JC Gonzalez

Juan Camilo Gonzalez (born March 8, 1990) is a Colombian actor and singer-songwriter. His career began in 2009, when he participated in television commercials and advertisements in Texas.[1] Gonzalez was also a candidate on Making Menudo, an MTV reality show for which they selected twenty-five bilingual male singers. Gonzalez has also made appearances in film and television, such as Parks and Recreation, the webseries Blue, and Los Americans.[2]

JC Gonzalez
Gonzalez in New York City
Born
Juan Camilo Gonzalez

(1990-03-08) March 8, 1990
Bogotá, Colombia
EducationClements High School
Musical career
Occupation(s)
  • Actor
  • singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Years active2005–present
Websitejcgonzalez.net

Early years

Gonzalez was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1990. He has two younger siblings. Gonzalez was classified as a hyperactive child, and therefore earned the nickname of "terremoto" (Earthquake).[3][4] Gonzalez and his family moved to Houston when he was seven years old so that his younger brother could receive medical treatment.[5]

Gonzalez started his elementary school at Gimnasio Los Caobos[6] in Bogota, Colombia and attended Clements High School in Sugar Land, Texas, graduating in 2009.[7][8]

Career

Music

Gonzalez has recorded original material as well as a remix of the song "El Perdón" by Enrique Iglesias and Nicky Jam.[9] As of 2016, Gonzalez was preparing his debut solo album, titled AwakIn,[10] which is set to feature songs in English and Spanish with a mix of Latin rhythms[11] and American rap and pop.[12][13]

Television and cinema

Gonzalez began his acting career in television commercials in Texas.[14] After graduating from high school, Gonzalez moved to Los Angeles where he began working in commercials and television series.[15] He has done television commercials for Ford, Honda, and AT&T.[4]

In January 2007, Gonzalez auditioned for Making Menudo in Los Angeles.[16] He did not make the cut, and so he began dance lessons and auditioned again in Dallas.[7] In Dallas, he was selected by the Puerto rican singer Luis Fonsi and the radio announcer Daniel Luna as one of the twenty-five participants who would go to New York City where they were filmed in the Road to Menudo series.[17]

Gonzalez walking for "Fifth Avenue" in Manhattan, New York, June 2007

Finally in 2007, for the same Making Menudo project Gonzalez was selected to be part of the jury of the new version of the Latino boy band Menudo.[18] The band would be a fusion of urban, pop and rock music in English and Spanish to produce several albums with the label of Sony BMG Epic Records. Several auditions were held in different cities such as Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, New York City, among others. Gonzalez was a part of the Dallas competition where along the side of radio announcer Daniel Luna they chose varies contestants and in their pickings, Gonzalez was 1 of the 25 selected.[7]

As part of the show, Gonzalez along with fourteen other aspiring artists, was trained in singing and dancing in South Beach, Florida for almost four months.[19][20]

Gonzalez, during his acting career participated in the web series Los Americans (2011), which is characterized by having a multigenerational focus, a middle-class family living in Los Angeles. During the series, he participated with Esai Morales, Lupe Ontiveros, Tony Plana, Raymond Cruz, Yvonne DeLaRosa, and Ana Villafañe. In 2009, Gonzalez appeared in the Parks and Recreation episode Sister City as Jhonny, a Venezuelan intern.[21][14]

In 2010, Gonzalez played the lead role in the video for Kaya Rosenthal (Can't Get You Out of My Mind). Gonzalez has also appeared in Locked Up Abroad, Hard Times, How to Rock, and Parenthood.[15]

In Banged Up Abroad, JC Gonzalez appeared as Lia McCord's brother, who was arrested at the Bangladesh Airport for trafficking narcotics.

In 2010, In The second season of the NBC comedy-drama series Parenthood (season 2) Gonzalez played the role of a dancer in the Episode The Berger Cometh.

Also in 2010, Gonzalez worked with Ariana Grande in a role of her love interest in Victorious episode Survival of the Hottest.[22]

In Parenthood (season 2) Gonzalez did the role of a Fraternity young man in the episode Orange Alert. Then in 2011, Gonzalez worked in Big Time Strike episode of Big Time Rush.

In 2012, Gonzalez played the character of a Football Player Bully in the episode How to Rock a Newscast of the American teen sitcom How to Rock that ran on Nickelodeon from February 4 to December 8, 2012.

During 2015 and 2018 Gonzalez's notable works included the role of "Jake" in episode "Blue Christmas" of American television series NCIS: New Orleans ,[23] role of "Kyle" in American procedural drama television series 9-1-1 (TV series) and an appearance as "DJ Diego Spiz" in Amazon Studios's American legal drama web television Goliath.

Gonzalez starred in Los Americans, an Internet series that was launched in May 2011.[24] In 2013, Gonzalez appeared in the web series Blue.[5] Gonzalez has also worked on other web series, including Ragdolls in 2013. In 2015, Gonzalez took on the role of Jake in the NCIS: New Orleans program, in the episode Blue Christmas.[23]

Personal life

Gonzalez currently resides in Sugar Land, Texas, a suburb of Houston.

JC Gonzalez has been characterized by his impetus, as indicated by the portal 'Pantallazos de Noticias' , where they claim that they have been traits of the personality of his maternal grandmother, Cándida Rueda, known for being the manager of Hotel San Carlos in Barrancabermeja, (Santander, Colombia).[25]

The artist has also made it known through several interviews that one of his engines is his brother Daniel, who has largely overcome a strange disease called Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC), and has taught him that without effort there is no reward, from there, says the singer, his discipline comes.[26]

Philanthropy

The song "Safe Passage" was sung by JC Gonzalez for the thrive Integrative wellness and women of watts and beyond, in California, USA. He sang it in Gatherings and festivals which supports those who have survived and fighters of domestic violence.[27]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Second Coming Police officer Video
Credited as Juan Camilo
2011 11-11-11 Ryan
2012 Slumber Party Slaughter[28] Randy
2014 11:11 Ryan Short
2015 Elena Victor Short
2015 Hot Flash: The Chronicles of Lara Tate – Menopausal Superhero Cock Block
2017 More Than Enough Collin Film by Director: Anne-Marie Hess
Original title: Good After Bad
2018 Ernesto's Manifesto Logan

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Making Menudo[29] JC MTV Reality Show
2008 Locked Up Abroad Eliadah "Lia" McCord brother Episode: "Bangladesh" National Geographic Channel
2009 Parks and Recreation Jhonny Episode: "Sister City"[30]
2010 The Hard Times of RJ Berger dancer with knife Episode "The Berger Cometh"
2010 Victorious Ben Episode: "Survival of the Hottest"
2010 Parenthood Fraternity young man Episode: "Orange Alert"
2011 Big Time Rush Costart Episode: "Big Time Strike"
2012 How to Rock Football Player Bully Episode: "How to Rock a Newscast"
2013 RagDolls Mateo 4 episodes
2014 I Didn't Do It[31] Mike Episode: "Lindy Nose Best"
2015 NCIS: New Orleans Jake Episode: "Blue Christmas"[23]
2018 9-1-1 Kyle Episode: "Point of Origin"
2018 Goliath DJ Diego Spiz Episode: "Two Cinderellas"

Webisodes
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Love Fifteen Cindy Lee's son Cindy Lee (Paola Turbay)
2011 Los Americans Paul Valenzuela 8 episodes
2013 Blue Harry Episode: "What Kind of a Name Is Blue?"

Commercials
Commercial Paper Channel
Honda Fit (English/Spanish) Principal National
Jack in the Box (Spanish) Principal National
Houston Community College Institutional Commercial Principal Regional
Hasbro Nerf Vulcan Principal Regional
Academy Sports + Outdoors Principal Regional
Houston Community College Principal Regional (Institutional)
National Car Rental Principal Online
Fiesta Rock Principal Regional
Connect EDU Principal Online
Nintendo Wii Principal National
KFC Principal National
AT&T Principal National
Ford Focus Principal National

Discography
Year Title Position
Album
E.E.U.U R&B E.E.U.U Rap
2015 Equation of Love — — Equation of Love – Single
2015 Quiet Game — — Quiet Game – Single
2015 Cupid — — AwakIN
2015 Zoom — — Zoom – Single
2015 Prendete — — AwakIN
2016 Solitary Conversations — — 2moonS
2016 Luchando — — 2moonS
2016 Let me be me — — 2moonS

References
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  2. "From Breakbeats to Heartbreaks" in US Weekly http://www.usmagazine.com published on October 29, 2007 accessed on February 18, 2016
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  5. Laura Rojas (July 22, 2013). "JC alterna con estrellas de Hollywood". Gente de Cañaveral. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  6. Munoz, Constanza (May 15, 2013). "Entre los latinos con mayor potencial en la actuación". Cipres de Colombia. p. 17. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
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  17. Maria Ashraf (March 6, 2019). "JC GONZALEZ "THE LORD OF POP MUSIC"". spread your wings. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
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  19. Joey Guerra. "Three big helpings of Menudo, with a twist". The Houston Chronicle. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  20. "Survival of the cutest" http://www.peopleenespanol.com Published December 2007/ January 2008 consulted February 18, 2016
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  23. Singh, Ruchi (December 10, 2015) 'NCIS: New Orleans' Season 2 spoilers: The 'NCIS' team investigates a series of burglaries during Christmas. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
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  26. ""TODOS LOS DÍAS RETO A LA VIDA: SIN DOLOR NO HAY GANANCIA" -". pantallazosnoticias.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
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