Jonathan West began acting in July of 2009 when cast in the Detroit independent film as 'Tim, Sr.' in Horizon Films' Happy Holiday, written by Harry Arnold and co-directed by Samuel Long and Caroline Rankin. He then made his theatrical debut in December of 2009 at 1515 Broadway in Detroit, as 'Jonathan Lewis' in MLB Entertainment's Shades of War, written by Dara Harper and directed by David Harper. Having debuted earlier the same year in New York, he was brought back for a Detroit reprisal in October of 2010 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, this time as the lead role of 'Samuel Francis.' For the next few years Jonathan worked with a number of independent production companies on both short and feature length films (notably, performing as the lead, 'Marcus Duney Smalls' in WCT Entertainment's Lovers and Friends, written by Camara Davis and directed by Anthony Anderson) along with theatre companies throughout Michigan. He was graciously allowed to sign with Productions Plus / The Talent Shop, an agency out of Michigan that also represents artists in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, and he began professionally acting full time in August of 2013. Since then Jonathan has appeared on stage and on screen in productions ranging from California to New York to Virginia.