Born of French-Italian mother and Texan father, Jongiorgi Enos is the oldest of five children, all of whom became involved in the arts and two of them, his sisters Veronique Enos and Mireille Enos, also became actors. He started acting at age 12, and has performed in over 100 theatrical productions, in television and film in the past 20+ years. He studied for 10 years with Tad Danielewski (the same acting coach who worked with Martin Sheen, Sigourney Weaver, James Earl Jones, etc.), and went on to teach acting himself for many years. Jongiorgi graduated with a BA in theatre and film from BYU, class of 1989, where he worked closely with the maverick Mormon auteurs, Richard Dutcher and Neil LaBute. Jongiorgi is a prolific screenwriter and playwright as well as a director and producer. He is married to Santia Hershey and they have three children, the youngest of which suffered a brain injury as an infant, leading Jongiorgi to become actively involved in children with brain injury issues, causes and education. His interests include fly-fishing, book collecting, canoeing and the outdoors. Jongiorgi is sometimes confused with his distant cousin, fellow actor and namesake, John Enos III.