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Ernesto Cloma Briones Jr., known as Jon Jon Briones (born August 7, 1965), is a Filipino-American actor best known for his work in musical theatre. He played the Engineer in the original casts in the West End revival of Miss Saigon in 2014, for which he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical , and reprised the ...
May 7, 2014 · by Matt Wolf • May 7, 2014. It’s been a quarter of a century since Miss Saigon first opened on the West End, starring Lea Salonga, Jonathan Pryce and an unknown Filipino man named Jon Jon...
Mar 19, 2017 · March 19, 2017. Jon Jon Briones with his Miss Saigon costumes at the Broadway Theatre. (© David Gordon) "Understatement." That's the word Jon Jon Briones chooses when asked if...
Mar 23, 2017 · Jon Jon Briones as an enterprising pimp, with Samuel Li Weintraub as the son of a heroic country girl, played by Eva Noblezada in “Miss Saigon,” at the Broadway Theater. Sara Krulwich/The...
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Jon Jon Briones was born in Quezon City, Philippines as Ernesto Briones. He is an actor and singer who first left the Philippines at the age of 23 to venture to London and join the original cast of Miss Saigon. Since then he has traveled all over the world appearing on stage, television and in film. He has been married to actress/singer Megan ...
Mar 17, 2017 · “Miss Saigon” opened in London in 1989, with an acclaimed white British actor, Jonathan Pryce, wearing prosthetics to alter the shape of his eyes and makeup to alter the color of his skin as...