Jonah Wharton is an American actor. He was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in an eclectic houseboat community of bohemian squatters just north of the city. Wharton got his start in acting while attending college in Los Angeles where he discovered a classified ad for actors in the local newspaper. He soon landed an agent and booked a Burger King commercial, but his passion for the craft surged when he came upon a class with acclaimed teacher/mentor Aaron Speiser. Wharton then decided to pursue acting with the same intense dedication that he used during his basketball days as a young athlete. His hard work paid off, and he landed his first television role on the Emmy®-winning series Californication starring David Duchovny. He'd later appear on the ABC hit Castle, where he played a British mercenary bank robber, and he followed that with roles on NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Southland, Rizzoli & Isles, Bones, and more.
Wharton also plays Tex in the spy thriller Lioness, from Yellowstone creator and Academy Award® nominee Taylor Sheridan and starring Morgan Freeman, Nicole Kidman, and Zoe Saldana. He also appeared on ABC's The Rookie. On the film side, he appeared with Riley Keough, Adrian Brody, and Jesse Eisenberg in Manodrome, which premiered at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the prestigious Gold Bear award.
