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Washington, D.C., USA
Jonathan Ray Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American character actor in film and television. Banks dropped out of Indiana University to join a touring company as a stage manager. He went to Australia with the company and stayed on working in theatre there. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles and performed on stage before picking up bit parts on television. Probably his best-known movie roles…
Known for
- The Beast in Me — Martin Jarvis2025
- Kite Man: Hell Yeah! — Noonan (voice)2024
- Constellation — Henry Caldera / Bud Caldera2024
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur — Silvermane (voice)2023
- Catwoman: Hunted — Roman Sionis / Black Mask (voice)2022
- Show Me More — Self - "Mike Ehrmantraut"2021
- A Tale Dark & Grimm — Johannes (voice)2021
- INVINCIBLE — Brit (voice)2021
- The Comey Rule — James Clapper2020
- The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie — Self2019
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jonathan
- Family name
- Banks
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Jonathan Banks 2012 2.jpg
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- Jonathan Banks
- date of birth
- 1947-01-31
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- Jonathan Ray Banks
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- different from
- Johnathon Banks
- writing language
- English language
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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).
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