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Brother of Paul Ross
Was the original choice to host "TFI Friday" (1996)
Children: Betty Kitten, Harvey Kirby and Honey Kinney
Wife Jane Goldman is an author.
Presents his own show on BBC Radio 2 (Saturdays). The show's producer and co-host is Andy Davies.
He is the voice of 'The Ugly Stepsister' in Shrek 2 (2004) in the UK version (Larry King does the voice in the US version). Although Larry King is still credited in the main credit sequence, an additional screen, acknowledging Jonathan's role appears at the very end of the film.
Named the showbiz dad most fathers identified with in a poll of fathers for UK retailer Early Learning Centre (2004).
Voted Sexiest Male Voice in UK Radio in a poll by Trojan condoms.
He was awarded the O.B.E.(Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to broadcasting.
His all time favorite film is Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965).
A fan of the band Roxy Music, David Bowie, Scott Walker, John Barry, Steven Patrick Morrissey and punk rock in general.
A fan of punk rock music.
A fan of the music of Scott Walker.
A fan of the music of John Barry.
A fan of Morrissey (Steven Patrick Morrissey).
His top ten films of all time are: Duck Soup (1933), Sunset Blvd. (1950), Ikiru (1952), Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) (aka The Wages of Fear), 8½ (1963), Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), The Producers (1968), Blade Runner (1982), Tonari no Totoro (1988) (aka My Neighbour Totoro) and Fa yeung nin wa (2000) (aka In The Mood for Love) [Source: "Sight and Sound"].
A fan of the band Electric Light Orchestra.
His favorite musical artist is David Bowie and he plays a David Bowie song on every edition of his BBC Radio 2 show. |
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