Jon Gonzalez is a Spanish actor who gained wide popularity after playing the role of Ivan in the mystical television series Black Lagoon. His performance on this project received an ACE Award for Best New Actor and a Golden Nymph nomination for the Monte Carlo International Television Festival.
short biography
Actor Yon Gonzalez, whose full name sounds like Yon Gonzalez Luna, was born on May 20, 1986 in the small Spanish town of Vergara. He is not the only child in the family.
Jon has an older brother, Aitor Gonzalez Luna, who is also an actor and is known to viewers as Aitor Luna. He can be seen in films such as Paco and His Men, The Big Reserve, The Adventures of Captain Alatriste, Cathedral by the Sea and others.
View of one of the historic quarters of Vergara Photo: josugoni / Wikimedia Commons
Jon Gonzalez has been involved in sports since childhood. At the age of fifteen, he became the owner of a brown belt in karate. In addition, the actor is fluent in Basque and Spanish, and is constantly working to improve his English.
Career and creativity
Jon Gonzalez's acting career began in 2006 with a performance on the TV series Dreaming Without Fear. Oddly enough, but the novice and unknown actor was approved for one of the main roles in this multi-part film. Throughout 187 episodes, he appeared before the audience in the form of a guy named Andres.
An interesting fact is that shooting in this film opened the door to the world of cinema not only for Yon Gonzalez, but also for another famous Spanish actor Mario Casas.
Spanish actor Mario Casas Photo: enlaciudadsubterranea / Wikimedia Commons
In 2009, Gonzalez joined the cast of the popular Spanish television series Black Lagoon, which aired on Antena 3 between 2007 and 2010. He played a boarding school student named Ivan Neuret Leon. The work of the young actor was highly appreciated by critics and allowed not only to declare himself, but also brought a number of television awards.
In the same year, Yon starred in the film Fury (2009) by Sebastian Cordero. In this drama about the difficult relationship between a maid and a Colombian builder who is hiding from justice, full of uncontrollable feelings for his beloved, Gonzalez played the role of Adrian.
The actor also played a young man named Nico in the 2009 dramatic film Sex, Parties and Lies, which was a collaboration between two famous Spanish directors David Menkes and Alfonso Albacete. The plot of the picture is based on the story of young people - Niko and Tony, who, in a constant cycle of parties, promiscuous sex and drugs, lose touch with reality, turning their lives into an endless stream of lies and deception.
Spanish director Alfonso Albacete Photo: CandidoMM / Wikimedia Commons
In 2010, Gonzalez played the role of Manuel Hernandez in the drama television series Big Reserve. His character appeared in thirteen episodes of this multi-part film.
But 2011 turned out to be truly creatively fruitful for the actor. In January, Yon Gonzalez appeared in Antonio Hernandez's Spanish miniseries Sofia, playing the role of Constantino. Soon the comedy thriller "James Pont" was presented to the audience, where the actor played one of the minor characters named Peralta.
In May 2011, the director's duo Carla Revuelta and Nacho G. Veligli presented the comedy series Those Who, in which Jon got a small role. He played a young man named Carlos. And then he appeared in the image of the main character of the detective serial film "Grand Hotel", which aired on the Antena 3 channel.
Gonzalez's partners on the set were such Spanish cinema stars as Adriana Osores and Amaya Salamanca. And the film itself, the plot of which revolves around the family secrets of the owner of the hotel and their servants, brought the actor the Spanish cinematic award "Photogram de Plata" in the category "Best Television Actor".
And finally, in October 2011, Enrique Alberich's thriller "Transgression" was released. Here Yon played one of the key roles - a young man named Helio. However, the film was not successful and did not receive much attention from the audience.
Spanish actress Adriana Osores Photo: Montuno / Wikimedia Commons
Between 2014 and 2015, Gonzalez starred in the TV series Under Suspicion, playing the role of Victor, and also played Rodrigo in the melodrama Good Morning Princess, Hugo in The Lost North and Boris in Kill Time.
In 2017, the actor was invited to the lead role in the television series "The Telephone Operators", which takes place in Madrid in 1928. In this picture, Jon plays a young man named Francisco Gomez. The premiere of the movie "Hil-Kanpaiak" is planned for 2020, where he will also appear as one of the key characters.
However, Yon Gonzalez is well known not only as an actor, but also as a model. In 2007, he took to the catwalk for the first time at Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week. Gonzalez continues to act as a model even now. His photographs can be seen on the pages of fashion magazines "Cosmopolitan", "Marie Claire", "Glamor", "Vanity Fair" and others.
Family and personal life
Yon Gonzalez does not talk about his personal life, preferring to attract the attention of the public with his creative works. Only in 2010, his romance with actress Blanca Suarez received wide publicity.
Spanish actress Blanca Suarez Photo: SOPORTE TUENTI ESPAÑA / Wikimedia Commons
The on-screen relationship between Ivan and Julia, the heroes of the Spanish television series "Black Lagoon" performed by Yon Gonzalez and Blanca Suarez, turned into real life. The young people were together for some time, and soon after the end of filming they parted.
Whether the actor is currently in a relationship is unknown. The only obvious thing is that Yon Gonzalez is currently focused on building his professional career.
