Jonah Saesan started acting in the fifth grade, but he joined the United States Marine Corps (on a dare) out of high school and ended up serving 10 years. He earned the rank of Staff Sergeant and whenever possible continued to work in theatre and television. After the military, Jonah trained as an actor and graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Parkside. Continuing his education, he completed The Second City Training Center Conservatory and Writing programs. Jonah’s work in commercials, film, and television has allowed him to promote products and satisfy clients such as Cartoon Network, Samsung, and Potbelly. Beyond his principal roles for regional and national commercials, Jonah has starred in, directed, and written for award-winning films that have screened across the country. His most recent credit was a co-star role on the HBO Max hit comedy South Side. Additionally, Jonah is honored to be working for The Second City Training Center where he helped develop the Improv for Veterans program. On social media he shares comedy and art content to an audience of over 900,000 followers across all his platforms, with 500,000 followers on Youtube alone. Jonah performs sketch comedy with his writing partner and fellow veteran LanDis Frederick as the duo Stars and Gripes.
He also can’t shut up about the time he spent stationed in Hawaii, misses it dearly, but considers Chicago a close second.
