West began acting withinside his teens all a same his number 1 role around the major indicate wwhen around 1999 as the character Eli in Once and Again. He so moved to feature length movie star within such flick when Liberty Heights (1999), Get Over It (2001), A Walk to Remember (2002) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003).

He is presently prima when a striking punk, Dr. Ray Barnett, within NBC's long heading medical series, ER.

Aside from either acting, he writes music & plays guitar. He may be discovered performing local gigs as much as Los Angeles, California with his rock band known as, Jonny Was.