Jon Seda

  • Name: Jon Seda
  • Date of Birth: October 14, 1970
  • Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, USA
Mini-bio: Seda was born in Manhattan, New York to immigrants from Puerto Rico. They moved to a neighborhood in Clifton, New Jersey shortly after his birth. Here he received his primary and secondary education; ...( read more)after graduating from high school, Seda started to work out in a gym after two friends convinced him that he should take up boxing. He became obsessed with the idea that someday he could become a champion and participate in the 1992 Olympics. He boxed in several gyms in New Jersey and soon was a runner up in the New Jersey Golden Gloves competition. As an amateur boxer, Seda had a record of 21 wins and one loss.

Seda's film debut was in 1992, in the film Gladiator (a boxing film) where he played the role of "Ramon" a Cuban boxer. He has since worked in various films and TV series, amongst them New York Undercover and NYPD Blue . In 1997 he landed the role of "Det. Paul Falsone" on NBC's: Homicide: Life on the Street. In 1995, Seda was nominated "Best Male Lead" at the Spirit Awards for his role the 1994 movie I Like It Like That opposite Rita Moreno and Lauren Velez. In 1996, he was nominated "Best Actor" for his role "Blue" in the film The Sunchaser opposite actor Woody Harrelson at the Cannes Film Festival. Jon became widely known to the Hispanic film audience when he played the role of "Chris" opposite Jennifer Lopez in Selena (film). A film based on the true story of a the Tejano singer, Selena, who was on her way to stardom and was murdered by a close acquaintance. Seda has participated in 24 movies - the most recent being in Bad Boys II (2003} as "Roberto". He also made over 16 T.V. appearances. Among the most notable have been as Dino Ortolani in Oz, as well as Third Watch and Law & Order. In response to the rumours of his "Paul Falsone" character becoming the central focus of the show Homicide: Life on the Street, a multitude of fans started writing in protest to NBC. One fan even started an "I Hate Falsone" webpage.
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Replace this image with an actor photoJon Seda mini-bio: Seda was born in Manhattan, New York to immigrants from Puerto Rico. They moved to a neighborhood in Clifton, New Jersey shortly after his birth. Here he received his primary and secondary education; after graduating from high school, Seda started to work out in a gym after two friends convinced him that he should take up boxing. He became obsessed with the idea that someday he could become a champion and participate in the 1992 Olympics. He boxed in several gyms in New Jersey and soon was a runner up in the New Jersey Golden Gloves competition. As an amateur boxer, Seda had a record of 21 wins and one loss.

Seda's film debut was in 1992, in the film Gladiator (a boxing film) where he played the role of "Ramon" a Cuban boxer. He has since worked in various films and TV series, amongst them New York Undercover and NYPD Blue . In 1997 he landed the role of "Det. Paul Falsone" on NBC's: Homicide: Life on the Street. In 1995, Seda was nominated "Best Male Lead" at the Spirit Awards for his role the 1994 movie I Like It Like That opposite Rita Moreno and Lauren Velez. In 1996, he was nominated "Best Actor" for his role "Blue" in the film The Sunchaser opposite actor Woody Harrelson at the Cannes Film Festival. Jon became widely known to the Hispanic film audience when he played the role of "Chris" opposite Jennifer Lopez in Selena (film). A film based on the true story of a the Tejano singer, Selena, who was on her way to stardom and was murdered by a close acquaintance. Seda has participated in 24 movies - the most recent being in Bad Boys II (2003} as "Roberto". He also made over 16 T.V. appearances. Among the most notable have been as Dino Ortolani in Oz, as well as Third Watch and Law & Order. In response to the rumours of his "Paul Falsone" character becoming the central focus of the show Homicide: Life on the Street, a multitude of fans started writing in protest to NBC. One fan even started an "I Hate Falsone" webpage.

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  • sxymom4ever1
    sxymom4ever1
    Hi Jon how are you i don't know if you remember me but i am Gary Carter's sister you use to play flag football with him and hang out with him. my name is alicia
    posted 219 days ago
  • holliwarner
    holliwarner
    hi there how are u doing with selena gone?
    posted 228 days ago
  • bjizil81
    bjizil81
    hez pretty cool.....i could pass 4 him....lol...jokez....
    posted 355 days ago
  • jessicagutierrez63
    jessicagutierrez63
    hes soooo fine

    i wanna meet him
    posted 370 days ago
  • mznikita18
    mznikita18
    OMG JON SEDA IS SOO DAMN FINE IT DONT MAKE NO SENCE I SWEAR LOL YALL JUST DONT KNOW
    posted 533 days ago
  • itsmycaddy
    itsmycaddy
    Jon... there should be so much more of you at there :)
    posted 614 days ago
  • sexycat1007
    sexycat1007
    hello
    posted 666 days ago
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