Jonathan David Fishman is a dual citizen of both the United Kingdom where he was born in Croydon, England and a naturalized U.S. citizen having come to the United States in 1968, with his parents Claire (Ritoff), a librarian and media specialist and Leon Fishman, a Korean War vet and lab technician, and his brother Simon when they moved to Stamford, Connecticut. Jonathan started his professional acting career in Hartford, Connecticut during his last year at the University of Connecticut where he graduated with a BFA in Acting. From that point on he has collaborated on hundreds of projects for both stage and screen.