Jonathan Elijah Turner (_jet) wrote, @ 2029-10-16 23:18:00
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Name: Jonathan Elijah Turner Play By: James Lafferty Age: 24 LJ URL: _jet
AIM: tba Occupation: Actor (jensen ackles credits) Sexuality: Straight Personality: Jonathan "Eli" as he goes by has a pretty upbeat personality. This has changed over the years however. He's semi-cocky as most actors are, but for the most part he's that typical laid back bachelor. He loves to have fun, party, yet he's very work and family oriented. Not too much of a thrill seeker, he prefers to keep himself safe. Hobbies: Video Games; Basketball, Football, Golf, (Pretty much all sports), and writing Habits: Smoking, which he has been begged to quit for his career, biting his nails, and pretty much a compulsive neat freak. Clothing Style: Pretty much laid back/casual. He can do professional for his job but more often then not he'll be in a shirt and jeans. He tries to keep up and be trendy though. Family: Mother: Candice(52) and Father Jim: (54), Brother: Matt (29), and a dog Truman (1) History: Eli Turner grew up as the younger of two boys in a typical all American household. His father a doctor and his mother the sweet yet slightly ditzy housewife who was content to just stay home and raise her two growing boys. Well at least that's what the Turner’s would want you to think. In reality that was nowhere near the correct statement. The fact was his mother had been having an affair since a year after his birth. At first she was sly about it; the boys; her husband had no idea but as the years passed it became more and more apparent. Then when he was only six years old Eli walked in and learned the truth. Coming home from school he had been happy; excited even to show his mother his report card. Straight A's he figured his mother would be proud of him. He never actually showed her that report card because when he got home he heard nothing but silence at first. He finally assumed that his mother had run to the store or maybe had taken the family dog for a walk. So being the good child he was he went to the kitchen to fix himself a snack and then saw it. Saw them. Saw some man that sure as hell wasn't his father with his hands all over his mother; kissing his mother. Even at six Eli knew what was going on wasn't right. So he did what any little boy would do; he charged at the man his little fists hitting him with all his might. The man just pushed him aside; and said good bye to his mother. After that day Eli never could look at his mother the same way again and it really came as no surprise to him that his parents divorced only three weeks later. His mother hadn't even so much as put up a fight; had just left one night without even saying goodbye to her young boys. Eli's brother Matt took it harder then he had. As far as he was concerned she had walked out on them a long time ago. For a six year old that was a lot to bear. His father had taken it all hard and soon was out more and more leaving Matt and Eli with their next door neighbor; Mrs. Johnson. She had to have been in her late fifties; perhaps early sixties but she had always been great with the two boys. Eli hated going over there; he'd rather be at his own house; have his father around. Then one night shortly after Christmas when Eli was 8 his father dropped the boys off and just never came back.
The years passed and as they did his life changed more and more. He discovered acting at the age of 13 and was even in his junior high play. Eli fell in love with acting that year. The fact he could get out there in front of people and pretend to be someone else; to not think about anything in his life. The fact his mother had left them for another man and the fact their father had just decided he couldn't do it anymore. Mrs. Johnson had taken pity on them and they had ended up staying with her yet Eli couldn't help but feel abandoned. He never would let anyone in too close. It became a defense mechanism. His own parents had split he had gotten the mindset that everyone else eventually would too. Which is why he threw himself into acting; he wanted to forget everything; it was just easier then being himself.
Then there was High School a few later and with high school had come popularity. That was something that would eventually go to his head. His older brother had really paved the way for him. Sports; academics, hell being Matt Turner’s younger brother he was automatically in the in crowd. He managed to keep his grades up and met his first real girlfriend when he had been a sophomore. Acting had gotten put on the backburner with basketball and Misty. Of course when she had gotten too close; had started to see the real him; Eli bailed. He couldn't deal with it. After Misty he had stayed on the down low of the dating scene for quite some time; he dated around of course but never anything too serious. He just had a good time. He pretty much became the typical high school jock.
Then he met her; Kennedi. Something about her Eli couldn't help but be attracted to her. It wasn't long before they were that couple. They were the ones that all the other kids looked at and felt that twinge of jealousy. They dated for a while; until Eli got scared. With Misty it had been easy enough to leave her; but with Kennedi it wasn't just that she was getting too close; the fact was he was getting to close. He actually cared about her. Maybe he even loved her. He couldn't stay in that. She'd leave and then he'd be the one that was left heartbroken. At least that’s how he rationalized it all. So he did the one thing he knew would make her leave him. He hooked up with her best friend; Holly. That hadn't worked quiet the way he assumed it would. The girls started fighting; and had made him choose. He hated seeing Kennedi so torn up; so hurt but he had figured in the long run that's how they would both be better off. So he chose Holly.
Things with Holly didn't go as he had planned either. He hadn't actually planned on staying with her. He hadn't planned on caring at all about her. But again something about this girl now he couldn't do it. He actually ended up falling for her as well. And again once that was realized he did what he always did; he broke up with her. That same night he had ended up running in to Kennedi and old feelings ended up coming back; he was already upset and he had actually let her see him vulnerable. This ended up in the two hooking up. Of course Holly found out and was furious. Once the two girls started talking they both were and both kicked him to the curb. This hurt like hell. That confused him. It shouldn't have hurt him. He had let things go to far; it was his own fault. The two had every right to hate him. So after graduation he left; headed out to Los Angeles with his brother; where fate intervened. He had been working at a local cafe for only a few weeks when a TV producer had come in. He had loved his look he had said. He had asked if he'd be interested in auditioning for a commercial. The money was good so he had and just like that the acting bug was back. He didn't get that commercial but in the long run that was okay because only a year after moving to L.A. he was cast on the then popular soap; Passions. Now Eli never cared to watch that kind of thing. But it was a paying gig; and it was fun after a while. His character had ended up being Jackson Crane. Another one of Alistair’s long lost children.
He played the part for 4 years; acting really had become his life. Then just as easily as he had landed the part it was taken away. They killed his character off. He fell to his death being pushed off a bridge by his own sister. The fame; the money; the fans it was gone just like that. Luckily he had put some money into savings. However at this point he didn't know what to do; where to go. Every audition he went on; he never got a callback. The last place he ever expected to go was back to the place he had grown up. But fate had other plans and a few months after he had been fired he was back. His agents idea; get back to his roots and maybe the gig's would come back. Now at 24 Eli Burton is back on the East Coast; starting all over again.