Jonathan Hensleigh

Jonathan Hensleigh

February 13, 1959 · 67 years old

Jonathan Blair Hensleigh (born February 13, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director, working primarily in the action-adventure genre, best known for writing films such as Jumanji, Die Hard with a Vengeance, and Armageddon, as well as making his own directorial debut with the 2004 comic b…

Known For

14 titles
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Armageddon

Armageddon

1998 · 2h 31m · Movie

After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.

6.7
2
Die Hard with a Vengeance

Die Hard with a Vengeance

1995 · 2h 8m · Movie

John McClane is forced out of suspension to play a game of "Simon Says" by a terrorist who has planted bombs all around New York City and will detonate them if McClane doesn't do what he says.

7.6
3
Jumanji

Jumanji

1995 · 1h 44m · Movie

A magic board game summons jungle perils and a missing boy.

7.1
4
The Rock

The Rock

1996 · 2h 16m · Movie

An FBI chemical weapons expert, and a former SAS soldier turned political prisoner, must break into Alcatraz prison when a rogue military group, led by a renegade general, take it over and threaten a nerve gas attack on San Franci...

7.4
5
Con Air

Con Air

1997 · 1h 55m · Movie

Former US Army Ranger, Cameron Poe, has just been paroled for manslaughter, but must stop a group of violent and deadly criminals from escaping the country after they seize control of the prison transport plane he is on.

6.9
6
Gone in 60 Seconds

Gone in 60 Seconds

2000 · 1h 58m · Movie

To save his brother, ex-thief Memphis must steal 50 luxury cars in 3 days for a crime boss. He reunites his old crew, including his mentor Otto and ex-girlfriend Sway, while police track them.

6.5
7
The Punisher

The Punisher

2004 · 2h 4m · Movie

An undercover FBI agent becomes a vigilante and sets out to unleash his wrath upon the corrupt businessman who slaughtered his entire family at a reunion.

6.4
8
Next

Next

2007 · 1h 36m · Movie

A Las Vegas magician who can see into the future is pursued by FBI agents seeking to use his abilities to prevent a nuclear terrorist attack.

6.2
9
The Saint

The Saint

1997 · 1h 56m · Movie

Simon "The Saint" Templar (Val Kilmer) is a thief for hire whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its se...

6.2
10
The Ice Road

The Ice Road

2021 · 1h 49m · Movie

After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, a 'big-rig' ice road driver must lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen lake to save the trapped miners.

5.3
11
Kill the Irishman

Kill the Irishman

2011 · 1h 46m · Movie

The true story of Danny Greene, a tough Irish thug working for mobsters in Cleveland during the 1970's.

7.0
12
Ice Road: Vengeance

Ice Road: Vengeance

2025 · 1h 52m · Movie

Mike travels to Nepal to scatter his late brother's ashes on Mt. Everest. When Mike and his mountain guide encounter mercenaries on a tour bus, they are forced to fight to save themselves, the passengers, and the local villagers' ...

4.5
13
A Far Off Place

A Far Off Place

1993 · 1h 48m · Movie

When a gang of African poachers raid her family's farm, young Nonni, visiting American teenager Harry Winslow and a local bushman guide must escape into the Kalahari desert and reach the nearest town.

6.5
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Welcome to the Jungle

Welcome to the Jungle

2007 · 1h 23m · Movie

Two young couples head into the New Guinea wilderness in an effort to find Michael Rockefeller, the heir to the Rockefeller fortune who disappeared in 1961.

4.4