Jonas Chernick

Jonas Chernick

Born: July 16, 1973
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jonas Chernick is a Canadian actor and screenwriter born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is a graduate from the University of Manitoba with a major in Film Studies and Theatre. In 2000, he relocated to Toronto, Ontario. Jonas co-wrote, produced and starred in the sci-fi comedy feature film James vs. His Future Self (2019), which won four awards at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, and was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards. That same year, he starred in The Prague Orgy (2019), adapted from the Philip Roth novel, had a recurring role on the CBC / Netflix hit series Workin' Moms (2017) and was a guest star on the CTV / NBC hit series Transplant (2020). He also co-wrote and co-stars in "The Burning Season."

Movies for Jonas Chernick...

The Burning Season
Title: The Burning Season
Character: JB
Released: May 10, 2024
Type: Movie
Alena and her husband spend a summer up at Luna Lake Resort. JB runs the place. He and Alena begin a dangerous and passionate secret affair. Summers only. That's the rule. Until they break it. A sexy and tragic love story - told backwards.
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The End of Sex
Title: The End of Sex
Character: Josh
Released: April 28, 2023
Type: Movie
A young couple, feeling the pressures of parenting and adulthood, sends their kids to camp for the first time and embark on a series of sexual adventures to reinvigorate their relationship.
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Title: Rabbit Hole
Character: Xander Arnaz
Released: March 26, 2023
Type: TV
Nothing is what it seems when John Weir, a master of deception in the world of corporate espionage, is framed for murder by powerful forces with the ability to influence and control populations.
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Ashgrove
Title: Ashgrove
Character: Jason
Released: December 2, 2022
Type: Movie
Set during a pandemic that affects the world's water supply, one of the world's top scientists is battling to find a cure.
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The Last Mark
Title: The Last Mark
Character: Eli
Released: February 25, 2022
Type: Movie
After a young woman witnesses a mob hit, a seasoned assassin and his psychotic partner must track her down before she turns them in, but she proves to be the hardest mark to kill.
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L for Loser
Title: L for Loser
Character: Ned Neerman
Released: October 1, 2021
Type: Movie
A lowly young trophy shop employee who has never won anything other than a participation ribbon, is in love with his manager and stages a robbery to try to prove to her that he is in fact "a winner."
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Title: Transplant
Character: Reese
Released: February 26, 2020
Type: TV
Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new life in Canada with his younger sister Amira. Bash works to navigate a new environment after earning a coveted residency in the Emergency Department of one of the best hospitals in Toronto, York Memorial.
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The Prague Orgy
Title: The Prague Orgy
Character: Nathan Zuckerman
Released: October 10, 2019
Type: Movie
In 1976 a famous American writer Nathan Zuckerman is challenged by Czech immigrant Sisovsky who implores him to retrieve valuable manuscripts from communist Czechoslovakia. The writer accepts this dangerous mission, where his every step is observed by secret police. Once in Prague, he meets Sisovsky‘s flamboyant and wild ex-wife Olga who is in possession of the manuscripts. The evolving relationship between the hot-headed Olga and Nathan is a confrontation between two worlds - the repressed East and free West. But, Olga won‘t give up the manuscripts to Nathan so easily…
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James vs. His Future Self
Title: James vs. His Future Self
Character: James
Released: September 17, 2019
Type: Movie
When an uptight time-travelling obsessed young scientist is visited by his nihilistic future self, he's told that he needs to give up his dream of becoming the world's first time traveler, or else. But when he won't go along with the plan, it becomes a wicked battle of man versus himself - literally.
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A Swingers Weekend
Title: A Swingers Weekend
Character: Geoffrey
Released: April 18, 2018
Type: Movie
Seemingly perfect couple Lisa and Dan plan a steamy swingers weekend, but things go south when a third couple drops in unexpectedly.
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Title: Private Eyes
Character: Chris Henley
Released: May 26, 2016
Type: TV
Ex-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett to form an unlikely investigative powerhouse.
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How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
Title: How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
Character: Chester O'Connell
Released: September 19, 2015
Type: Movie
In high school Cassie Cranston was slut-shamed out of the wholesome and repressed town of Beaver’s Ridge following a humiliating attempt at losing her virginity. Now, years later, a big city sex columnist, Cassie returns home to bury her mother and finds a chance for revenge when her prudish childhood nemesis insists she helps her old friends plan an orgy.
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Borealis
Title: Borealis
Character: Jonah
Released: September 5, 2015
Type: Movie
Jonah, an unemployed gambler, takes his estranged pot-smoking teen-aged daughter Aurora on a dangerous road trip to Churchill, Manitoba to show her the magnificent Northern Lights – before her vision disorder renders her completely blind.
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Title: The Best Laid Plans
Character: Daniel Addison
Released: January 5, 2014
Type: TV
A humourous and satirical journey into the world of Canadian national politics.
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Title: Played
Character: Goose
Released: October 3, 2013
Type: TV
The Covert Investigations Unit (CIU) risks going undercover to infiltrate and bring down criminal organizations. In this new style of short-term, high-intensity undercover work, each covert “play” is crafted quickly and executed at an even faster pace. Placed into various worlds of crime without a safety net, the cops are in constant danger, as they repeatedly go off the grid. Wearing wires, coaxing confessions, and setting up stings, the cops of the CIU must think quickly, talk smoothly, and rely on pure instinct. They slip in and out of characters so often that, sometimes, they lose track of who they really are.
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Time of Death
Title: Time of Death
Character: Perry Collins
Released: July 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Following the death of CEO Robert Loring at precisely 10:44 pm, the FBI sends in Jordan Price, one of their best and brightest to solve the case. As other key executives are murdered at exactly the same time, Jordan finds herself investigating the past in order to solve the case. She quickly discovers the ultimate cover up and is under the gun to solve the mystery before the next victim is killed.
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Blood Pressure
Title: Blood Pressure
Character: Darryl Saunders
Released: October 30, 2012
Type: Movie
A middle-aged woman follows letters from an unseen admirer into potential danger.
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My Awkward Sexual Adventure
Title: My Awkward Sexual Adventure
Character: Jordan Abrams
Released: September 11, 2012
Type: Movie
A hyper-repressed and schlubby accountant (Jonas Chernick) strikes a deal with a worldly but disorganized stripper (Emily Hampshire): he'll help her with her crushing debt if she helps him become a better lover.
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Title: Haven
Character: Ezra
Released: July 9, 2010
Type: TV
FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.
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Title: The Border
Character: Agent Heironymous Slade
Released: January 7, 2008
Type: TV
The Border is a Canadian drama that aired on CBC Television and 20 other TV networks worldwide. It was created by Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole of White Pine Pictures. The Executive in Charge of Production is Janice Dawe. Episodes in the first season were directed by John Fawcett, Michael DeCarlo, Ken Girotti, Kelly Makin, Brett Sullivan and Philip Earnshaw. The first season had a total budget of 20 million dollars, with about 1.5 million dollars per episode. The series is set in Toronto and follows agents of the fictitious Immigration and Customs Security agency. ICS was created by the Government of Canada to deal with trans-border matters concerning Canadian national security including terrorism and smuggling. The cancellation of The Border was announced by the CBC after three seasons were aired.
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Intimate Stranger
Title: Intimate Stranger
Character: Alex
Released: October 26, 2006
Type: Movie
Karen lives alone with her son since he was separated from her husband. One night she meets a man who has all the qualities to be perfect, and they begin a wonderful relationship. But calls from an unknown constant concern to Karen, as suspected her ex-husband does not accept her new relationship.
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Lucid
Title: Lucid
Character: Joel Rothman
Released: September 11, 2005
Type: Movie
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Seven Times Lucky
Title: Seven Times Lucky
Character: Sonny
Released: January 17, 2004
Type: Movie
An aging con-man and a beautiful, ambitious student cross paths in a scam that promises to make them both rich.
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Masterpiece Monday
Title: Masterpiece Monday
Character: Peter
Released: September 16, 2003
Type: Movie
Lives unravel for different reasons...
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Eloise at the Plaza
Title: Eloise at the Plaza
Character: Philip the French Tutor
Released: April 27, 2003
Type: Movie
Eloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. Her caretaker "Nanny" watches over her while her mom is away. Then one day, while trying to figure out how to get invited to a fancy ball as well as how to meet a visiting prince, Eloise makes a new friend around her age! So she decides to take him on a tour of the city - and all while plotting some matchmaking hijinks for her other friends too!
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The Pentagon Papers
Title: The Pentagon Papers
Character: Neil Sheehan
Released: March 9, 2003
Type: Movie
This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to preserve American democracy by leaking top-secret documents to the New York Times and Washington Post. The documents in question would eventually become famous as the Pentagon Papers, which revealed the true reasons for U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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Edge of Madness
Title: Edge of Madness
Character: William Sellor
Released: February 18, 2002
Type: Movie
1851, Manitoba's Red River Valley. As winter sets in, a young woman on the edge of madness arrives exhausted at the fort, a wilderness station, claiming she murdered her husband. She's placed in a cell; for the next several months, she sews while the local prefect, Henry Mullen, investigates.
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Title: Degrassi
Character: Mr. Betenkamp
Released: October 14, 2001
Type: TV
The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.
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Title: Mutant X
Character: Josh
Released: October 6, 2001
Type: TV
Mutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Avi Arad, and it centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. The members of Mutant X were used as test subjects in a series of covert government experiments. The mission of Mutant X is to seek out and protect their fellow New Mutants. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Even though the series had high ratings and was meant to be renewed for a fourth season, it was abruptly canceled in 2004 after the dismantling of Fireworks Entertainment, one of the show's production companies, ending the show on a cliffhanger.
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Inertia
Title: Inertia
Character: Joseph
Released: September 12, 2001
Type: Movie
Joseph is in love with Laura. Laura is in love with Bruce. Bruce is in love with Alex. Alex is in love with Joseph. While a mysterious germ in the water supply threatens the population of Winnipeg, Canada, four love-struck individuals struggle with a greater illness - the randomness and intensity of their own desire. A love triangle with four people.
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Nostradamus
Title: Nostradamus
Character: Apprentice Mercurin
Released: April 27, 2000
Type: Movie
A medieval cult travels to the 20th century and kills people in an attempt to bring about the end of the world. The policeman must stop them by summoning the spirit of Nostradamus.
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Title: Earth: Final Conflict
Character: McKnight
Released: October 6, 1997
Type: TV
Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister motives.
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Boy City
Title: Boy City
Character: Yanni
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A comedy about a group of men in their 30s still pursuing their dream of becoming a successful boy band. From the director of From the Vine (WFF19). This virtual screening is eligible for the Whistler Film Festival audience award! Don't forget to vote for the film once you've viewed it.