Landon Ashworth is an American actor, producer, television, movie and musical writer, film and commercial director, pilot, and golfer. Landon is a graduate of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Early life
Landon was born in 1984. His great uncle Truman H. Landon was a U.S. Air Force general, commander for the U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and test pilots with John Glenn. Growing up hearing these stories Landon aspired to become an astronaut. He was also interested in acting, which led him to star in a multitude of community theater productions starting at age 12, including The Wizard of Oz. Ashworth was an accomplished junior golfer. Ashworth graduated from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University with a Bachelors of Science in Aeronautics, and then became a test pilot for NOAA flying whale protection missions, then to build jet hours, as a pilot for United Airlines. Once his jet hours were built up enough to apply to the NASA new hire class, hiring requirements were changed and Landon had to pivot to find his way into space. His academic advisor in undergrad told him the next mission would be Mars and NASA would be hiring someone from the field of the Arts to represent the community on that mission and his best bet would be an MFA in film or creative writing. Landon obtained an MFA in film, then transitioned into a PhD program in Astrophysics. NASA put a hiring freeze on all new hiring classes from 2009 to 2017 rendering his education un-usable for almost a decade. Landon then moved to Los Angeles to attempt a career in the arts starting in 2010 booking his breakthrough role on Castle in 2011.
Career
Early work
In 2003, when Ashworth was still in college, he met musician Gavin Degraw and wound up playing in. a few of his concerts, as a fill in drummer on his summer tour. In 2009, Ashworth teamed back up with Degraw as his drummer for the music video "In Love with a Girl". Ashworth was also the lead in another major rock band's work, but this time as an actor, not a drummer. The All American Rejects cast him in their music video for "I Wanna". These roles led to Ashworth starring in many other music videos including one for Tristan Prettyman in 2012 entitled "I Was Going To Marry You". Early on Landon was quoted as saying, "being well versed in physics and math, I knew the odds were never in my favor auditioning so I set out to write and direct myself into the roles I wanted to play for pay. I started making sketch comedy which got me noticed at funnyordie, then started directing commercials, and then started writing a musical about the space race as a way to honor all my knowledge and training trying to become an astronaut my entire life."
Acting work
Directing work
Golfsmith commercial
JH Audio commercial
Taylormade commercial
Callaway commercial
TopGolf commercial
Mastercard commercial
SkullCandy commercial
Filmography
Television series
Castle (2011) CSI: Miami (2012) Awake (2012) NCIS: Los Angeles (2013) Super Fun Night (2013) Code Black (2015) My Haunted House (2016) Days of Our Lives (2016) NCIS (2018) The Conan O'Brien Show (2019) Space Force (2020) MacGruber (2021) The Resident (2022)
Film and television movies
Role Models (2008) Land of The Lost (2009) A Warm Wind The Republic of Two (2013) Claire (2013) Turn Around Jake (2014) Human Resources (2015) Silent Retreat (2016) Becoming Bond (2017) Baby Splitters (2019) She Watches From The Woods (2021)