Biography

Jovanny Venegas was born in El Paso, Texas. At the age of 5 Jovanny began his moving journey as his stepfather was active ( now retired) in the U.S. Army. Jovanny briefly moved to Louisiana, New York, Puerto Rico then Giessen Germany where he spent 6 1/2 years. In Germany Jovanny attended Giessen American Elementary and Giessen Middle/High School, where he learned English. Jovanny was fluent by the age of 7-8.

At a young age Jovanny's step father taught him skills on how to possible survive terrorist attacks and kidnappings, as Americans stationed in Germany experienced many terrorist threats against the U.S. Military, their families, and other civilians working with Americans. Jovanny's school was guarded by U.S. Army tanks and soldiers stationed there to protect the school in case of any attack.

After Germany, the family moved to Ft. Hood, Texas, where Jovanny attended and graduated high school in Killeen, Texas. During his high school years Jovanny was able to audition, then intern following to hosting his own radio mix-show at KRMY La Caliente Radio, a local Spanish-Language station. During his years in radio, Jovanny's show was rated #1 at the station for 5 years in a row. The young Host also worked with various major artists, recorded numerous commercials, and also became the youngest Mix-Show Reporter for "Dance Music Authority' in Chicago which was the Nation's #1 Source for Dance & Club Music and radio mix-shows worldwide.

After leaving radio he worked for Telemundo/NBC mun2 San Antonio and made Texas a vital market. After mun2 he moved to Los Angeles, CA and graduated from Santa Ana College in 2006. In 2010 he graduated from California State University Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism and Film.

In addition to acting, Jovanny hosts & produces various entertainment news segments and has interviewed dozens of A-List stars such as John Travolta, the late Paul Walker, Sandra Bullock, Sofia Vergara, Bobby Brown, Paula Abdul, Reese Witherspoon, Elizabeth Berkley, Chris Perez, AB Quintanilla among many more. Jovanny has won various awards, and has hosted / reported at numerous high profile events from the Cannes Film Festival, MTV VMA's, BET Awards, Grammy Awards among dozens more.

At the end of 2015 Jovanny was honored in celebration of community, heritage, and good citizenship. The event was held in recognition of Angelenos who are consistently doing great things to give back to their community. Jovanny was recognized for his work in opening doors for students in media and communications by placing them front and center to work at A-list red carpet events in collaboration with RedAlertLive.com, in addition to producing the crystal meth documentary "My Life on Meth," aimed to bring awareness. The film received a grant from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and California State University, Los Angeles. Other honorees of the night included Brody Jenner, Ryan Phillippe, Nick Zano, among many more.

Jovanny also works with 'The Look At Me Now!' Foundation. A program who's main focus is at-risk students. The motivation is to enrich the lives of at-risk students through mentorship, training, encouragement, empowerment & development in collaboration with RedAlertLive
- IMDb mini biography by: Sean Parker