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Jonathan Joss

ジョナサン・ジョス　/　じょなさん・じょす

American actor

December 22, 1965 (age 60)　・　San Antonio, Texas, United States

Texas
actor
television actor
film actor

My Take

Jonathan Joss occupied a space in American television that nobody else could fill, and his passing in 2025 left it genuinely empty. As John Redcorn on King of the Hill he gave a long-running animated character unexpected dignity and melancholy, and as Chief Ken Hotate on Parks and Recreation he wielded deadpan Native American humor with surgical precision — always in on the joke, never the butt of it. I valued how he carried his heritage into rooms that rarely made space for it, doing so with warmth rather than grievance. His was a quiet, durable kind of artistry, and I think audiences will keep discovering him for years.

Overview

Jonathan Joss Gonzales (December 22, 1965 – June 1, 2025) was an American actor and musician of Native American ancestry. He played Chief Ken Hotate in Parks and Recreation and was the voice of John Redcorn in King of the Hill.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jonathan Joss
Name (Japanese): ジョナサン・ジョス
Reading: じょなさん・じょす
Born: December 22, 1965 (age 60)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Snake
Origin: San Antonio, Texas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: McCollum High School
University: Texas State University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.jonathanjoss.com/
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/originalredcorn/
Xhttps://x.com/Redcorn22
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Joss

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