Jonathan Stark

• Name — Jonathan Stark • Birth Name — Gordon Johnston Stark • Born — 16 February 1954 • Birthplace — Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Years Active — 1960–present

Stark created, along with his writing partner, Tracy Newman, the sitcom According to Jim and won an Emmy for his co-writing on "The Puppy Episode" in which Ellen DeGeneres's character Ellen Morgan came out of the closet on Ellen in 1997. As an actor, he is best known for playing the vampire bodyguard and servant Billy Cole in Fright Night (1985), Sergeant Krieger in Project X (1987), and Charlie in House II: The Second Story (1987).

Stark and his wife Linda have been married since May 17, 1992, and have two children.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1981 — Darkroom — Young Man in Bar — Episode: "The Partnership" • 1985 — Moonlighting — Undercover Cop — Episode: "Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?" • 1986 — Prince of Bel Air — Brad Griffin — Television film • 1987 — Cheers — Wayne — Episode: "Home Is the Sailor" • 1989 — On the Television — Various — 3 episodes • 1989 — Just Temporary — Ken — Television film • 1990 — Tales from the Crypt — Eddie — Episode: "My Brother's Keeper" • 1993 — Bob — Willy — Episode: "Tell Them Willy Mammoth Is Here" • 1994 — Hardball — Beefy Guy — Episode: "Pilot" • 1996 — Ellen — Gus — Episode: "Go Girlz" • 2005 — The Comeback — Angry Driver — Episode: "Pilot"