Brandis, 27, died by suicide in 2003. Jaleel White remembers the very moment that he learned Jonathan Brandis had died, and it forced him to face some tough realities. The Family Matters star wrote in ...

"I imagine that Jonathan felt he needed that pilot to feed his soul," White wrote. "I've never known an actor to ask me repeatedly about our pickup prospects the way he did when we shot 111 Gramercy ...

Jonathan Gregory Brandis was an American actor, director, and screenwriter. Beginning his career as a child model, he moved on to acting in commercials and subsequently television and film roles.