---
name: "Jonathan Hensleigh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jonathan-hensleigh"
fi1m_id: "jonathan-hensleigh"
imdb_id: "nm0378144"
tmdb_id: 876
wikidata_id: "Q721446"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "13 February 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T14:10:46.071134+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jonathan Hensleigh

## Identity

Jonathan Hensleigh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jonathan-hensleigh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jonathan-hensleigh
- **IMDb ID:** nm0378144
- **TMDB ID:** 876
- **Wikidata ID:** Q721446
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Hensleigh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721446, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378144/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/876

Writer and producer. Born 13 February 1959 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 13 February 1959, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 1995–2017
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 4 writing, 2 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Bruce Willis](https://film.one/person/bruce-willis.md), [Jerry Bruckheimer](https://film.one/person/jerry-bruckheimer.md), [Michael Bay](https://film.one/person/michael-bay.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (4), 2000s 40 (1), 2010s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 58 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Adventure 3, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,250m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Hensleigh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721446, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378144/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/876

## Biography

Jonathan Hensleigh (born 13 February 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1981 and earned a law degree from Tulane University Law School before practising as an attorney. He began writing for television with episodes of *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992).

Hensleigh received his first major film credit as writer on *Die Hard with a Vengeance* (1995). Subsequent screenwriting credits include *Jumanji* (1995), *The Saint* (1997) and *Armageddon* (1998). He made his directorial debut with *The Punisher* (2004) and has since directed *Kill the Irishman* (2011) and *The Ice Road* (2021). He is married to producer Gale Anne Hurd.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle* (2017), Fi1m 72, Original Film Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/jumanji-welcome-to-the-jungle.md)
- *Armageddon* (1998), Fi1m 64, Screenplay, Story, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/armageddon.md)
- *The Rock* (1996), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)
- *Die Hard: With a Vengeance* (1995), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.md)

### Produced (2)

- *Gone in Sixty Seconds* (2000), Fi1m 40, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-in-sixty-seconds.md)
- *Con Air* (1997), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/con-air.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ice Road: Vengeance* (2025), Director, Writer
- *The Ice Road* (2021), Director, Screenplay
- *Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle* (2017), Original Film Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/jumanji-welcome-to-the-jungle.md)
- *Kill the Irishman* (2011), Director, Screenplay
- *Next* (2007), Screenplay
- *Welcome to the Jungle* (2007), Director, Writer
- *The Punisher* (2004), Director, Writer
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance* (2000), Screenplay
- *Gone in Sixty Seconds* (2000), Executive Producer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-in-sixty-seconds.md)
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception* (1999), Screenplay
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil* (1999), Writer
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell* (1999), Screenplay
- *Armageddon* (1998), Screenplay, Executive Producer, Story — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/armageddon.md)
- *Con Air* (1997), Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/con-air.md)
- *The Saint* (1997), Screenplay, Story
- *The Rock* (1996), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)
- *Jumanji* (1995), Screenplay
- *Die Hard: With a Vengeance* (1995), Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.md)
- *A Far Off Place* (1993), Screenplay
- *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992), series, Writer

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