Johnny Whitworth

At the age of 16, Johnny Whitworth won YM MAGAZINE's initial "Young and Modern Man" contest in 1991. Within two years, the Charleston native had begun his showbiz career making a guest appearance in the pilot of the short-lived ABC sitcom "Phenom". After landing a recurring role as a boyfriend of Julia Salinger (Neve Campbell) on Fox's "Party of 5" (1994), Whitworth made his feature film debut as a youth who works at McDonald's in the comedy "Bye Bye, Love" (1995) and that same year brought charm to his role as a would-be artist working at a record store in "Empire Records". Reportedly, the actor turned down a number of roles, attempting to avoid typecasting as the boyfriend or the heartthrob. He chose a grittier role as a brooding teenager who becomes orphaned in Martin Donovan's muddled "Someone Is Waiting" (1997). Whitworth fared better with a breakthrough performance as a leukemia victim whose condition could have been avoided in Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of John Grisham's "The Rainmaker" (1997).

• Also Credited As:
  John Whitworth Jr
• Born:
  October 31, 1975 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA
• Job Titles:
  Actor

Family

• Brother: Daniel Whitworth.
• Father: John Whitworth. divorced from Whitworth s mother; remarried
• Mother: Diane Whitworth. divorced from Whitworth s father
• Step-mother: Millie Whitworth.

Significant Others

• Companion: Gina Phillips. together from c. 1996 to 1999

Milestones

• 1990 Moved to California to live with his mother
• 1991 Won YM MAGAZINE s First Young and Modern Man contest
• 1993 TV acting debut in pilot for the ABC sitcom Phenom
• 1994 Had recurring role in two episodes of the Fox drama Party of Five
• 1995 Feature acting debut in Bye Bye, Love
• 1995 Played A.J. in Empire Records opposite Liv Tyler
• 1997 Appeared opposite Kirsten Dunst in an episode of the ABC anthology series Gun , directed by Ted Demme
• 1997 Had pivotal role in film version of John Grisham s The Rainmaker
• 1999 Co-starred in Hell s Kitchen as a the leader of an Irish gang in NYC
• 2006 Had a recurring role as Jake Berkeley on CSI: Miami (CBS)
• 2007 Co-starred with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in 3:10 to Yuma, a Western directed by James Mangold
• Raised in Texas; lived with his father and stepmother