# Jonathan Togo
**Jonathan Togo** is an American actor best known for playing crime scene investigator Ryan Wolfe on the CBS crime drama *CSI: Miami*, a role he held from the show's third season in 2004 until the series ended in 2012.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Frederick Togo[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/jonathan-togo/) |
| Born | 1977, Rockland, Massachusetts[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/jonathan-togo/) |
| Signature role | Ryan Wolfe on *CSI: Miami*, credited in 179 episodes across seasons 3 through 10[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/41193/jonathan-togo) |
| Education | B.A. in theater, Vassar College, 1999; further study at the National Theatre Institute of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/jonathan-togo/) • [3](https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=2000) |
| Feature film debut | Pete, a small role opposite Sean Penn and Tim Robbins in Clint Eastwood's *Mystic River* (2003)[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/jonathan-togo/) |
| Early TV work | Series regular as Jonathan on *Special Unit 2* (UPN, 2001–02, 13 episodes)[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/41193/jonathan-togo) |
| Recent work | Damon Drew in the Prime Video thriller *Countdown* (2025); Malchus in *The Chosen* (6 episodes)[4](https://parade.com/tv/countdown-jonathan-togo-damon-drew-death) • [2](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/41193/jonathan-togo) |
| Stage award | Margaret Thatcher Kazan Award for *Our Country's Good*[5](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/togo-jonathan-1977) |
## Early life and training
Togo was born in 1977 in Rockland, Massachusetts, to Michael Togo, a graphic designer, and Sheila Togo, a store owner[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/jonathan-togo/). He grew up in Rockland, attended Hebrew school as a child, and graduated from Rockland High School in 1995[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/jonathan-togo/) • [6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1057047/bio/). Although he had acted from a young age, he began to consider acting as a profession after playing [Tiny Tim](https://www.edgepedia.org/tiny-tim-a-christmas-carol) in a teenage production of *A Christmas Carol*[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/jonathan-togo/).
At [Vassar College](https://www.edgepedia.org/vassar-college) in [Poughkeepsie, New York](https://www.edgepedia.org/poughkeepsie-new-york), he studied theater and received his B.A. in 1999[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/jonathan-togo/). Music ran alongside theater: he played alto saxophone and guitar in a ska band that began under the name Skabba the Hut and later became El Conquistadors and then The Conquistadors[7](https://www.csifiles.com/interviews/jonathan_togo.shtml) • [5](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/togo-jonathan-1977). Two of his bandmates, Sam Endicott and John Conway, later formed the band The Bravery[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1057047/bio/).
After college he moved to New York City with about $500 and worked in stage productions including *Suburbia*, *The Conduct of Life*, *Romeo and Juliet*, and *Our Country's Good*, winning the Margaret Thatcher Kazan Award for the last[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/jonathan-togo/). He also bartended in New York for a couple of years while auditioning[7](https://www.csifiles.com/interviews/jonathan_togo.shtml).
## Television career
**First roles.** Togo's television debut came in 2001 with a recurring role as Jonathan on the UPN science-fiction cop show *Special Unit 2*, where he appeared in 13 episodes through the show's 2002 end[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/41193/jonathan-togo). He has said the job taught him how to memorize technical jargon and deliver procedural dialogue, a skill he would reuse on *CSI: Miami*[7](https://www.csifiles.com/interviews/jonathan_togo.shtml). Guest appearances followed on *Judging Amy* (2003), *Law & Order* (as Eddie, 2003), *Ed* (2003), and *The Jury* (2004)[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/jonathan-togo/). His only writing credit listed in standard filmographies is the series *Atom TV*[8](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jonathan-togo/credits/3030386082/).
**CSI: Miami.** In 2004 Togo joined *CSI: Miami* in its third season, replacing departing series regular Rory Cochrane, whose character Tim Speedle had been written out in the season opener "Lost Son"[7](https://www.csifiles.com/interviews/jonathan_togo.shtml). Togo first appeared in the season's third episode, "Under the Influence", as a young patrolman eager to join [Horatio Caine](https://www.edgepedia.org/horatio-caine)'s team of crime scene investigators[7](https://www.csifiles.com/interviews/jonathan_togo.shtml). He described the casting process as unusually direct: rather than a network testing gauntlet, executive producer Ann Donahue interviewed him and offered the job in her office[7](https://www.csifiles.com/interviews/jonathan_togo.shtml).
The writers built the character partly around Togo himself. He told CSI Files that when he asked who Ryan Wolfe was, a writer replied, "It's you. You're the guy. We're building it on you"[7](https://www.csifiles.com/interviews/jonathan_togo.shtml). Togo made decisions about the character that distinguished him from his own personality: Ryan is obsessively organized, focused, and ambitious, while Togo described himself as untidy and easygoing[7](https://www.csifiles.com/interviews/jonathan_togo.shtml). Over the series' ten seasons (2002–2012), he was credited in 179 episodes, remaining with the show through its final episode in April 2012[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/41193/jonathan-togo) • [1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/jonathan-togo/). In the storyline, Ryan Wolfe works in the Miami-Dade Crime Lab specializing in trace and DNA analysis, and his arc includes a gambling problem that he brings under control in later seasons[4](https://parade.com/tv/countdown-jonathan-togo-damon-drew-death).
**After CSI: Miami.** Following the series' end, Togo's screen work moved largely to guest and independent roles: films including *Somebody Up There Likes Me* (2012), *Identical* (2011), *7 Chinese Brothers* (2015), *A Rising Tide* (2015), *Infinity Baby* (2017), and *Little Wing* (2024), plus television appearances as Anthony Annan in *Lucifer* (2017), as "Handsome Preppie" in *Teachers* (2016), as Gavin in *Angel from Hell* (2016), as Nelson Smith in *Covert Affairs* (2013), and as Randy Hessly in *Harry's Law* (2011)[9](https://www.metacritic.com/person/jonathan-togo/) • [10](https://www.imdb.com/pt/name/nm1057047/).
In 2025 he returned to a lead-adjacent crime role as Department of Homeland Security officer Damon Drew in *[Countdown](https://www.edgepedia.org/countdown-american-tv-series)*, a Prime Video thriller created by former *Chicago Fire* and *FBI: International* showrunner Derek Haas. The character joins an elite task force assembled after a DHS officer is killed, working alongside [Eric Dane](https://www.edgepedia.org/eric-dane)'s Nathan Blythe and [Jensen Ackles](https://www.edgepedia.org/jensen-ackles)'s Mark Meachum[4](https://parade.com/tv/countdown-jonathan-togo-damon-drew-death). Haas told Togo from the outset that Drew would appear in only four episodes and die early in the season to establish the show's stakes; Drew is shot at the end of episode three and dies in surgery in episode four[11](https://www.tvinsider.com/1200202/countdown-damon-drew-dead-jonathan-togo-eric-dane-jensen-ackles/). Togo described Drew as "Ryan Wolfe, but grown up", a mellowed version of the ambitious young investigator he had played a decade earlier[4](https://parade.com/tv/countdown-jonathan-togo-damon-drew-death).
## Film work
Togo's feature debut came in 2003 in a small role as Pete in *Mystic River*, directed by [Clint Eastwood](https://www.edgepedia.org/clint-eastwood) and starring [Sean Penn](https://www.edgepedia.org/sean-penn) and [Tim Robbins](https://www.edgepedia.org/tim-robbins)[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/jonathan-togo/). Earlier short-film work includes *Up* (2002), made through the Sundance Director's Lab, and *Raccoon* (2004)[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/jonathan-togo/). His later features received a mixed reception on review aggregators: *Infinity Baby* (2017) is his highest-rated film on Rotten Tomatoes at 76 percent, while *Identical* (2011) sits at 15 percent[12](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/770683766).
## Personal life
In 2008 Togo bought a 1,800-square-foot Midcentury house in the [Hollywood Hills](https://www.edgepedia.org/hollywood-hills), his first home, and worked hands-on with interior designer Lory Johansson on its renovation, including a personal boxing gym in the garage and a swivel desk repurposed from a length of bowling lane[13](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-sep-18-la-hm-jonathan-togo-20100918-story.html). [TV Guide](https://www.edgepedia.org/tv-guide) and TV Insider list [Diora Baird](https://www.edgepedia.org/diora-baird) among his spouses, and a 2021 report noted the arrival of a daughter with his wife Tiffany Baker[8](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jonathan-togo/credits/3030386082/) • [14](https://npifund.com/article/what-the-cast-of-csi-miami-is-doing-today-nicki-swift).
## References
1. [Jonathan Togo – Actor, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/jonathan-togo/)
2. [Jonathan Togo – TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/41193/jonathan-togo)
3. [Jonathan Togo – TVSA](https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=2000)
4. [Beloved 'CSI: Miami' Star Talks Returning to TV For New Cop Drama, Parade](https://parade.com/tv/countdown-jonathan-togo-damon-drew-death)
5. [Togo, Jonathan 1977–, Encyclopedia.com](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/togo-jonathan-1977)
6. [Jonathan Togo – Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1057047/bio/)
7. [Jonathan Togo interview, CSI Files (November 15, 2004)](https://www.csifiles.com/interviews/jonathan_togo.shtml)
8. [Jonathan Togo List of Movies and TV Shows, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jonathan-togo/credits/3030386082/)
9. [Jonathan Togo – Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/jonathan-togo/)
10. [Jonathan Togo – IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/pt/name/nm1057047/)
11. ['Countdown's Jonathan Togo Reacts to Drew's Fate, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/1200202/countdown-damon-drew-dead-jonathan-togo-eric-dane-jensen-ackles/)
12. [Jonathan Togo Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/770683766)
13. [Jonathan Togo doesn't follow a script when it comes to home design, Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-sep-18-la-hm-jonathan-togo-20100918-story.html)
14. [What The Cast Of CSI: Miami Is Doing Today, Nicki Swift](https://npifund.com/article/what-the-cast-of-csi-miami-is-doing-today-nicki-swift)
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