Jonathan Keltz

Jonathan Lippert Keltz (born January 17, 1988)^[1] is an American-Canadian actor known for his role as Jake Steinberg in the HBO series Entourage,^[2][3][4] and his work in the films Prom (2011) and 21 & Over (2013).^[5][6][7] He starred as Leith Bayard in The CW's series Reign. In May 2014, Keltz was promoted to series regular for the show's second season, which premiered in October 2014.^[8]

Jonathan Keltz
Born	Jonathan Lippert Keltz (1988-01-17) January 17, 1988 (age 37) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present
Partner(s)	Laysla De Oliveira (2018–present; engaged 2021)

Early life

Keltz was born in New York City, the son of Karin Lippert, who worked in public relations, and Martin Keltz, who is a co-founder of Scholastic Productions.^[9]

After moving to Canada with his family, he attended high school^[10] at the Northern Secondary School in Toronto, Ontario. His father is of Polish Jewish descent, while his mother is German (born in Hamburg).^[11] Keltz was raised in his father's Jewish religion.^[10][12][13]

Keltz began taking acting classes when he was 10 years old and began working as an actor when he was 16.^[10] In Toronto, he lived in an apartment once occupied by Keanu Reeves.^[7]

By 2011, in pursuit of his career, Keltz had moved from his parent's home in Toronto to a residence in Los Angeles,^[6] He returned to Toronto for numerous roles, including his five years of work on the locally produced series Reign, during which time he became a Canadian-American dual citizen.^[11]

Career

June 1, 2011, Keltz was reported as wrapping filming of the final season of Entourage.^[10] His new projects at that time included the 2011 films Prom, released in April 2011 by Disney, in which he played the role of Brandon Roberts, an oblivious but self-confident teen preparing for his school's prom night,^[6] the completed horror film Playback, in which a group of high school students unwittingly unleash an evil spirit that destroys its victims through video playback,^[14] and the film Transgression.^[6]

Personal life

Keltz met actress Laysla De Oliveira when they worked on the 2018 film Acquainted. The couple became engaged in Malibu, California, in December 2021.^[15]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Cake	Valet
2006	Silver Road	Mark	Short film
2007	Breach	Greg Hanssen
2007	American Pie Presents: Beta House	Wesley	Direct-to-DVD
2011	Prom	Brandon Roberts
2011	Transgression	David
2012	Playback	Nate
2012	Operation: CTF	Panther	Short film
2013	21 & Over	Randy
2013	The Privileged	Jeff Lynley
2017	White Night	Sully
2018	Acquainted	Allan
2019	The Cuban	Ethan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Degrassi: The Next Generation	Nate	4 episodes
2004	Radio Free Roscoe	Mark	Episode: "Lil' and Grace"
2005	Mayday	Dough Berry	TV movie
2005	Queer as Folk	Lucas	Season 5, episode 4
2005	Missing	Joe Johnstone	Episode: "Patient X"
2006	Dark Oracle	Harvey	Episode: "Trail Blaze"
2007	ReGenesis	Jeff Riddlemeyer	2 episodes
2007	Cold Case	Dom Barron '63	Episode: "Boy Crazy"
2008	The Cleaner	Jeff	Episode: "House of Pain"
2009–2011	Entourage	Jake Steinberg	15 episodes
2009	Heartland	Cody Dawson	Episode: "The Fix"
2009	Dadnapped	Tripp Zoome	TV movie
2009	Acceptance	Harry Burton	TV movie
2010	CSI: Miami	Ben Wilcox	Episode: "See No Evil"
2011	Breakout Kings	Oliver Day	Episode: "Steaks"
2011	The Listener	Tyler Rooker	Episode: "Eye of the Storm"
2011	Combat Hospital	Private Henry Flax	Episode: "Inner Truth"
2011	Leverage	Travis Zilgram	Episode: "The Experimental Job"
2012	Fairly Legal	Jacob Mathews	Episode: "Borderline"
2012	Flashpoint	Luke	Episode: "Below the Surface"
2013	Transporter: The Series	Clyde	Episode: "Give the Guy a Hand"
2013	Murdoch Mysteries	Ralph Bridgewater	Episode: "Twisted Sisters"
2013–2014	Republic of Doyle	Grayson Mann	9 episodes
2013	Necessary Roughness	Darryl "Hutch" Hutchinson	3 episodes
2017	Cardinal	Kevin Tate	Season 2
2017	Brimming with Love	Sam Jensen	TV movie
2013–2017	Reign	Leith Bayard	Recurring role (Season 1); Main role (Season 2-4) Nominated – Golden Maple Award for Best Actor in a TV series broadcasted in the U.S. (2015)[16] Nominated – Golden Maple Award for Best Actor in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. (2016)[17]
2018	Once Upon A Prince	Prince Nathaniel (Nate)	TV movie
2020	Falling for Look Lodge	Noah	TV movie
2021	Fit for a Prince	Prince Ronan	TV movie
2022	Stalked by a Prince	Prince Jack	TV movie
2023	Wilderness	Detective Wiseman	Recurring role
2023	Christmas by Design		TV movie