| Jon Hensley returned to AS THE WORLD TURNS, the CBS daytime drama, in January 1997 as the troubled but loving hero Holden Snyder. Hensley created the popular role in October 1985 but left after three years, returning from 1990-1995. In 2001, he garnered his first Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series category.
Hensley made his television debut playing Brody Price on One Life to Live. He has appeared on stage in Shakespeare's As You Like It at the Bucks County (PA) Theater and has studied Shakespeare at the London Academy of Music, Drama and Art. Most recently, Hensley has appeared in the USA Network movie Wounded Heart, Beverly Hills 90210, and the sitcom Almost Perfect. The actor was recently nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award, along with co-star Byrne, for Favorite Couple.
Born on August 26, Hensley grew up in Bucks County, PA, where his parents are in the restaurant business. He studied journalism at New York University. He and his wife, Kelley Menighan Hensley, who plays Emily Stewart on AS THE WORLD TURNS, were married in May 1996. They have a daughter, Sophie May, born 12/23/98. Hensley enjoys all sports and is an avid golfer who often tees off with his fellow castmates. |
