Acting
March 2020
+ Christmas on the Vine, an MOW in which Jon plays a proud family vineyard-owner opposite Julianna Guill under the direction of Emmy-winner Paul Kaufman, finishes shooting in beautiful Whistler, BC.
+ Wishing you all health, safety, and solidarity in these uncertain and challenging times!
+ Confirms his upcoming attendance at the Summer TCAs, COVID-19 permitting.
September 2019
+ Filming wraps on director Danny J. Boyle’s The Babysitter aka Baby Monitor Murders, starring Natalie Sharpe (90210) and Jon Cor (Trouble in the Garden).
+ Shhh. He’s been adding a lot of content to his still “secret” YouTube channel lately. Click here for a Total Drama: Revenge of the Island throwback! How about Lamu in Defiance? Finley in Sea Change? Or Hodge in Shadowhunters?
+ Attended the TCAs in beautiful Beverly Hills recently to talk all things Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead starring Alexa and Carlos Penavega, and Picture a Perfect Christmas, starring Jon Cor (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments), Merritt Patterson (The Royals), and Luke Roessler (It, The Descendants).
April 2019
+ Legends Harvey Kahn and Paul Ziller step in to direct mid-shoot following unforeseen emergencies.
+ Oscar- and Emmy-nominated director Mel Damski‘s A Family Under the Christmas Tree based on the titular novel by Amazon best-selling author Terri Reid starts filming, starring Merritt Patterson (The Royals, Ravenswood), Jon Cor (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments, Trouble in the Garden), and Luke Roessler (Deadpool 2, Dead To Me). Details via Entertainment Weekly.
+ YouTube: R O A D T R I P P I N’ (Skit), Aerial/Pop 360/Hook-Wrap-Tornado/Frontflip/Backflip/Superhero Landing, This is Basketball (Skit), several film & TV trailers, and more!
February 2019
+ Historic Homes of the Future aka Trouble in the Garden garners festival nominations, awards, and international theatrical release!
+ Jon Cor signs on to play opposite Carlos and Alexa Penavega in Emmy-nominated Ron Oliver‘s upcoming Picture Perfect Mysteries.
+ Ghost BFF is nominated for Best Web Series, and Shadowhunters‘ alum Vanessa Matsui is nominated for Best Lead Performance, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
+ Jon aka J.B., B.J. — “Beej” — Belanger, graces Mr. Cor with his presence and as such, they film this nonsense: “BEDS” You’re welcome, YouTube.
January 2018
+ Returns to work in South Africa for a third tour; this time to play game ranger and leading man Tom Anderson in Hallmark’s sweeping safari adventure-romance, Love on Safari! Also starring Lacey Chabert and Brittany Bristow.
+ That’s a wrap on Historic Homes of the Future, a challenging sociopolitical drama specifically concerned with the 60’s Scoop in Canada, in which Jon plays a real estate agent with a complicated and convoluted history, particularly when it comes to his adopted sister, played by The Expanse’s Cara Gee.
+ Guest stars as – dun, dun, DUNNN- theWraith in SE13EP03 of the CW’s Supernatural! Honored to’ve been a part of the phenomenon, of such a wonderfully warm and talented cast, crew & production team.
+ Ghost BFF wins at the LA Femme festival!
March 2017
+ Blasts off with the Space Family Robinson in Netflix’s highly-anticipated Lost in Space reboot before touching down for a three-day appearance in London, UK for the Forsaken Event in support of ABC Disney’s Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments this April! Tickets on sale now via @RogueEvents.
+ Catch J.C. in the Nissan Rogue’s Return of the Snowman spot.
+ An interview with Hodge Starkweather via StarryMag regarding all things, well. Hodge Starkweather!
July 2016
+ On location in Halifax, Nova Scotia to shoot a brand spankin’ new network pilot steeped in mystery and seafaring lore based on the YA fiction of the same name – Sea Change – by Aimee Friedman.
May 2016
+ Joins the cast of writer/producer/director Luke Villemaire’s increasingly anticipated and wonderfully meaningful festival darling, Goliath (2017), tackling mental illness! Jon will be playing a brooding homosexual, grappling with the death of and his relationship with his father or lack thereof, a family secret and some brutal sibling rivalry. #WhoIsKyle?
+ 10 Times We Felt Bad for Hodge – ShadowhuntersTV.com
April 2016
+ Eager to know more about the fandom’s beloved #Hotdge? Check out this exclusive pre-season finale interview for @ShadowhuntersTV!
+ The Mini Films’ Adorn, starring Tenika Davis and Jon Cor, lights up the Festival de Cannes’ Short Film Corner! Click here to view the trailer.
February 2016
January 2016
+ An In-Depth Interview with Jon Cor – LITHIUM MAGAZINE
+ “Will Hodge’s storyline get a major twist? Jon Cor on ‘Unpredictable’ Role” – ENSTARS
+ “Talk Nerdy With Us recently invited Jon to chat. Here’s what he had to say…” – TALK NERDY WITH US
June/July/August/September 2015
+ Couldn’t feel more excited and honored to be so warmly welcomed to the world of ABC Family/Freeform’s Shadowhunters as the latest incarnation of Hodge Starkweather; a beloved character and recurring guest star from Cassandra Clare’s wildly popular The Mortal Instruments series!
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+ Tries his hand at firefighting in Trixster’s upcoming disaster film Deadly Inferno (2016)!
May 2015
+ Signs on to play opposite Tenika Davis (19-2, The Book of Negroes) in a Mini Films’ short/two-hander called Adorn; a raw, hallucinatory and cerebral piece meant to examine – among other themes – the dichromatic and spectral nature of human affection. Written and co-produced by none other than the one and only Mouna Traore (The Murdoch Mysteries, Hemlock Grove)!
+ Begins training with Allen Keng – formerly a member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team – regularly.
April 2015
+ Recurring as an idiosyncratic mercenary twin on Syfy’s DARK MATTER; a new space opera brought to us by the writers and producers of a lil’ sumin’ sumin’ called Stargate… complete with brain puree-ing stunt choreography! Based on the Dark Horse Comics book of the same name. Set to air in over eighty-six countries.
Oh. Jessica Sipos (Ascension), Ennis Esmer (The Listener) and Conrad Pla (Rogue, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag) will be there too!
December 2014
+ Returns to the independent festival-darling circuit with writer-director Matt Campagna‘s next piece, Renaissance, as an alcoholic and lovesick doctor-turned-catalyst. …But of what, pray tell?
October 2014
+ Stars in Thrill Films 2’s upcoming romantic thriller ONLINE IMPOSTOR as the upstanding, ambitious and committed creative director of a reputable ad agency.
+ Appears alongside the Lindsay Lewis in an improvised YouTube video supposedly meant to promote the Mind Reels’ highly-anticipated Guinness World Record attempt.
August 2014
+ Portrays a Frenchman faced with the extremes of love and loss in Men of Characters’ HUNTER’S MOON… while Independent Edge Films and eOne’s TEEN LUST proudly premieres at TIFF ’14!
July 2014
+ Signs on to play in Fox’s THE EXORCISM OF MOLLY HARTLEY opposite Devon Sawa and Sarah Lind; following Art Horse Productions’ hysterical and progressive A VERY LONG WEEKEND directed by/starring Ash Catherwood.
December 2013
+ Working on writer/director/star Jordan Hayes’ TEN SPEED before returning to Toronto to guest star as a recovering drug addict on CTV’s THE LISTENER in the New Year.
August 2013
+ Joins the formidable cast/team behind Independent Edge Films and eOne’s upcoming comedic feature TEEN LUST (TIFF Official Selection ’14) as an accidentally alluring yet potentially clueless Satanist.
+ Stars opposite Lisa Marcos in an interactive webisode designed for CTV’s PLAYED as a wealthy, suave and hot-tempered foodie involved in human trafficking.
+ Appears in the award-winning musical film PATCH TOWN (Canadian Film Festival ’14 – BEST PICTURE) as an Eastern European henchman, CTV’s SPUN OUT as an enormously successful actor whose career is compromised by the dissemination of personal information and SyFy’s DEFIANCE as Lamu, a Castithan alien.