Jon Hayden

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 Jon, BFA '80 Carnegie Mellon, is a native Atlantan, member of AEA (Actor's Equity Association), and 2nd Vice President of SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actor's Guild- American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), Atlanta Branch. He has appeared in over 40 theatrical productions in summer stock and regional theater, as well as Off-Broadway. Jon toured last season with TOTS in Fiddler on the Roof. He appeared as Drake in Annie, starring Sally Struthers, in Theater of The Stars at Atlanta's Fox Theater. Stage: Victor Velasco in Barefoot in the Park (Springer Opera House); Applegate in Damn Yankees (Springer); Are We There Yet? (ArtStation); The Time of Your Life (Theater Emory); Metropolis Theater's Suzi Bass Best Actor-nominated Diary of a Madman (14th Street Playhouse) and The Bald Soprano (Balzer Theater/Russian Tour); The Manson Story (Lincoln Center); Don Wilson in The Jack Benny Program (La Mama, ETC), Milo Tindle in Sleuth (Chautauqua Institute.) Jon is working on remounting a world tour of Madman by Nickoli Gogol (The first documented case of schizophrenia written in 1838) "What a thing!" Film/TV: A Pilot playing Anthony in "The Grand Prince of Moscow" . In 2016 Jon can be seen as The Admiral opposite Nicholas Cage as Captain McVay in "The USS Indianapolis-Men of Courage" also in a millennial flick "Holding Patterns" with Christopher Meloni and Marg Helgenberger. Jon recently completed the short film "The Eternal Youth of Everyone Else" by the creative team from the zombie spin-off The Originals. He appeared as the ad sales guy in Anchorman II. Earlier credits include: Six Pack; Coward of the County; Lt. Miles Woodward in North and South; Dawn of the Dead (featured zombie); Law and Order. Zelig, Hannah and her Sisters, Ghostbusters, and Ishtar.

In acting, one always hears: "Don't quit your day job." In 1986, Jon established Hayden Technologies, Inc. in New York City. As CEO/CFO, Jon built a fiscally strong computer consulting business assisting companies up and down the eastern seaboard in managing/deploying LAN/WAN, copper/fiber, VOIP and IP and POS systems working and managing NYC and Atlanta offices from 1995-2000.

Jon lives in Atlanta , son Nicholas Robert (Furman University class of 2018) and daughter Anna Victoria, (Furman University 2020)