Jonathan Brandis

Jonathan Gregory Brandis was an American actor director and screenwriter Beginning his career as a child model he moved on to acting in commercials and subsequently television and film roles At the age of 17 he landed the role of Lucas Wolenczak a teen prodigy on the NBC series seaQuest DSV The character was popular among teenage female viewers he became a teenage heartthrob and regularly appeared in teen magazines His also starred as Bastian Bux in The Neverending Story II Bill Denbrough age 12 on ABCs miniseries It Barry Gabrewski in Sidekicks Mousy in Outside Providence and Pvt Lewis P Wakely in Harts War He voiced the role of Mozenrath on the Disney animated series Aladdin In November 2003 he died by suicide at the age of 27