Jonathan Banks was born on January 31, 1947 in Washington, D.C. He is a Veteran character actor who has had some small roles and some big roles in film and in television. is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: , Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - D.C. Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2... A character actor is an actor, especially in motion pictures, who predominantly performs in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ...

Some of his movie roles include 48 Hrs., Beverly Hills Cop, Gremlins, Armed and Dangerous, Freejack, Murder Me, Murder You, and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. Jonathan Banks has played lots of villains in films. His most recent film to date is the 2006 film Puff, Puff, Pass. 48 Hrs. ... Beverly Hills Cop (1984) is an American comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy. ... Gremlins is an American horror-comedy film directed by Joe Dante and released in 1984. ... Armed and Dangerous (1986) is a movie starring John Candy as Frank Dooley, Eugene Levy as Norman Kane, Robert Loggia as Michael Carlino and Meg Ryan as Maggie Cavanaugh. ... Freejack was a 1992 science fiction film directed by Geoff Murphy. ... Murder Me, Murder You is a made-for-TV movie starring Stacy Keach as Mickey Spillanes iconic hard-boiled private detective, Mike Hammer. ... In the 1995 action film Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, a sequel to Under Siege, Casey Ryback, a retired NAVY Seal, foils a mad scientists plot to hijack a satellite weapon. ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... Puff, Puff, Pass is a 2006 comedy movie. ...

He starred on the short-lived science fiction TV series Otherworld, as Kommander Neveen Kroll. His big role was on the tv series Wiseguy, as Frank McPike. His portrayal of OCB Field Supervisor Frank McPike was particularly believable due to his own law enforcement background; Banks in real-life is a former member of the Greenbelt, Maryland Police Department. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... For Irish Mythology, see Other World. ... First season cast of Wiseguy Wiseguy (1987-1990) was a U.S. television program about Vincent Vinnie Terranova, an undercover agent of the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau), a fictional division of the FBI. Produced by Stephen J. Cannell, the show differed from previous crime dramas in its use of story...

His guest appearances on TV shows range from Matlock, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "Battle Lines"), and on Highlander as an Immortal named Mako in the Season 2 episode "Under Colour of Authority." Matlock was an American television legal drama starring Andy Griffith as attorney Ben Matlock. ... This section has been identified as trivia. ... Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... Battle Lines is a first-season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ... Immortals are a group of fictional characters seen in the movies and series of the Highlander franchise. ... Mako is a character from the TV series Highlander, who is an Immortal. ...

He also had a guest appearance on CSI.