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Jonathan Banks

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Also known as Jonathan Ray Banks

American actor

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Jonathan Banks is an American artist whose career began in 1974. Born on January 31, 1947, the individual is identified as female and associated with the United States. Musical genres linked to this artist include alternative pop, alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, electropop, and indie.

In addition to musical work, Jonathan Banks is an author with eight recorded works. Notable titles include *User's Guide to Everything You Need to Know about Cryptocurrency*, *Raise Your GPA*, *Indiana University Cinema*, *Januae clavis*, and *Januæ clavis: or, Lilly's syntax explained*. The subject has been referenced by 361 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
8

Top works

  • User's Guide to Everything You Need to Know about Cryptocurrency
  • Raise Your GPA
  • Indiana University Cinema
  • Januae clavis
  • Januæ clavis: or, Lilly's syntax explained

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1988-06-16
alternative popalternative r&bcontemporary r&belectropopindier&b

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
364
Total plays
779

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jonathan+Banks">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
Jonathan Ray Banks , ( 1947-01-31 ) January 31, 1947 (age 79) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1974–present
Spouses
Marnie Fausch ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1970 ) ​ Gennera Cebian ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1990 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Jonathan Ray Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American actor. He played FBI Special Agent Frank McPike in the television series Wiseguy (1987–1990), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Banks gained renewed recognition for his role as hitman and fixer Mike Ehrmantraut in the television series Breaking Bad (2009–2013). He reprised the role as a lead character in the spin-off series Better Call Saul (2015–2022) and had a cameo in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019). For playing Ehrmantraut, he received five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

Banks' film projects include The Rose (1979), Airplane! (1980), Frances (1982), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Armed and Dangerous (1986), There Goes the Neighborhood (1992), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), Foolish (1999), Puff, Puff, Pass (2006), Identity Thief (2013) and The Commuter (2018). He also appeared prominently in the fifth season of Community (2014) and provided the voice of Commissioner Jim Gordon in the video game Batman: Arkham Knight (2015), and Brit in the animated series Invincible (2025–present).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jonathan Banks” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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