Jonathan Ow grew up in the London Borough of Hounslow. He had an interest in the performing arts from an early age, being involved in numerous school productions at his local junior school. He was and still is a dreamer who loves to go exploring the world.Between the ages of 11 and 18, Jonathan attended Cranford Community College. It was definitely a challenging period in his life as he was heavily bullied throughout this time because of his sexuality. Fearing that he would also be bullied because of his slight stutter, Jonathan put his acting dreams on hold and instead focused on excelling in academic subjects such as science and mathematics. However, his life wasn't so bleak at college. In his break from acting, Jonathan discovered that he had a passion for science as it satisfied his curiosity for understanding how the world works. He excelled in science up to Advanced Level standard and being inspired by his brilliant science teachers, who also showed him that there was more to life than just studying, he wanted to pursue a career as a science teacher after leaving college. In the last year of college, Jonathan never really forgot about acting. Whilst browsing university prospectuses for suitable science courses to apply for, Jonathan can also remember looking at the websites of various drama schools based in London to find out more information about the acting courses they provided. In the end, leaving college in 2004, Jonathan decided to pursue a science degree at university first, so that he would have something to fall back on in case the acting career never really quite worked out.Between 2004 until 2009, Jonathan would describe those years as his period of being lost. He came to the realization that maybe he just wasn't suited to an academic life at university. So in the summer of 2009, he decided to not continue studying at university anymore. That immediately ended his dreams of becoming a science teacher, so he turned to the only thing which he had left in his life and that was acting.In October 2009, not knowing what direction he should now take with his acting career after having completed a few summer courses in acting, Jonathan began reading the online biographies of some of his favourite actors such as Justin Chon and James Franco in the hope that it would provide him with some inspiration. This led him to discover that the majority of them had received some form of training in the Meisner technique. At the time all he knew about this technique was that it was developed by Sanford Meisner. He didn't really understand what this technique was about and being based in London wasn't a huge help as Meisner was mainly taught in acting schools in the USA. However, he thought that there must have been something special about this technique if the majority of his favourite actors were training in this method, something which could have provided that missing link left from the previous training he had received and help him to become the great actor that he dreamed of becoming. He became convinced that he should at least give the Meisner technique a go after reading more about this technique online and this led him to do a search on Google for schools in London that specialized in the Meisner technique. His Google search brought up two results, The Actors Temple and The Impulse Company. In the end, Jonathan chose The Actors Temple, a decision which would later turn out to be one of the best choices that he could have ever made in his life as training at this school literally helped him to get his life back. Since then, Jonathan has never once regretted his choice of pursuing acting as a career and the years that followed have been some of the best times in his life. The Actors Temple is more than just an acting school to him. It was a place where he met some truly awesome people, many of which he is deeply honoured to call his friends and it was a place where he finally found some happiness in his life after years of being miserable.Jonathan resides in London, United Kingdom. When not acting, he enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, visiting the movie theater, walking along the beaches in California during sunset and supporting various LGBT charities. He hopes that his story can help inspire people to never stop believing in their dreams because he never did. Show less «