Biography

Jon Jon Rivero is a Filipino-Canadian actor, director, and producer who is best known for his award-winning feature film Balikbayan: From Victims To Survivors (2020), which won the Audience Choice Awards for Best Feature Documentary at the 2020 Edmonton International Film Festival. Jon Jon also has appeared in live-action dramas and action films. Jon Jon is also known for playing himself in Season 2 of the award-winning APTN docu-series Queen of the Oil Patch (2020) as the occupational therapist and life coach to Massey Whiteknife on APTN. Jon Jon has also produced, written, directed, and starred in Noj Noj & Friends (2020), a live-action children's TV pilot that combines hip hop music videos with edutainment storytelling and has been nominated for best children's series and best director at the 2021 Rosie Awards. Jon Jon has also acted in many commercials and has written, performed and composed music for jingles and done voice overs for various brand campaigns released both through broadcasting and online. Jon Jon is also an accomplished spoken word artist, beatboxer, and a cappella singer and is the 2016 TED Summit Talent Showcase winner. My Name Is Trauma. Jon Jon is also Filipino Martial Arts Practitioner and a 6th Dan Master of Taekwondo.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jan Vincent Ong