Johnny Pacar
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Johnny Pacar is an American film
and television
actor who portrayed Cody Jackson in the television series Flight 29 Down
. He is also starred in the Disney Channel
Original Movie Now You See It...
. He had a main role in the 2004 film Purgatory House, and a recurring role as Jimmy Francis in American Dreams
. Pacar portrayed Damon Young, a recurring role on ABC Family
's Make It or Break It, a series about teenage gymnasts striving for the 2012 Olympics.
. As a youth he always wanted to entertain people. He was an expert hockey player and always dreamed about one day playing in the NHL. However, he chose a different path when he started acting in drama and local theatre. In high school he formed a few bands driven by his punk rock influences, also getting into drama at school where he began doing high school and local theatre. After graduating at Wayne Memorial High School in 1999, he moved from Michigan to Los Angeles
in May 2001. After two months there, he got an agent and filmed a national commercial and starred in Purgatory House, and a recurring role in Boston Public
. Pacar also landed guest roles in Tru Calling
, Judging Amy
, George Lopez
, CSI: Miami
, Medium
, Eli Stone
, as well as starring in the Disney Channel
movie Now You See It...
.
Pacar is best known for being cast as Jackson, a regular on the series Flight 29 Down
for NBC/ Discovery Kids.
Pacar starred as Damon Young on ABC Family
's Make It or Break It, a series about teenage gymnasts striving for the 2012 Olympics.
Pacar won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Orlando Film Festival for his performance in Love Hurts.
Pacar is pursuing a music career. He released his solo EP
Moment of Time on iTunes, and is in the band Forever the Day (formerly Fairlene), along with fellow Make it or Break it co-star Cody Longo
.
He recently guest starred in and episode of Warehouse 13
as Dwayne Maddox.
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
actor who portrayed Cody Jackson in the television series Flight 29 Down
Flight 29 Down
Flight 29 Down is a television series about a group of teenagers who are stranded on an island. It was produced by Discovery Kids. The show was created by Stan Rogow and D. J. MacHale . The executive producers are Rogow, MacHale, Shauna Shapiro Jackson, and Gina & Rann Watumull...
. He is also starred in the Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
Original Movie Now You See It...
Now You See It...
Now You See It... is a 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie. The film is told in Allyson's point of view, similar to a documentary.-Plot:...
. He had a main role in the 2004 film Purgatory House, and a recurring role as Jimmy Francis in American Dreams
American Dreams
American Dreams is an American television comedy-drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios...
. Pacar portrayed Damon Young, a recurring role on ABC Family
ABC Family
ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...
's Make It or Break It, a series about teenage gymnasts striving for the 2012 Olympics.
Biography
Pacar was born to Judith and John Pacuraru in Dearborn, MichiganDearborn, Michigan
-Economy:Ford Motor Company has its world headquarters in Dearborn. In addition its Dearborn campus contains many research, testing, finance and some production facilities. Ford Land controls the numerous properties owned by Ford including sales and leasing to unrelated businesses such as the...
. As a youth he always wanted to entertain people. He was an expert hockey player and always dreamed about one day playing in the NHL. However, he chose a different path when he started acting in drama and local theatre. In high school he formed a few bands driven by his punk rock influences, also getting into drama at school where he began doing high school and local theatre. After graduating at Wayne Memorial High School in 1999, he moved from Michigan to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
in May 2001. After two months there, he got an agent and filmed a national commercial and starred in Purgatory House, and a recurring role in Boston Public
Boston Public
Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place...
. Pacar also landed guest roles in Tru Calling
Tru Calling
Tru Calling is an American television supernatural drama series that premiered on Fox Network on October 30, 2003. It ran for two seasons before being canceled....
, Judging Amy
Judging Amy
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...
, George Lopez
George Lopez (TV series)
"The George Lopez Show" redirects here. For the late-night program hosted by the same comedian, see Lopez Tonight.George Lopez is an American sitcom starring comedian George Lopez...
, CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
, Medium
Medium (TV series)
Medium is an American television drama series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005, and ended on CBS on January 21, 2011. Themed on supernatural gifts, its lead character, Allison DuBois , is a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office...
, Eli Stone
Eli Stone
Eli Stone is an American TV series, and also the name of the title character.San Francisco lawyer Eli Stone begins to see things, which leads him to discover a brain aneurysm...
, as well as starring in the Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
movie Now You See It...
Now You See It...
Now You See It... is a 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie. The film is told in Allyson's point of view, similar to a documentary.-Plot:...
.
Pacar is best known for being cast as Jackson, a regular on the series Flight 29 Down
Flight 29 Down
Flight 29 Down is a television series about a group of teenagers who are stranded on an island. It was produced by Discovery Kids. The show was created by Stan Rogow and D. J. MacHale . The executive producers are Rogow, MacHale, Shauna Shapiro Jackson, and Gina & Rann Watumull...
for NBC/ Discovery Kids.
Pacar starred as Damon Young on ABC Family
ABC Family
ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...
's Make It or Break It, a series about teenage gymnasts striving for the 2012 Olympics.
Pacar won the Best Supporting Actor award at the Orlando Film Festival for his performance in Love Hurts.
Pacar is pursuing a music career. He released his solo EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Moment of Time on iTunes, and is in the band Forever the Day (formerly Fairlene), along with fellow Make it or Break it co-star Cody Longo
Cody Longo
Cody Longo is an American film actor.Longo has starred as Andy Matthews in the remake of Fame, popular boy Evan Whitbourne in Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, Dave in Ball Don't Lie and Gavin Coley in Medium. In 2009 he appeared in an episode of Three Rivers.He was also in Make It or Break It...
.
He recently guest starred in and episode of Warehouse 13
Warehouse 13
Warehouse 13 is an American fantasy television series that premiered on July 7, 2009 on the Syfy network.Executive-produced by Jack Kenny and David Simkins, the dramatic comedy from Universal Media Studios has been described as borrowing much from 1980s television series Friday the 13th: The...
as Dwayne Maddox.
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Detroit | Spike | Alternative title: Panic in Detroit |
| 2004 | Purgatory House | Sam | |
| Little Black Book Little Black Book Little Black Book is a 2004 satirical comedy film directed by Nick Hurran.-Plot:Stacy Holt , an associate producer on a daytime talk show , is convinced that her boyfriend Derek is the right man for her, though he has an apparent phobia of commitment, and he's vague about his past relationships... |
Jamal | ||
| Combustion | Jesse Harper | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Now You See It... Now You See It... Now You See It... is a 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie. The film is told in Allyson's point of view, similar to a documentary.-Plot:... |
Danny Sinclair | TV movie |
| Flight 29 Down Flight 29 Down Flight 29 Down is a television series about a group of teenagers who are stranded on an island. It was produced by Discovery Kids. The show was created by Stan Rogow and D. J. MacHale . The executive producers are Rogow, MacHale, Shauna Shapiro Jackson, and Gina & Rann Watumull... series movie |
Cody Jackson | TV movie | |
| 2007 | The Dead Undead | Travis | Main |
| 2008 | Wild Child | Roddy | Supporting |
| 2009 | Love Hurts Love Hurts "Love Hurts" is the name of a song, written and composed by Boudleaux Bryant. First recorded by The Everly Brothers in July 1960, the song is also well known from a 1975 international hit version by the rock band Nazareth and in the UK by a top 5 hit in 1975 by Jim Capaldi.The song was introduced... |
Justin Bingham | Main Role |
| Cryptic Cryptic Cryptic can refer to:* Crypsis, of animals that are difficult to observe* Cryptic crossword, a crossword with cryptic clues* Cryptic era, earliest period of the Earth* Cryptic, an album by Edge of Sanity* Cryptic Writings, an album by Megadeth... |
Damon | ||
| 2011 | Fort McCoy Fort McCoy Fort McCoy may refer to:* Fort McCoy, Florida, a community in Marion County* Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, a military base... |
Texas Slim | |
| 2012 | My Fair Lady | Lloyd Carter | Post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Judging Amy Judging Amy Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly... |
Jason Christopher | "Can They Do That with Vegetables?" (Season 3, Episode 15) |
| Boston Public Boston Public Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place... |
Boone | "Chapter Forty-Nine" (Season 3, Episode 5) "Chapter Fifty-Five" (Season 3, Episode 11) "Chapter Fifty-Seven" (Season 3, Episode 13) 2002-2003 |
|
| 2003 | The Brothers Garcia The Brothers Garcia The Brothers García is an American sitcom that premiered in 2000 on Nickelodeon and ended in 2004. It was among the first projects of Sí TV, an effort to produce programming featuring Latino characters, however being aimed at a diverse audience... |
Rush Bauer | "Moving on Up" (Season 4, Episode 14) |
| Tru Calling Tru Calling Tru Calling is an American television supernatural drama series that premiered on Fox Network on October 30, 2003. It ran for two seasons before being canceled.... |
Adam Whitman | "Star Crossed" (Season 1, Episode 6) | |
| American Dreams American Dreams American Dreams is an American television comedy-drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios... |
Jimmy Frances | 7 episodes; 2003–2004 | |
| 2004 | George Lopez George Lopez (TV series) "The George Lopez Show" redirects here. For the late-night program hosted by the same comedian, see Lopez Tonight.George Lopez is an American sitcom starring comedian George Lopez... |
Noah | "What George Doesn't Noah..." (Season 3, Episode 27) |
| 2005 | Flight 29 Down Flight 29 Down Flight 29 Down is a television series about a group of teenagers who are stranded on an island. It was produced by Discovery Kids. The show was created by Stan Rogow and D. J. MacHale . The executive producers are Rogow, MacHale, Shauna Shapiro Jackson, and Gina & Rann Watumull... |
Cody Jackson | 27 episodes; 2005–2007 |
| Medium Medium (TV series) Medium is an American television drama series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005, and ended on CBS on January 21, 2011. Themed on supernatural gifts, its lead character, Allison DuBois , is a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office... |
Intoxicated Boy | "When Push Comes to Shove: Part 2" (Season 2, Episode 2) | |
| 2006 | Cold Case | Dayton | "Rampage" (Season 4, Episode 1) |
| 2007 | CSI: Miami CSI: Miami CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.... |
Nathan Atherton | "Just Murdered" (Season 5, Episode 21) |
| Crossing Jordan Crossing Jordan Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that aired on NBC from September 24, 2001 to May 16, 2007. It stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Medical Examiner's Office... |
Ben Kensith | "In Sickness & In Health" (Season 6, Episode 14) | |
| 2008 | Eli Stone Eli Stone Eli Stone is an American TV series, and also the name of the title character.San Francisco lawyer Eli Stone begins to see things, which leads him to discover a brain aneurysm... |
Eli Stone (Age 19) | "Pilot" (Season 1, Episode 1) |
| Front of the Class | Jeff | Hallmark Hall of Fame Hallmark Hall of Fame Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The second longest-running television program in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2011... TV movie |
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| 2009 | Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts... |
Miles Maitland | "Stage Fright" (Season 4, Episode 20) |
| Make It or Break It | Damon Young | 32 episodes; 2009–present (from recurring to regular cast member) | |
| 2011 | Warehouse 13 Warehouse 13 Warehouse 13 is an American fantasy television series that premiered on July 7, 2009 on the Syfy network.Executive-produced by Jack Kenny and David Simkins, the dramatic comedy from Universal Media Studios has been described as borrowing much from 1980s television series Friday the 13th: The... |
Dwayne Maddox | "Insatiable" (Season 3, Episode 10) |