{"id":5133044,"date":"2023-07-12T13:57:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T17:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=5133044"},"modified":"2023-07-12T14:02:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T18:02:50","slug":"who-is-jonathan-roumie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-jonathan-roumie-5133044\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Roumie: 5 Things To Know About The Actor Playing Jesus In &#8216;The Chosen&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Before the &#8216;The Chosen&#8217; starts airing on The CW, get to know Jonathan Roumie, the lead star of the historical drama show.<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jonathan Roumie is an American actor and voice artist.<\/li>\n<li>He plays Jesus in the show\u00a0<em>The Chosen<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>He does voice-over work for video games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jonathanroumieofficial\/?hl=en\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Jonathan Roumie<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is Jesus in\u00a0<em>The Chosen<\/em>. The actor plays the Son of God in the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thechosentvseries\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >historical drama series<\/a> that has already produced three seasons. The show is about to grow in popularity when it begins airing on <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/naomi-the-cw-photos\/naomi-the-cw-9\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >The CW<\/a> on Sunday, July 16. A new audience will witness Jonathan&#8217;s remarkable performance as Jesus on the small screen.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">So, who is Jonathan Roumie?\u00a0<em>The Chosen\u00a0<\/em>isn&#8217;t his first acting role, but it&#8217;s definitely his biggest. Here&#8217;s everything you need to know about Jonathan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5133056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5133056\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5133056\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jonathan-Roumie-jesus-actor-5-things-embed1.jpg?resize=620%2C308\" alt=\"Jonathan Roumie\" width=\"620\" height=\"308\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5133056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Roumie in &#8216;The Chosen&#8217; (Photo: The CW)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Jonathan plays Jesus in\u00a0<em>The Chosen<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">Jonathan is the lead star of\u00a0<em>The Chosen<\/em>, which follows Jesus in the 1st century. The faith-based series found success thanks to crowdfunding, meaning people contributed money to help the show continue.\u00a0<em>The Chosen\u00a0<\/em>premiered in 2019 and the latest season (season 3) finished in February 2023. Jonathan starred in another big religious project, the 2023 film\u00a0<em>Jesus Revolution<\/em>. He played American Charismatic evangelist\u00a0<strong>Lonnie Frisbee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>He&#8217;s been in several popular TV shows.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Jonathan&#8217;s TV acting credits include\u00a0<em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Castle<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Hart of Dixie<\/em>,\u00a0<em>NCIS<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Good Wife<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Mindy Project<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Chicago Med<\/em>, and more, according to his <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0745751\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >IMDb<\/a>. Right now, his commitment is\u00a0<em>The Chosen<\/em>, which is expected to return for season 4 in 2024.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5133057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5133057\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5133057\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jonathan-Roumie-jesus-actor-5-things-embed2.jpg?resize=620%2C777\" alt=\"Jonathan Roumie\" width=\"620\" height=\"777\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5133057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Roumie (Photo: The CW)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>He&#8217;s a voice artist.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Jonathan has lent his voice to numerous video games over the years, including\u00a0<em>Call Of\u00a0<\/em><em>Duty: Black Ops 4<\/em>. The latest video game he can be heard in is\u00a0<em>Saints Row<\/em>, which came out in August 2022.<\/p>\n<h2>He&#8217;s religious.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Jonathan is extremely religious, which is how he ended up on\u00a0<em>The Chosen<\/em>. He&#8217;s a practicing Catholic and and was baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church. He&#8217;s spoken about how he believes he was always meant to play Jesus in\u00a0<em>The Chosen<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>He doesn&#8217;t support abortion.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">As a devout Catholic, Jonathan is pro-life and does not support <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/celebrities-speak-out-about-abortion-rights-4735594\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >abortion<\/a>. He even <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IYY2-wf-cl0\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >spoke<\/a> at the 2023 March for Life. He pointed to the sky and said, &#8220;This guy made me do it. And I\u2019m a better man for it,&#8221; according to\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/faith\/2023\/1\/21\/23565405\/jesus-in-the-chosen-jonathan-roumie-spoke-march-for-life\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener nofollow\"  ><em>Desert News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the &#8216;The Chosen&#8217; starts airing on The CW, get to know Jonathan Roumie, the lead star of the historical drama show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191609813,"featured_media":5133058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exclude_post_from_river":false,"_cr_original_post":"","_cr_replace_post_id":"","_cr_replacing_post_id":"","mt_seo_title":"Who Is Jonathan Roumie? 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