016.
On October 28, 2016, he released his first book titled: How to Be Your Own Agent. It was written in just 10 days. It was a success, winning the Book of the Year Award. On December 1 of the same year, he released his second book entitled: The World of Voice Acting, it was also a great success. He plans to launch his autobiography in the future.
Personal life
Raymond has an IQ of 400 and is fluent in more than 40 languages, he also rarely has trouble understanding things. He considers himself a believer and is a Christian, although in his own way and not in a traditional way. He met Jenny Nagy on November 9, 2012, when he was buying clothes, they fell in love at first sight and started to leave the next day. At Christmas 2014, she moved to her home and proposed marriage on June 26, 2015, they were married on Christmas of the same year. Regarding to his way of being he has stated: I have always had an interest in being someone who inspires, and at the same time, helps people. I consider myself lucky and at the same time a worker, because I always have my eyes on the target.
Facts
John Raymond
Complete name: Jonathan Daniel Raymond Smith
Nickname: John (also stage name)
Occupations: Actor, producer, director
Date of birth: March 9, 1975
Birthplace: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Eye color: Dark brown
Hair color: Black
Net worth: $100.000 million
Father: Phillip Adrian Smith
Mother: Lisa Marie Jones
Siblings: N/A, considers his
cousins Chris and Kelly his siblings as others do
Hobbies and interests: Music, movies, TV,
sports, languages, meeting people, traveling, hanging out with friends
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite food: European
Favorite fast food restaurant: McDonald’s
Favorite drinks: Coffee, Coca-Cola,
Orange Juice
Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate
Favorite music: N/A
Favorite music genre: N/A
Favorite movie: Citizen Kane
Favorite movie genre: Comedy
Favorite movie director: Steven Spielberg
Favorite TV show: Only
Favorite cars: Honda & Hyundai
Favorite actor: Johnny Depp
Favorite actress: Meryl Streep
Favorite city: Toronto
Favorite number: 9
Favorite pet: Dog
Favorite quote: “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to
a goal, not to people or objects” Albert Einstein
Favorite book: The Catcher in the Rye
Favorite author: J.D. Salinger
Favorite letter: S
Favorite clothes to wear: Fake leather jacket,
red shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers
Favorite animal: Leopard
Height: 1.90 m
Weight: 70 kg
Shoe size: 45
Religion: Christianity
Interesting facts:
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He was born on his uncle Todd’s 28th birthday
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He was born rich
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He has been the richest member of his family since October 10, 1987
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He met Jenny Nagy on November 9, 2012, there were many occasions in
which they were supposed to meet, but for various reasons never got to do so.
They fell in love the day they met and began dating the following day, he moved
to her house on Christmas 2014 and proposed to her on June 26, 2015 and wed on
Christmas of that year
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He says that if he weren’t an actor, he’d be a diplomat, working as the
U.S. ambassador to various countries
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He was born at midnight
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He opened his company John Raymond Productions on May 9, 2017 as one of
proposed things that his former agent Mark Lopez’s will
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His app, produced by his company, came out of May 19, 2017, the others
Real Friends main cast members, Joey Henderson, Jenny Nagy and his own company,
had their apps released between May 20 and December 13 of that year
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He became his own agent on October 3, 2016, following the death of his long-time agent Mark Lopez
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He’s multilingual; he can speak more than 50 languages!
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He’s a multi-instrumentalist, he plays a wide variety of instruments,
more so than Jenny Nagy
He does not wear real fur, his famous leather jacket is made of fake leather, he does this for convenient reasons
H He has been to every recognised country in the world, save for Bhutan and North Korea
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He was going to be named John, but his mom insisted on naming him after
one of his great-grandfathers, his father was unsure of it, but he eventually
agreed on it, as long as he would be called John. It was settled. His dad,
however, rarely calls him by his name, usually he calls him son
With the help of my dad, we made a "representation of this character", this was the final result:
Well, actually, it's not exactly what I expected, its appearance is based on that of Jorge Ulloa, one of the founders of the Ecuadorian Youtube channel EnchufeTV.
A problem I had: it is difficult for me to know exactly how his hair is, it is black, with certain parts raised
This character was created in my mind a few years ago, then I started to give him more focus and eventually, he became my favorite of my stories, my purpose is to continue expanding and that you enjoy what will be known about him. He is someone very interesting and someone who deserves recognition for what he has done. I hope you're interested in what's coming soon! Happy holidays and new year!
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