Jonathan James «Jon» English (born 26 March 1949 in Hampstead, London) is a rock singer, musician, actor and writer. English emigrated to Australia with his parents in 1961. He was an early vocalist and rhythm guitarist for Sebastian Hardie but left to take on the role of Judas Iscariot in the Australian version of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar from May 1972, which was broadcast on television. English is also a noted solo singer, his Australian top twenty hit singles include «Turn the Page», «Hollywood Seven», «Words are Not Enough», «Six Ribbons» and «Hot Town».
English was acclaimed for his starring role in the 1978 Australian TV series Against the Wind – he won the TV Week Logie Award for ‘Best New Talent in Australia’.
He also co-wrote and performed the score with Mario Millo (ex-Sebastian Hardie). The series had international release, known as Mot alla vindar (1980) in Swedish, where both «Six Ribbons» and «Against the Wind» were released as singles, both singles and the soundtrack album peaked at No.1 on the Norwegian charts; the first single, «Six Ribbons» and the album, peaked at No.4 on the Swedish charts
