Jonah Wharton is an American actor raised in an eclectic houseboat community just north of San Francisco. Originally a dedicated basketball athlete, he shifted his intense focus to acting while attending college in Los Angeles, studying under mentor Aaron Speiser. Wharton made his television debut on Californication and built a strong portfolio guest-starring on prominent crime procedurals like Castle, NCIS, Bones, and The Rookie. His career reached new heights with his breakout series-regular role as Tex in the high-stakes spy thriller Special Ops: Lioness, appearing alongside Hollywood heavyweights Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldana.