Kevin Costner Archives - Alyshia Ochse

April 29, 2025

Jon Beavers

Jon Beavers https://alyshiaochse.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/16-Jon-Beavers-Featured.jpg 1920 1080 Alyshia Ochse Alyshia Ochse //alyshiaochse.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/TOA-Logo-2x.png April 29, 2025 April 28, 2025

Jon Beavers is a California-based actor and playwright, most recently seen in Horizon: An American Saga, directed by Kevin Costner, where he stars as Junior Sykes—the eldest and most imposing of the infamous Sykes brothers. He also appeared in Hulu’s Paradise, playing Agent Billy Pace.

Beavers’ television credits include prominent roles in TNT’s Animal Kingdom, NBC’s Bel-Air, and the National Geographic miniseries The Long Road Home.

On the film side, he has appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, the Blumhouse thriller Soft & Quiet, and the romantic indie The Only One, which he also co-produced. As a playwright, Jon co-wrote the acclaimed musical The Unfortunates, which enjoyed sold-out runs at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater.

Originally from Iowa City, Jon attended high school in Maui, Hawaii, where he began his creative journey as both a writer and actor.

CREDITS:

Paradise
Horizon: An American Saga
Sugar
Mayor of Kingstown
Animal Kingdom
Licorice Pizza
Bel-Air
The Long Road Home
Liza on Demand
Chicago P.D.
9-1-1: Lone Star
Unbelievable
Gotham
The Fresh Beat Band

Resources

GUEST LINKS:

IMDB: Jon Beavers, Actor, Producer

THAT ONE AUDITION’S LINKS:

For exclusive content surrounding this and all podcast episodes, sign up for our amazing newsletter at AlyshiaOchse.com. And don’t forget to snap and post a photo while listening to the show and tag me: @alyshiaochse & @thatoneaudition

SELF-TAPE MAY: Starting May 1st, 2025: Sign Up HERE ($88)
THE BRIDGE FOR ACTORS: Become a WORKING ACTOR
THE PRACTICE TRACK: Membership to Practice Weekly
PATREON: @thatoneaudition
CONSULTING: Get 1-on-1 advice for your acting career from Alyshia Ochse
COACHING: Get personalized coaching from Alyshia on your next audition or role
INSTAGRAM: @alyshiaochse
INSTAGRAM: @thatoneaudition
WEBSITE: AlyshiaOchse.com
ITUNES: Subscribe to That One Audition on iTunes
SPOTIFY: Subscribe to That One Audition on Spotify
STITCHER: Subscribe to That One Audition on Stitcher

EPISODE CREDITS:

WRITER: Erin McCluskey
WEBSITE & GRAPHICS: Chase Jennings
ASSISTANT: Elle Powell
SOCIAL OUTREACH: Alara Ceri

November 28, 2017

020: Johnathon Schaech

020: Johnathon Schaech https://alyshiaochse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1feat-3.jpg 1500 1000 Alyshia Ochse Alyshia Ochse //alyshiaochse.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/TOA-Logo-2x.png November 28, 2017 August 12, 2019

Johnathon Schaech started his career some twenty five years ago saddling up and slinging a gun in THE ADVENTURES OF BRISCO COUNTY JR. Since then he’s starred in over 90 productions. Finding himself starring opposite some of Hollywood’s greatest talents like Jessica Lange and Gwenyth Paltrow in HUSH, Winona Ryder in HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT, Idris Elba in PROM NIGHT and most notably Tom Hanks in Hank’s directorial debut, THAT THING YOU DO! (Too name just a few.) In the last several years; Johnathon has been reinventing himself as a leading man to watch.

Starring in the thriller PHANTOM opposite Ed Harris and David Duchovny. Making a movie star turn on the first season of Showtime’s RAY DONOVAN opposite Liev Shrieber and Jon Voight. He recurred as a heroic cop in CBS’s BLUE BLOODS along side Donnie Wahlberg and played a haunted eyed detective opposite Bruce Willis and Christopher Meloni in the Lionsgate’s feature MARAUDERS. Most recently Schaech saddled up for the History Channel’s TEXAS RISING going toe to toe with Bill Paxton’s Sam Houston as the fiery Colonel Sherman. Now you can find him riding high again for Warner Bros as the famous comic antihero Jonah Hex in DC’S LEGEND’S OF TOMORROW. Jonah sometimes makes appearances on THE FLASH and ARROW.

Tune into our Interview on iTunes HERE

Resources

QUOTES:

“You have to follow your heart. Your body will catch up.” | CLICK TO TWEET

“Shame is something that you are that you can’t change. Guilt is something that you’ve done.” | CLICK TO TWEET

“Being Dyslexia is not something I did, it’s something I am.” | CLICK TO TWEET

“Dyslexia is a mark of genius.”

“You can’t take the arts out of the schools because that is the only way I got to the other side of understanding my disability. The arts brought it all to me.”

“Actions in between matter. The lines don’t matter. Get what you want.” | CLICK TO TWEET

“Dyslexics find the meaning in the word-Dyslexia Advantage.”

“Don’t force anything. If you don’t force anything you’ll win.” | CLICK TO TWEET

“I had the fire in me. I was so determined to find my voice.”

“Every actor needs to take their moment. You need to take your power. You need to take your moment to shine.” | CLICK TO TWEET

Kevin Costner