Jonno Roberts
Biography
Jonno Roberts has been acting in the US since arriving from New Zealand in 1999. He has become a popular performer on stage as well as screen, performing throughout the US and Europe.
He rapidly gained a reputation for hard-hitting performances in a number of productions that have been acknowledged as American theatre landmarks, including the hit New York production of Tracey Letts' "BUG" (he replaced Michael Shannon in the lead role); as Eilif in Janos Szasz' devastating "Mother Courage" at the American Repertory Theatre; as Edmund the Bastard to Stacy Keach's "King Lear" at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago; and in notorious Catalan director Calixto Bieito's sole American production - "Camino Real", also at the Goodman.
He was profiled as a notable artist by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Before moving to the US, he was best known in New Zealand as a comedian, and can still be occasionally seen performing at the legendary LA venue Largo, alongside longtime friend and comedy partner Rhys Darby.
Jonno received a Masters degree from the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University, and from the Moscow Arts Theatre School.
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Full filmography
- The Rookie (2018) as Rupert Payne - VIP Ride-Along
- Law & Order (1990) as Defense Attorney Barry Boyd
- NCIS (2003) as Scott Pell
- Bones (2005) as Jeffrey Hodgins
- Person of Interest (2011) as Peter Arndt
- CSI: Miami (2002) as Ted Sherman
- NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) as CIA Analyst Robert Lester
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Stephen Talbot
- Elementary (2012) as Jerome Thomas
- Without a Trace (2002) as Garth Hogan
- CSI: NY (2004) as Samson Rowe
- Medium (2005) as Don Burnes
- Numb3rs (2005) as Russian Hacker
- Xena: Warrior Princess (1995) as Agathon
- Lie to Me (2009) as Milo
- The Unit (2006) as Serin
- La Brea (2021) as James
- Quantico (2015) as Bruno Graf
- The Good Place (2016) as Gawlff
- Sweet Tooth (2021) as Hazmat #1
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995) as Kurth
- Jericho (2006) as J.P. Achor
- Shark (2006) as Jonno
- Mārama (2026) as Driver