Jonathan Bennett, MEAN GIRLS, VAN WILDER: FRESHMAN YEAR star: Mr. Media Radio Interview

Young Van Wilder star Jonathan Bennett pledges Mr. Media!

Wikipedia says: Jonathan Bennett is best known for his work in the 2004 film Mean Girls and for starring in 2009’s National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year.

Bennett was born in Rossford, Ohio. He has a brother and sister, Brent and Lisa Bennett and is the cousin of actress Lori Moegling. His first try at acting was in a play in the seventh grade while living in North Carolina. Shortly after that, he moved to Rossford, Ohio, where he attended Rossford High School. He graduated in 1999 and went to Otterbein College, where he was a student of the theatre program. Soon thereafter, he moved to New York to pursue acting.

In New York, he was cast on the soap opera “All My Children” as J.R. Chandler [2001-2002]. Since then, he has had guest roles on various television dramas, including “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Deception,” “Smallville,” and “Veronica Mars.” He played Aaron Samuels, Lindsay Lohan's love interest, in the hit movie Mean Girls, and subsequently appeared in the films Cheaper by the Dozen 2, Lovewrecked and The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning, in which he plays Bo Duke.

Bennett posed for a print advertising campaign by Declare Yourself, encouraging voter registration among youth for the 2008 United States presidential election. In the ads by photographer David LaChapelle, Bennett has three screws through his upper and lower lips, symbolically pinning his mouth shut.

Bennett will be celebrity host of "Acme Saturday Night" at Acme Comedy Theatre Sept. 19 @ 8 p.m.