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Cassar in 2016, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Jon Francis Cassar
Place of Birth: Crown Colony of Malta (now Malta)
Date of Birth: April 27, 1958
Ethnicity: Maltese
Jon Cassar is a Maltese-born Canadian television director and producer. He directed 59 episodes of the show 24 . He has also directed the films The Ultimate Weapon , Forsaken (2015), and When the Bough Breaks ; the made-for-tv movies Assault on Devil’s Island , CHiPs ’99 , Assault on Death Mountain , Danger Beneath the Sea , and 24: Redemption ; and episodes of the shows Forever Knight , Kung Fu: The Legend Continues , Nancy Drew , Pointman , The Hardy Boys , Baywatch Nights , Jake and the Kid , La Femme Nikita , Amazon , Profiler , Queen of Swords , Sheena , Mutant X , Street Time , The Dead Zone , Fringe , The Kennedys , Terra Nova , Continuum , Revolution , 24: Live Another Day , Between , Wicked City , The Kennedys: After Camelot , 24: Legacy , The Orville , Medici: Masters of Florence , FBI , FBI: Most Wanted , and Law & Order: Organized Crime .
Jon moved to Canada with his family in 1963. He is married to Kristina Kinderman, with whom he has two children, photographer Zak Cassar and actor Alexis “Lex” Cassar. Zak is married to Australian musician and singer Betty Who. Lex is married to American actress Sprague Grayden.
Jon’s maternal grandfather was surnamed Segona.