Jonathan Hall Kovacs


Jonathan Hall Kovacs is an American former child actor who is deaf. Nowadays, he is an entertainer, educator and explorer.

Biography

Acting

Jonathan Kovacs appeared as a semi-regular character of the ninth season of the Little House on the Prairie and a regular character of The Family Tree series. He was nominated for Young Artist Award in 1984 as the Best Young Actor in a Drama Series for The Family Tree. He also made several appearances in other popular television works of that time period. All of them were deaf people.

Adult life and career

In 1988, he graduated with honours from California School for the Deaf in Fremont, California. He returned there after a couple of years away from school.
He did several plays and ITV, a course in learning how to film and edit.
As an adult, he has directed a few short stage performances. His interest in ASL performances gave birth to Rathskellar in 1998 to showcase the raw beauty of sign language by combining it with visual arts and pulsating music. It turned out to astonish crowds and quickly became internationally known for thrilling levels or originality and intensity, which are rarely seen in ASL productions.

Filmography