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Directed by: Russ Mayberry
Jonathan portrays Stephen in this Made-For-TV movie about Nora Schoonover (Penny Marshall), a woman who tries to begin a new life for herself after recently divorcing her unsupportive husband. Soon, Nora begins a new romance with Will (Richard Gilliland), who was originally sent to repossess her car. Then Nora's son (Jonathan) returns from computer camp to live with Nora. Eventually, Nora wishes to enter the Ironman triathlon in Hawaii because of the support she's receiving from her son and new boyfriend. The 140-mile triathalon requires Nora to run, swim, and navigate a bicycle. This film is Jonathan's first major film role. Mary Woronov, Paul Gleason, Bart Conner, Cathy Rigby McCoy, Mark Spitz, and James Bergeson also star.
NOTE: This film originally aired February 14, 1985 on ABC. This film is available on video. This film's alternate title is "Triathlon."
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Directed by: Alan Metter
Jonathan makes his feature film debut as Drew in this lively teen dance flick. The film revolves around a girl named Janie (Sarah Jessica Parker) who wants to become a dancer on the popular television show Dance TV. Her father forbids her to even try out, but her wild friend Lynne (Helen Hunt) convinces her to go to the auditions anyway. There, Janie lands a spot in the finals with her partner, Jeff (Lee Montgomery).
NOTE: This film was originally released in May 1985. This film is available on video. There is a soundtrack album available for this movie.
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Directed by: Gene Saks
Jonathan stars as Eugene Morris Jerome in this humorous, touching account of a teenager growing up in 1937 Brooklyn.
NOTE: This film was originally released on December 25, 1986. This film is available on video. There is a soundtrack album available for this movie.
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Directed by: Alan Arkush
Jonathan stars as Harry in this comedy about a somewhat unsophisticated self-made millionaire (Jackie Mason) whose daughter (Jessica Lundy) wishes to be accepted by the snobbish patrons of a local country club.
NOTE: This film was originally released on July 22, 1988. This film is available on video and laserdisc.
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Directed by: Steven Kampmann
Jonathan plays the teenage Alan Appleby in this bittersweet drama about a washed-up baseball player (Mark Harmon) who relives the tender relationship that he shared with his free-spirited childhood mentor (Jodie Foster). William McNamara also stars.
NOTE: This film was originally released on August 26, 1988. This film is available on video and laserdisc.
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Dircected by: Irvin Kershner
Jonathan Silverman portrays Billy Fox in this Made-For-TV movie about travelling salesmen. Ben Cluett (John Lithgow) was once the top salesman in his territory, but when he hits a slump his boss teams him with eager rookie Billy Fox (Jonathan) in order to improve his performance. Ben acts as a mentor to Billy until he discovers that Billy is after his job. When Ben is at his lowest point, he meets Joanna Reath (Margaret Colin) and falls in love. The film also stars John Glover as the sleazy sales manager.
NOTE: This film originally aired June 25, 1989 on HBO. This film is available on video.
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Directed by: Robert Klane
Jonathan stars as Richard Parker in one of his most famous film roles. Weekend at Bernie's tells the story of two young insurance workers (Jonathan, Andrew McCarthy) who try to conceal the death of their boss (Terry Kiser) after he invites them to spend a weekend at his beach house and they arrive only to find him dead.
NOTE: This film was originally released on July 5, 1989. This film is available on video and laserdisc.
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Directed by: Michael Apted
Jonathan Silverman stars as the lawyer Brian in this drama about estranged family lawyers (Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) who find themselves on opposing sides in court.
NOTE: This film was originally released on March 15, 1991. This film is available on video and laserdisc. There is a soundtrack album available for this movie.
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Directed by: Douglas Katz
In this film Jonathan stars as Seymour, a man who becomes an 84-year-old overnight while maintaining the appearance of a 21-year-old. Seymour abandoned his dreams of becoming an astronaut in order to succeed at business, but is forced to give up his buisness career after being transformed into an 84-year-old. Seymour struggles at first, but realizes that age isn't everything when he must cope with living as an 84-year-old. Robert Prosky, Rita Moreno and Paul Sorvino also star.
NOTE: This film is available on video. This film's alternate title is "Life in the Food Chain".
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Directed by: Paul Bogart
Jonathan appears as Stanley Jerome (who is based on Neil Simon's brother and early writing partner Mel) in his second Neil Simon film. "Broadway Bound" is a poigniant Made-For-TV movie about brothers Eugene (Corey Parker) and Stanley Jerome who are attempting to get a career started as comedy writers in 1948. They begin to find success when they use their family as their main source of humor, which leads to chaos. Adding to the chaos are the crises at hand which include their parents' constant quarrelling (brought about by their father's philandering) and a dilemma involving their aged uncle. Anne Bancroft, Hume Cronyn, Jerry Orbach, and Michele Lee also star.
NOTE: This film originally aired March 23, 1992 on ABC. This film is available on video. Following its American television premiere, the film was released theatrically in Europe. Jonathan played the role of Eugene in the stage version of Broadway Bound in 1986. A photo of Broadway Bound appears on the cover of the March 22-28, 1992 issue of The New York Times' Television magazine.
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Directed by: Jay Sandrich
Jonathan plays Michael, the college grad son of a successful business man (Jack Lemmon) in this Made-For-TV comedy. Michael shows no interest in getting a job of his own because his father is a millionaire. His father decides that the only way to encourage Michael to begin his own career is to give away all of his money. After Michael's father gives away his millions, Michael still finds ways of avoiding employment and the lesson his father was trying to teach him backfires big time. Talia Shire, Joanna Gleason and Madeline Kahn also star.
NOTE: This film originally aired February 29, 1992 on HBO. This film is available on video and laserdisc. This film's alternate title is "Father, Son and the Mistress".
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Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
If you blink you'll miss Jonathan's very small appearance in this film as Jay Norman. The plot revolves around two vain women (Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn) who search for the secret to eternal life. Jonathan appears for about one minute in the film, where he talks to Goldie Hawn at a party. Bruce Willis also stars.
NOTE: This film was originally released on July 25, 1992. This film is available on video and laserdisc.
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Directed by: Neal Israel
Jonathan stars as Rob Konigsberg in this film about three childhoood friends (Jonathan, C. Thomas Howell, Jason Bateman) who reunite and go on a cross-country journey when they learn that one of them is dying. During their journey, the friends meet up with a wacky waitress (Annie Potts) who joins them on their trip.
NOTE: This film was originally released on October 9, 1992. This film is available on video and laserdisc. This film's alternate title is "Sketches". There is a soundtrack album available for this movie.
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Directed by: Jimmy Zeilinger
Jonathan does an excellent job portraying two characters in one film. In this hilarious comedy, Jonathan stars as Bobby, a college student who desperately wants to join the fraternity his father once belonged to. To join the fraternity, Bobby is sent to steal a prized possession from a girls' sorority house. The only way Bobby can successfully enter the sorority house is to dress up as a woman. The sorority girls' get to know Bobby as "Roberta", and they instantly like Bobby's female counterpart. Bobby then tries to balance his life as himself and his life as "Roberta" with interesting results. Bobby faces even more problems when he falls in love with his "big sister" (Alyssa Milano) at the sorority. Eventually, Bobby does find a way out of his mess, but not until after he goes through some very funny situations.
NOTE: This film is available on video.
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Directed by: Jack Sholder
Jonathan starred in this excellent Made-For-TV movie as Barry Thomas, the only man who realizes that the earth is caught in a "time bounce" which causes the same day to keep repeating. As the same day repeats itself, Barry must save the life of Dr. Lisa Fredericks (Helen Slater) and save the world. Martin Landau also stars.
NOTE: This film originally aired July 5, 1993 on FOX. This film is available on video.
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Directed by: Robert Klane
Jonathan stars as Richard Parker in this sequel to the 1989 hit film. This time around, the two insurance workers struggle to lay their hands on the $2 million which their late boss, Bernie, had embezzled. When Larry (Andrew McCarthy) and Richard (Jonathan) discover a key to the safety deposit box where Bernie (Terry Kiser) hid the money, they set off to collect their fortune. The film also stars Barry Bostwick.
NOTE: This film was originally released on July 10, 1993. This film is available on video and laserdisc.
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Not much is known about this film, which is currently unavailable on video. In the November 1996 issue of P.O.V. magazine, Jonathan offered this information about the film: "I did a movie three years ago - Blue Champagne, it went straight to video - that was financed by Jack Nicholson with [his girlfriend] Rebecca Broussard as the female lead. One night there were all these calls on my machine asking me if I was okay. I found out the tabloids had run this picture of me playing tennis and looking as young, healthy, and cute as I could, alongside a picture of Jack looking as bad as he could with this story something like, 'Beautiful woman dumps movie star for young hunk.' It listed all Jack's Oscars and acclaim and like the two things I'd done. Now, I've done a lot of stupid things in my life, but I'm not about to have any relationship with Jack Nicholson's girlfriend. I mean just give me a gun and I'll shoot myself now. Why bother? But at the time I was terrified. I called up Jack's people and said, 'Uh, Mr. Nicholson doesn't think this is true does he? Cuz, uh, I'll leave town, I'll do whatever I have to do.' They just laughed."
NOTE: This film is not available on video.
Directed by: Andrew Scheinman
Jonathan stars as relief pitcher Jim Bowers in this comedy about a 12-year-old boy (Luke Edwards) who becomes the Minnesota Twins' new manager.
NOTE: This film was originally released on June 29, 1994. This film is available on video and laserdisc. There is a soundtrack album available for this movie.
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Directed by: Julie Cypher
Jonathan Silverman portrays Rick in this comedy about inept crooks who find a lookalike to replace a dead hostage.
NOTE: This film was originally released in the Summer of 1994. This film is available on video. This film's alternate title is "Natural Selection".
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Directed by: Jack Sholder
Jonathan portrays Courteney Cox' husband, Glenn O'Conner, in this grim suspense film about a police artist (Jeff Fahey) who works with a blind rape victim (Courteney Cox) and amazingly comes up with an accurate sketch of her attacker.
NOTE: This film originally aired January 28, 1995 on Showtime. This film is available on video.
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Directed by: Daphna Kastner
Jonathan stars as Davis Lake in this screwball comedy about two screenwriters (Jonathan, Madchen Amick) who try to find love, success, and money while living with the hectic, sometimes dangerous, atmosphere in Hollywood. Molly Hagan also stars.
NOTE: This film was originally shown at The Second Annual Avignon New York Film Festival on April 16, 1995. This in an independent film which is currently unavailable on video in North America.
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Directed by: Steven Pearl
Jonathan stars as Lenny Kaminsky in this comedy about a single guy who follows his buddy's (Dan Cortese) ludicrous romantic advice.
NOTE: This film was originally released on video July 9, 1996. This film's alternate title is "Two Guys Talkin' About Girls".
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Directed by: Jay Sandrich
Jonathan appears as Paul Dolby in this Made-For-TV film written by playwright Neil Simon. The film takes a look at the unique guests that cross paths and cause havoc for themselves and each other at a posh London hotel. Kelsey Grammar, Michael Richards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Madeline Kahn and Richard Mulligan also star.
NOTE: This film originally aired September 15, 1996 on NBC. This film is not available on video.
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Directed by: Howard Deutch
This sequel to The Odd Couple begins filming in June 1997, and should be released sometime in 1998. "I'm Oscar's son and I'm betrothed to Felix's daughter," Jonathan told Reuters/Variety about his role in the upcoming film. "It's a treat, since I'm playing Walter Matthau's son, and I also played Jack Lemmon's son in HBO's 'For Richer, for Poorer."' Along with Jonathan, the film stars Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Christine Baranski, Barnard Hughes, and Alfred Molina.
NOTE: This film is Jonathan's fourth adaptation of a Neil Simon play - Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound and London Suite are the others.
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