Johnathon Schaech (pronounced Shek; born September 10, 1969) is an American actor and writer.
Schaech was born in Edgewood, Maryland in 1969 to Joe, a Baltimore City law enforcement officer, and Joanne Schaech, a human resources executive. He was raised Roman Catholic. Schaech has a sister, Renée. He went to University of Maryland where he studied economics and took one acting class.
In 1989, dance troupe Chippendales flew Schaech out to Los Angeles and offered him a job, but his father urged him to aim higher. He signed with Wilhelmina West and survived for three years doing commercials and bit parts in movies. Schaech studied under acting teacher, Roy London, who also taught stars such as Michelle Pfeiffer, Brad Pitt and Forest Whitaker. He studied with Roy London for three and half years until London's death in 1993.
In 1991, Schaech went through a three-month audition process before he landed the lead in Franco Zeffirelli's movie El Storia de Capinera (The Sparrow), a period piece drama filmed in Sicily and Rome and also starring Angela Bettis and Vanessa Redgrave. However, Zeffirelli dubbed Schaech's entire performance. Schaech would have become a regular fixture on Fox TV's "Brisco County Jr." but he bypassed the steady work to portray drifter Xavier Red in Gregg Araki's "The Doom Generation".
they shut their eyes now that night has fallen
and pray the wolves are kept at bay
for now the mist hangs arms wide open
like some cruel depiction of Christ
for now the silence comforts lost souls
who in this moment hang gracefully
by the dead hidden by shadows
who've come to take them in their sleep
falling farther
in darkness
falling farther
in darkness
eyes wide lacking comprehension
as sillouettes dance in the flames
their limbs bound by the shadows that seem
to stare back from the pits of black
for now the silence comforts lost souls
who in this moment hang gracefully
by the dead hidden by shadows
who's screams echo for eternity
falling farther
in darkness
falling farther
in darkness
falling farther
in darkness
falling farther
in darkness
awakened by their screams
like something of a nightmare
lacking the desire to breathe
wishing for the end
awakened by their screams
like something of a nightmare
lacking the desire to breathe
wishing for the end
wishing for the end
wishing for the end
wishing for the end
wishing for the end