Jonathan Roumie (born July 1, 1974) is an American actor known for his role as evangelist Lonnie Frisbee in the 2023 film Jesus Revolution and as Jesus in The Chosen, a crowd-funded television series about the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. He is also a voice artist and a public speaker.
A first-generation American, Roumie’s father was born in Egypt and is of Syro-Lebanese descent; his mother is from Ireland. Roumie has stated that his great-grandparents on his fathers side were Armenian.
Before his parents moved to and later met in New York City, Roumie’s mother was raised on a farm in Ireland with his father being raised in Cairo, Egypt. Though he was baptized in the Orthodox Church, Roumie converted to Catholicism after moving from New York to its suburbs. He holds a degree in film from the School of Visual Arts.
