Jon Blake (born 1958) was a promising actor of the 1980s.

Blake was born at Hornsby in New South wales. He became a popular actor on Australian television, quickly progressing from a role in soap opera The Restless Years to television miniseries, and films. One of his highest-profile roles was a starring role in Australian TV miniseries Anzacs.

His charismatic presence and fast-rising star led to him being dubbed "the next Mel Gibson".

In December 1986 he was badly injured in a car accident while driving home after the last day of filming on The Lighthorsemen. He sustained permanent brain damage in the accident, and has been confined to bed and unable to care for himself ever since. After several long and complex legal battles and appeals, Blake was finally awarded $7.7 million.

Jon Blake (b. 1954) is the author of over forty works for children and teenagers, including the picture book "You're A Hero, Daley B" (ill. Axel Scheffler, worldwide sales of over 100,000) and "Little Stupendo" (shortlisted for the Children's Book Award).

In 1995 Jon's TV play 'Life' was shortlisted for a Writers Guild Award, while in 2002 he won a BBC Talent award for his adult radio sitcom "Degrees R Us" (series broadcast on BBC Radio Wales).

Jon is particularly noted for original and anarchic humour, typified by "Stinky Finger's House of Fun" and the subsequent "House of Fun" series.

Born in Mortimer, Berkshire and brought up in Southampton, Jon currently lives in Adamsdown, Cardiff.

Jon Blake was driving home late on December 1, 1986, after the final day's filming of Lighthorsemen, The (1987) when his car, swerving to miss a car parked on the wrong side of the road with its lights turned off, struck another vehicle. He sustained severe brain injuries and will exist in a near-vegetative state until his death. His legal guardian sued the man whose car was parked on the wrong side of the road on Blake's behalf. On December 5, 1995, the New South Wales Supreme Court ruled that Blake should be compensated for the loss of potential earnings as a star in the United States. After taking evidence from actors, directors, and film critics who indicated his career could have been as big as Mel Gibson (I)'s, the court awarded him $32 million in damages. This was later reduced to $7 million after the defence appealed.