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Diary: Four Days In The Life Of Actor Jonathan Charles (PHOTOS+VIDEOS)

In Lifestyle, Uncategorized on May 30, 2012 at 10:45 am

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Actor Jonathan Charles, born and raised in Haiti, later moving  to NYC at the age of 10, looks familiar because you’ve seen  him on screen  in “I Am Legend,” “Enigma,” “Blue Blood,” and sports advertisements for companies like  Nike, Footlocker and Converse, gigs he booked himself while acting as his own agent.

 Diary: Four Days In The Life Of Actor Jonathan Charles (PHOTOS+VIDEOS)

You may have also seen the twenty-something actor and  New York Film Academy and HB Studio  graduate in Kid Cudi’s “Mr. Rager” short film last fall and in a hand- full of commercials like the one below for Metro PCs, and soon for Panasonic where he plays a detective.

As an actor and model, Jonathan is not afraid to just be himself, and that is the message he is trying to convey to the world and aspiring artists. Its also one of the reasons why we asked him to be the inaugural participant in our Diary series, which takes a look at a day (or days) of creative individuals working on their dreams. Watch this dude, he’s going far.

May 3rd, 2012

9:00 AM: ” Went out for my morning run. I try to run as much as I can to stay in shape. I don’t get to play basketball as much I want now so  I make sure to get some type of work out in. Once I’m done with my work out, I take a nice shower.
Once dressed, I turn my TV on, open my laptop and start checking my email for castings and auditions.”

4:30 PM: My best friend Peter stops by the house for a game of “Madden” which I always get my ass whooped at. But today was a different day, I got my W!  After a good game of “Madden,” we went to Hooters where we ate and just talked.

6:00 PM:  I got back home and got my self ready to head to the studio to work on my script and watch Wyclef and Sedeck Jean work on their new album. I like the studio environment. Working around successful people makes me strive for success


8:30 PM: I get to studio and greet everybody, then I head to a small personal room where it didn’t take me long to get right to work. I Skype Jasmin Clyne who lives out in LA. Jasmin is helping me write my script. I work on my script for about 3 hours and
I spend the rest of the night watching Wyclef and Sedeck making music; I also learned a few things about the industry from Clef. He is a very cool dude and humble.

2:30 AM
Finally home. It was a good a productive day. Can’t complain.

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Friday, May 11, 2012
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I get a call from Mike Styles at 9:00AM. He wants me to be on set at 1:00PM for a music video his shooting for an artist called Haitian Fresh. I’ve worked with Mike before on the set of “Los Blancos,” which is an internet series where I play alongside  Rosa Acosta and Shakur Sozahdah. I’m having problems waking up because I was working my overnight where I came home at 6:00 AM.
I get on set, met with Mike and Haitian Fresh. Mike briefs me on the music video’s treatment and on my role. In the video, I play a “Haitian Boss.” My scene didn’t take more than 2 hours. After my scene, I decided to stay for the rest of the shoot. I ended up coming home at 2:30 AM. The shoot was successful.back img 2430 main nightclub must crop Diary: Four Days In The Life Of Actor Jonathan Charles (PHOTOS+VIDEOS)Saturday, May 12, 2012
I woke up at a decent time because I had an audition for a market research group at 2:00pm in the city. I go to the  audition, did what I had to do and went back home to take a nap. I woke up around at 7:30pm because to had to get ready to be back in the city at 9:00pm to celebrate Asani Swann’s birthday. Asani is Carmelo Anthony’s assistant. Unfortunately, I got to the dinner late because I was having trouble looking for parking. After dinner, Asani, her friends and I spent the rest of the night at SL Lounge which is located in the MeatPacking District. Jeremy Lin, Landry Fields and Gerard Butlerwere all in there. That night was a good night. When I came home it was 6:00 AM.Sunday, May 13, 2012
I spent most of my Sunday in bed, watching TV, playing my Xbox and preparing for an audition I had on Monday for “True Crimes” on A&E

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