Jon Jon Briones as Gabriel in Class of '09 | FX

Jon Jon Briones is a multi-talented actor that sets himself apart with his brave and intuitive performances, portraying an array of complex and powerful characters that continue to grow his career. Briones is a Filipino-American actor who was born in Quezon City, Philippines and became a United States citizen in 2010. He most recently starred in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series Ratched as “Dr. Richard Hanover” opposite Sarah Paulson, Sharon Stone and Judy Davis.  

Briones began his career in musical theater. While an engineering student in the Philippines, he helped facilitate an audition for the original 1989 West End production of Miss Saigon. He then himself auditioned and landed a role in the ensemble. He went on to be involved with various touring productions of Miss Saigon, and in 2014 he joined the original cast of the West End revival as “The Engineer.” It was this production in which he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He remained in the role until the production closed and in 2017, he transferred with the production to Broadway where he reprised his role as “The Engineer” in the Tony Award^®-nominated production. Other theater credits include La Cage Aux Folles, Sweet Charity, The Romance of Magno Rubio  and Allegiance. 

Briones is no stranger to the silver screen. In 2018, he starred in Ryan Murphy’s The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story as Modesto Cunanan, father of Gianni Versace's murderer, Andrew Cunanan (played by Darren Criss), as well as in  American Horror Story: Apocalypse  as “Ariel Augustus.” He most recently wrapped production on Amblin’s Last Voyage of the Demeter as “Joseph.” 

Briones lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.