Versatile veteran character actor Jonathan Banks was born in Washington D.C in 1947. While growing up he always had an interest in acting and stage work, so decided to pursue a career in entertainment. To this day he is a very accomplished stage actor. While acting in film, he usually plays sinister types or villains. He can be seen in _"Better Call Saul" as Mike Ehrmantraut.
Banks attended Indiana University Bloomington where he was a classmate of Kevin Kline. During that time, they participated together in a production of The Threepenny Opera.
Banks dropped out of Indiana University to join a touring company as a stage manager. He went to Australia with the company and stayed on working in theatre there.
His mother, Elena (Adams) Banks, worked for the CIA.
Has a daughter and twins.
Received Emmy nominations for playing the same character - Mike Ehrmantraut - on 2 different TV shows "Better Call Saul" and "Breaking Bad".
Thank God for theater and film and television and my very, very, very,lucky life.
Boy I could do this forever; I truly enjoy bad guys.
