Weekend Plans is our exclusive lifestyle feature where we highlight the real off-duty routines of the most exciting people in culture.
This weekend, actor Jonathan Majors — Marvel Cinematic Universe supervillain, Emmy nominee for HBO’s “Lovecraft Country,” and Yale School of Drama alumnus — sits down with The Daily Wire to reveal the most satisfying part of filming “Run Hide Fight: Infidels,” how he stays focused on growing his faith as well as his family, and why a personal ethos rooted in a learning mindset, creatine, and the perfect place to sit and think are key to his greatest chapter yet.
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I’m still picturing Jonathan Majors in his role as battle-hardened Captain Clayton Saunders as he greets me with a warm smile from his sunny home in Los Angeles. But I’m here to unearth his true hero’s journey, so we have to address the elephant in the room. Based on my research (Jonathan’s Men’s Health photoshoot), and his character’s story arc in “Run Hide Fight: Infidels,” I lay it all out on the table: “There’s no way a bullet could realistically penetrate your abs.”
He laughs, “I love that. Thank you.” We’ll dig into how he maintains a physique that’s as sound as his spirit a little later. Jokes aside, his performance is flawless: commanding, intentional, and muscular in the poetic sense. My recent chat with the main ensemble cast revealed the deep impact of his mere presence on rookies in the biz. At just 37, Jonathan’s an industry heavyweight. And he knows the value in sharing his hard-won wisdom.
“The most satisfying thing, hands down, was working with the young actors,” Jonathan confirms. “A lot of older actors and some contemporaries have really just poured into me in my career. Teachers back in North Carolina School of the Arts where I started, to Yale School of Drama where I graduated from 10 years ago. I’ve made a habit of paying it forward because what a teacher can say to you and what a director can say to you is one thing. But what someone can say to you when they’ve been on that path alongside you … when you’re working with somebody, there is no hierarchy. The only thing that’s important is the scene. The only thing that’s important is giving out as much information as possible — emotionally, physically, socially, all these things.”
He remembers the cast sticking around even after they wrapped just to watch him work. “That was really beautiful,” Jonathan says. “Helping them and hearing that there is some type of impact means a lot.”
Rise and grind
That alarm going off in the morning when it’s still dark? It’s Jonathan’s. “I wake up at 4:00 a.m. and I go right out to my dogs,” he says of his crew of Belgian Malinois. His pup Bishop gets extra special treatment. “I then come back in the house with Bishop, which I’m not supposed to do,” he laughs. It’s cool. His wife, Meagan, doesn’t mind if he sweeps up afterward. Then, it’s his go-to caffeine ritual. “I make my coffee. I like to do a pour-over and I like to do raw milk.”
With no time to spare, he’s “in the truck by 4:45 a.m.” heading to the gym. He uses the 15-minute commute to take a personal inventory and offer his “second prayer” of the day. (At this point, he adds a little color to his waking moments, clarifying, “My first prayer is when I wake up. I go to the bathroom and relieve myself, then I come back, and say a prayer with my wife.” I can’t help myself. “This is a very realistic morning,” I say. He laughs, “I’m giving you the real deal!”)
Back in the truck, he’s “meditating and praying again and just trying to focus myself for the day. There are real mental check-ins. It’s like, ‘How you feeling? You good? Did you take your creatine?’ A big part of my day is starting early so I can do the hard things in the morning. I end every workout with a sauna as hot as can be, and then a cold plunge. I do that and I start my day. Whatever it is, I get after it.”
Speaking of creatine, he’d sell out a signature supplement line in minutes. “Everybody says that,” he says. Jonathan’s been doing Hyrox workouts for the past two months, along with his regular programming. And he just gave himself a birthday present: “365 days of training,” he says. (Luckily, he knew exactly what he wanted.) It’s all designed to “maintain, grow a lift, or work on my cardio or whatever it is. I reckon if you do a hard thing for a year — that comes with diet and sleep and all these other things — who knows what will happen. I’m cognizant and dialed in, just living well.”
He’s planned it all out, but I’m not hearing anything about cheat days. “I hadn’t thought about that,” he laughs. “I’m disciplined, but you have to live life, you know? I probably won’t voluntarily take a cheat day, but if Wifey wants to do something crazy, I’m not gonna stop her, and I’m not going to let her do it alone.”
Mom-approved love story
Jonathan married the love of his life, actress Meagan Good, in 2025. The pair met at the Ebony Power 100 awards a few years back, and they still have the invite framed on the wall. It was love at sight. “I was like, ‘Wow,’ not just at how beautiful she was, but how she made me feel,” he says. “The first thing she did was tell me, ‘You’re doing great, keep going, I see you.’ That made a lasting impression.”
Jonathan’s got game, but he flubbed the first move. “I just froze up,” he laughs. “The next time I saw her, I was like, I’m not going to let this go by again.” Meagan’s the one who suggested exchanging numbers. Jonathan says, all smiles, “To this day, I have her number saved in my phone as ‘Wifey.’ We’ve been rocking ever since.”
The couple held a small wedding in the backyard of their West Hollywood hills home, with Jonathan’s mom, Terri, officiating. “It was just my mom and Meagan and I, and one of my buddies videotaped it,” Jonathan shares. “The decoration I set up, outside. I put the tiki things up and all that stuff, and we got married looking over Los Angeles.”
Terri’s an ordained minister, having brought up her children in Methodist and Baptist churches. She not only counseled the couple, but she also officiated Jonathan’s siblings’ weddings, too. “She has a firm understanding of what a Christian marriage should look like,” Jonathan explains. Still, he felt the weight of promising forever in front of the woman who raised him. “I mean, talk about doing your vows in front of your mom. But that was exactly how I wanted it. My mom has married all three of her children now, so I didn’t want to break the tradition. I was the last one to be married. It was just special having Mom do it.”
Discipline over discomfort
It makes sense that Jonathan and Meagan would launch a wellness brand, Honor Culture, dedicated to forging a warrior mentality for life in and outside of the gym. “The Bible says be fruitful and multiply — not just children, which we’re working on, but putting more things into the world. I don’t think Honor Culture could have come into the world without Megan and I coming together.”
Jonathan recognized an opportunity in a space that’s flooded with noise but leaves people behind. “Right now, men are in a loneliness crisis. There’s a mental health crisis going on,” he explains. “Sometimes you just gotta get off the couch, man. Sometimes you just need to go to the gym, girl. Know what I mean? Maybe don’t eat that. Maybe don’t drink that. And then, you know, here’s some clothes, you know?” he says with a laugh.
But Jonathan isn’t just the face of a luxury hoodie line; he embodies the mission. “I’ve done two workouts this morning, worked on rehearsal, had my breakfast — all these things are part of my life, but also the brand and how we move.”
It’s clear he thrives off getting to “inspire and bring people closer to a more balanced way of living.” Aiming to put energy out into the world that’s “emotionally nutritious, spiritually nutritious, and physically nutritious,” he knows his true competition. “I’m trying to beat the man in the mirror every day,” he says. “That guy is challenging me to be better. And if I’m better for myself, I’ll be better for my wife. I’ll be better for my cast and crew. I’ll be better for my daughter. I’ll be better for my dogs. These things are important.”
Work hard play hard
When he’s not spending time with his daughter, Ella, Jonathan and Meagan hit the road, traveling between Texas and California a few times a year with their dogs. “You know, if anything’s there to be said, it’s coming out in the drive — 21 hours from Dallas to LA.”
Along with globe-trotting for work, the couple enjoys good food and traveling for fun. Jonathan’s also passionate about an excellent groove, a quality pod, and a worthy read. “Right now I’m listening to Bibio. He is wicked. Like, just really brilliant stuff,” he says. “And it’s cheating, but I’m listening to my brother-in-law Eric Bellinger because I’m directing his next music video. So I’ve been listening to his album on repeat, which is cool.”
“Podcast-wise, it’s ‘Modern Wisdom’ … ‘Huberman.’ Huberman’s doing this book tour, so he’s on everything right now. It was funny to have Huberman on ‘Modern Wisdom’ and then to see him again on ‘Rogan.’ I’m like, we get it, bro.” Jonathan cracks himself up. “I already bought what you were talking about three months ago. Like, I’m so in. I love that man.”
A lesson on living
I’ve seen Jonathan’s exceptional work in film and TV — and after all that workout inspo, I definitely put in a little extra effort at the gym — but I’m not letting him go without uncovering his favorite low-stakes obsession. You won’t be disappointed.
He says he loves to “sit in my front yard. Just sit. Like, there’s nothing happening.” He breaks out laughing. “I’m slowly becoming like an old man. A black man who sits on the porch. I get it. I completely get it. I started in Atlanta and I had a rocker. I was like, that’s cool. I’m gonna do that.” Just sunshine, no shoes, and nothing to do. “My wife comes outside and goes, ‘Are you okay?’ Actually, I’m perfect.”
As far as a little advice to go with that elite porch hang, Jonathan shares a previous life motto that did him dirty. “I used to have a terrible mindset, I think, which was essentially, ‘Trust yourself. You know what you’re doing.’ It sounds good, right? I agree with that, but I think now, I’m in a state of ‘just keep rowing.’”
I tear up listening to him uncover the guiding principle to his current flow state: practice. “Thank you for this because it’s helping me,” he says. “Everything in life has become like, ‘Oh it’s just practice.’ The wonderful thing about practice is there’s no end point. Because of that, there’s less anxiety and failures don’t feel like failures because you’re just practicing.”
“You practice prayer, you practice lifting, you practice acting. ‘I’m just practicing.’ You’re always doing it perfectly if you’re participating in it fully.”
