乔恩·弗雷达（Jon Freda）出生于纽约布鲁克林，在一个意大利裔美国家庭长大。他曾担任海军军官，并在纽约和加拿大参加了学术博士课程。作为一名演员，乔恩的表演范围从喜剧热门电视/网络连续剧《50 To Death》到他在电影《家庭》中对罗科的戏剧性刻画，广受好评。他凭借《西西弗斯的晚餐》获得了戛纳电影节杰出男演员奖，并因其在非百老汇个展《Imagine DatI》中饰演的吉米·杜兰特而获得了赞誉，该剧是他与杜兰特庄园合作创作的。乔恩也是一位多才多艺的编剧和剧作家，他的剧本《无话可说》获得了意大利裔美国演员协会颁发的三项大奖;他的音乐喜剧舞台剧《外星人冒险》在纽约中城国际戏剧节上获得了四项大奖。乔恩喜欢游泳，在公园里遛狗，创作数字艺术，因为他不喜欢打扫卫生，并希望在下次访问罗马之前学会更好地说意大利语。

Jon Freda was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in an Italian-American family. He served as a naval officer and attended academic doctoral programs in New York and Canada. As an actor, Jon's performances range from the comedy hit TV/web series, 50 To Death, to his critically noticed dramatic portrayal of Rocco in the film, The Family. He received the Outstanding Actor Award for The Cannes Film Festival entrant, Sisyphus' Supper, and published accolades for his portrayal of Jimmy Durante in his Off-Broadway solo show, Imagine DatI, which he wrote in cooperation with the Durante Estate. Jon is also an accomplished screenwriter and playwright, receiving three awards for his feature script ,Say Nothing, from the Guild of Italian American Actors; and four awards for his musical comedy stage play, Alien Adventure The Adventure, from the Midtown International Theater Festival in New York. Jon enjoys swimming, walking his dog in the park, creating digital art because he does not like the clean up, and hopes to learn to speak Italian better before his next visit to Rome.