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Jonny Weston

Jonny Weston (born June 16, 1988) is an American actor. He starred as real-life surfer Jay Moriarity in the 2012 film Chasing Mavericks and as brainy high school student David Raskin in the 2015 time-travel adventure Project Almanac. He has also appeared in Sugar, John Dies at the End, About Cherry, Caroline and Jackie, and Kelly & Cal.

Jonny Weston

Jonny Weston, Chasing Mavericks Premiere, Live Like Jay on Vimeo Jonny Weston who plays Jay Moriarity in Chasing Mavericks chats with Tia Barr about the challenges of playing a REAL person that everyone loved and were on set. The Chasing Mavericks Star is also a surfer and soaked up as much as he could from Gerard Butler who stars as Frosty Hesson the local surf legend.

RealTVfilms · Jonny Weston, Chasing Mavericks Premiere, Live Like Jay on Vimeo at 03:10, cropped, brightened · CC BY-SA 3.0

Name
Jonny Weston
Born
16 June 1988
Birthplace
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Occupation
Actor

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