Jonathan Penner

Survivor contestant
name = Jonathan Penner


birthdate = Birth date and age|1962|3|5|mf=y
location = Los Angeles, California
season =
finish = 14th voted out (7th place)
Evacuated (15th place)
tribe = Cook Islands:
colorbox|#FF0000 Aitutaki
colorbox|#0047AB Rarotonga
colorbox|black Aitutonga
Micronesia:
colorbox|#9370DB Malakal
colorbox|#FF9933 Airai

Jonathan Lindsay Penner (born March 5, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, writer and producer known for starring in "The Last Supper" and the television series "Rude Awakening" and "The Naked Truth", as well as for appearing on the television show "Survivor".

Biography

Penner was born in New York City. He is related to "Seinfeld" star Jason Alexander, who's married to Daena Title - the cousin of Penner's wife, Stacy Title.

Penner has starred on three television series: Grapevine, The Naked Truth and Rude Awakening and guest-starred in "Seinfeld", ', ', "The Tick", "Melrose Place", "LateLine", "Arrested Development", and "The Nanny", where he appeared in several episodes as Danny Imperiali, whose firing and dumping of fiance Fran Fine kicked off the entire series.

Penner has appeared in many films, with featured roles in The Last Supper and Down Periscope. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1994 for the short film "Down on the Waterfront", which he co-produced, co-wrote, and starred in.

In addition to his acting credits, Penner was a contestant on ' and currently holds the "Survivor" record of the most votes against on a single season. During the following season, ', he blogged at CBS's Survivors Strike Back. He also participated in "". The series began airing in February 2008.

urvivor: Cook Islands

Penner was a contestant on "" in 2006. He was one of the original five members of the Rarotonga Tribe (Raro). In episode three, the four tribes evenly divided into two new mixed tribes, just Aitutaki and Rarotonga. Penner found himself on Aitutaki (Aitu). While a member of Aitu, he became part of a voting bloc/coalition that consisted of Yul Kwon, , Becky Lee and . This alliance lasted until episode eight when the members of Aitu and Raro were offered a chance to mutiny by joining the opposing tribe. Penner, along with , chose to leave Aitu for Raro, the only two survivors to accept the offer. He was the fourteenth person voted out, finishing in seventh place. Jonathan humbly voted for Yul in the final tribal council.

urvivor: Micronesia

Penner was a contestant on "", the sixteenth season of Survivor, which began airing on February 7 2008. He was one of ten returning favorites on the Malakal tribecite web | url =http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20168991,00.html | title = Exclusive Cast Reveal! | first = Dalton | last = Ross | publisher = Entertainment Weekly | date = 2008-01-03 | accessdate = 2008-01-03] and later switched to Airai. He was removed from the game during the , due to a life-threatening infection in his injured knee. The "Survivor" medics stated that he had no choice but to be evacuated from the game.

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0672103|name=Jonathan Penner
* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor13/survivors/bio_jonathan.shtml CBS.com "Cook Islands" biography]
* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor16/bio/jonathan/bio.php CBS.com "Micronesia" biography]