EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Bennett is joining General Hospital in nan domiciled of Joe Fitzpatrick, making his debut connected nan ABC soap opera starting successful May.
Bennett is champion known for playing nan heartthrob Aaron Samuels successful 2004’s Mean Girls. The character is each grown up and has realized his lifelong dream of starring connected Broadway successful Monty Python’s acclaimed philharmonic drama Spamalot.
Starring successful General Hospital will beryllium a return to daytime for Bennett, arsenic nan character sewage his commencement successful All My Children. Between 2001 and 2002, nan character played JR Chandler, pursuing Jesse McCartney, arsenic nan characteristic quickly aged.
When not hosting Food Network’s Halloween Wars, he continues to adhd to his Hallmark credits, including The Groomsmen movie trilogy, their first-ever unscripted title series, Finding Mr. Christmas, which he hosts, produced, and created, and their caller A Keller Christmas Vacation.
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Bennett is known arsenic “The Gay King of Christmas” for his activity connected Hallmark. The character starred successful and executive-produced nan network’s first gay-led romanticist comedy, The Holiday Sitter. He has respective deed Holiday movies, including The Christmas House and Cherry Lane franchises.
Other fan-favorite roles Bennett has portrayed see Van Wilder successful National Lampoon’s Van Wilder: Freshman Year, arsenic Steve Martin’s antagonistic son-in-law successful Cheaper By nan Dozen 2, arsenic good arsenic roles connected celebrated shows specified arsenic Dr. Odyssey, Station 19, Law & Order: SVU, Fantasy Island, among others.