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.
1984
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, 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 a degree in film making, then transitioned into Astrophysics when the Mars mission was scrapped.
NASA put a hiring freeze on all new hiring rendering his education un-usable for becoming an astronaut.
2003
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.
2009
In 2009, Ashworth teamed back up with Degraw as his drummer for the music video "In Love with a Girl".
The All American Rejects cast Ashworth in their music video for "I Wanna".
2010
Landon then moved to Los Angeles to attempt a career in the arts starting in 2010 booking his breakthrough role on Castle in 2011.
2012
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".