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Jonathan Hall Kovacs (also known as ''Johnny Kovacs'' or ''Jon K'', born October 20, 1969 in
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) is an American former
child actor The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in film, movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associ ...
and director. Nowadays, he is an entertainer, educator and explorer.


Biography


Acting

Jonathan Kovacs appeared as a semi-regular character during the ninth season of ''
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'' and as a regular character on the 1983 series '' The Family Tree''. He was nominated for a
Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award (originally known as the Youth in Film Award) is an accolade presented by the Young Artist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young ...
in 1984 as the Best Young Actor in a Drama Series for ''The Family Tree''. He also made several appearances in other popular television works of that time period. All of them were
deaf Deafness has varying definitions in cultural and medical contexts. In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person from understanding spoken language, an Audiology, audiological condition. In this context it ...
people.


Adult life and career

In 1988, he graduated with honours from California School for the Deaf in
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. He returned there after a couple of years away from school. He did several plays and ITV, a course in learning how to film and edit. As an adult, he has directed a few short stage performances. His interest in
ASL American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States of America and most of Anglophone Canada. ASL is a complete and organized visual language that is express ...
performances gave birth to Rathskellar (performing arts) in 1998 to showcase the raw beauty of sign language by combining it with visual arts and pulsating music. It turned out to astonish crowds and quickly became internationally known for thrilling levels of originality and intensity, which are rarely seen in ASL productions.www.rathskellar.com
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Personal life

Kovacs is deaf.


Filmography


External links

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The Rathskellar Official Homepage


Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kovacs, Jonathan Hall 1969 births Living people American male deaf actors American male child actors American male television actors People from Alameda County, California