FrameThrower · Actors · Jon Heder
Jon Heder
3 films · 191 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2004–2012
Born 26 October 1977 · Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Jonathan Joseph Heder is an American screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker. His feature film debut came in 2004 as the title character of the comedy film Napoleon Dynamite. He also starred in the films The Benchwarmers, School for Scoundrels, Blades of Glory, Mama's Boy, When in Rome, and as Roy Disney in Walt Before Mickey. He provided his voice talents in the animated films Monster House and Surf's Up, as well as the title character for the animated series Napoleon Dynamite.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 191 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2004–2012
- Eagle Scout
How their films are shot
Measured across 191 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jon takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 48% of their frames are day, 47% natural — the look of the work Jon takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 191 frames from Jon Heder's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.