Jackson Rathbone

Jackson Rathbone
Born Monroe Jackson Rathbone V
(1984-12-14) December 14, 1984
Singapore
Residence Los Angeles, California
Occupation Actor, musician
Years active 2005–present
Spouse(s)
Sheila Hafsadi (m. 2013)
Children 2

Jackson Rathbone V[1][2] (born December 14, 1984)[3] is an American actor and musician known for his role as Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga series.

Early life

Rathbone was born in Singapore, the son of American parents Randee Lynn (née Brauner) and Monroe Jackson Rathbone IV.[4][5] His great-grandfather, Monroe Jackson Rathbone II, was the chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey, which later became Exxon;[5] Rathbone is distantly related to Civil War general Stonewall Jackson and British actor Basil Rathbone.[6] Because of his father's job at Mobil Oil, Rathbone has lived in places ranging from Indonesia to Midland, Texas.[7] He attended Trinity School of Midland, a college preparatory school, and started out in local theater in Midland with the youth actors program "The Pickwick Players", initially doing musical theatre.[8] For his junior and senior years of high school, Rathbone attended the Interlochen Arts Academy, a private school for the arts in Michigan, where he majored in acting.[7][8] After graduation, he had planned to go to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, but went instead to Los Angeles to experiment with film acting.[7]

Career

Rathbone performing with band 100 Monkeys in Indianapolis, 2011

After being in Los Angeles for a short time, Rathbone was cast in Disney 411, where he interviewed up-and-coming personalities like Hilary Duff and the sister duo Aly & AJ. He also had guest roles on The O.C. and Close to Home. His film roles include work in Molding Clay, Pray for Morning, and Travis and Henry. In 2005, he got the role of Nicholas Fiske in ABC Family's original series Beautiful People. In a 2008 interview, he stated it was his first leading role and was his most difficult role to fit into.[9] Rathbone also played a role in Criminal Minds as Adam and Amanda.

In 2008, he played Jasper Hale in the film Twilight, based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meyer.[10] He reprised his role in the sequels to Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.[11][12] In 2009, Rathbone played Jeremy in S. Darko. In addition to that role, he won kudos for his performance as a serial killer on Criminal Minds. Rathbone played the role of Sokka in The Last Airbender, a 2010 film based on the animated series.[13] Though the film was a commercial hit, it was universally panned by critics, particularly for Rathbone-a white actor-playing the role of Sokka, who in the TV series was Inuit.

Rathbone appeared in an episode of No Ordinary Family on November 9, 2010.[14][15] In November 2010, it was reported he had been cast in the Warner Premiere and Dolphin Entertainment action webseries Aim High alongside Aimee Teegarden.[16][17] The show in which he portrays Nick Green, a high school junior who's just starting a new school year as one of the country's 64 highly trained teenage operatives, premiered on October 18, 2011, on Facebook being the first "social series" ever created.[18]

In May 2011, Rathbone began shooting Live at the Foxes Den, a film in which he plays the lead role of lawyer Bobby Kelly.

In November 2014, Rathbone joined the cast of Pali Road.

Rathbone has a production company, PatchMo Entertainment, and a record company, Happy Jack Records.

Personal life

Rathbone enjoys music, writing, singing and producing.[7] He formerly performed in a band called 100 Monkeys with two friends whom he met in high school at Interlochen Arts Academy, Ben Graupner and Ben Johnson,[8] as well as close friends Jerad Anderson and M. Lawrence Abrams ("Uncle Larry").[19] The band released three albums in 2009.[20] In December 2009, 100 Monkeys began a 100-city tour that took them to nearly every state in the US by mid-2010.[21] The band continued to tour into 2011 to coincide with the release of their new album, Liquid Zoo, which was released in June.[22] The band headed overseas for their first international dates in winter 2011.[21]

Rathbone resides in Los Angeles.

Rathbone and his then girlfriend, Sheila Hafsadi, had a son, Monroe Jackson Rathbone VI, on July 5, 2012.[23] Close friend and Twilight co-star Nikki Reed is the godmother. He and Hafsadi married on September 29, 2013.[24][25][26] On May 31, 2016, he and Hafsadi welcomed their second child, a daughter named Presley Bowie Rathbone.[27]

Rathbone is a devout Christian.

On September 18, 2014, Rathbone was on board JetBlue Flight 1416 en-route from Long Beach, California to Austin, Texas when its engine exploded. The plane returned to Long Beach and performed an emergency landing with all passengers surviving and four injuries.[28][29]

Philanthropy

Rathbone is an honorary board member for Little Kids Rock, a national nonprofit that works to restore and revitalize music education in disadvantaged U.S. public schools. He has shown support for the organization in several ways, including donating a signed Twilight script for auction, visiting a Little Kids Rock classroom, and delivering instruments to students.[30]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 River's End Jimmy
2006 Pray for Morning Connor
2007 Big Stan Robbie the Hippie
2008 Senior Skip Day Snippy Direct to video
2008 Twilight Jasper Hale
2009 S. Darko Jeremy Frame Direct to video
2009 Dread Stephen Grace
2009 Hurt Conrad Coltrane
2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Jasper Hale
2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010 The Last Airbender Sokka
2010 Girlfriend Russ
2010 Young Again Adult Ethan Short film
2011 100 Monkeys: Modern Time Red Short film
2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 Jasper Hale
2012 Zombie Hamlet Shakespeare Purist Uncredited
2012 Cowgirls n' Angels Justin Wood Direct to video
2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 Jasper Hale
2013 The Magic Bracelet Geoff Short film
2013 Live at the Foxes Den Bobby Kelly
2014 City of Dead Men Jacob
2015 Pali Road Neil Lang
2016 100 Monkeys: The Fair Musician Short film
2016 My Husband's Wife Kyle
2017 Horseshoe Theory Bobbo
2017 Justice Thomas McCord
2018 Samson Rallah
TBA Until We Meet Again Eddie Conway

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Close to Home Scott Fields Episode: "Romeo and Juliet Murders"
2006 The O.C. Justin Edwards 2 episodes
2007 The War at Home Dylan 2 episodes
2009 Criminal Minds Adam Jackson Episode: "Conflicted"
2010 No Ordinary Family Trent Stafford Episode: "No Ordinary Visitors"
2013 White Collar Nate Osbourne Episode: "Shoot the Moon"
2013 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Jesse James Episode: "The Great Train Stoppery"
2015 Finding Carter Jared Peters 12 episodes
2017 The Last Ship Giorgio 8 episodes

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2011–2013 Aim High Nick Green 16 episodes, also executive producer

References

  1. ↑ "For Jackson Rathbone, this could be heartthrob breakout week". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
  2. ↑ Faran Krentcil (2010-06-03). "Jackson Rathbone: Uncut". Nylon magazine. Nylon Holding Inc. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
  3. ↑ "Hello! Meet the band & more monkeys". 100 Monkeys. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  4. ↑ Collins, Catherine (2009-11-19). ""Twilight" Star's Midland Roots". CBS 7 News. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
  5. 1 2 "Midland Reporter-Telegram (TX)". Midland Reporter-Telegram. 2007-01-18. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
  6. ↑ Baker, Tom (2010-07-16). "'Airbender' ideal: Sweet but strong". Daily Yomiuri Online. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Jackson Rathbone". Prayformorning.com. Archived from the original on 2006-08-19. Retrieved 2008-02-15. External link in |work= (help)
  8. 1 2 3 Christina Radish (2008-11-14). "Jackson Rathbone in Twilight". MediaBlvd Magazine. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  9. ↑ "Jackson Rathbone Online Interview". Jackson-rathbone.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  10. ↑ "Movies | Twilight". StephenieMeyer.com. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
  11. ↑ Larry Carroll (2009-01-09). "Jackson Rathbone Thinks 'New Moon' Will Be 'Pretty Fantastic'". MTV. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
  12. ↑ "Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, and Billy Burke Sign on to BREAKING DAWN; Plus Three New TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE Posters". Collider. 2010-05-19. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  13. ↑ Larry Carroll (2009-01-15). "'Twilight' Star Jackson Rathbone Hopes To 'Show His Range' In 'Last Airbender'". MTV. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  14. ↑ tvbythenumbers.com Archived 2010-11-10 at the Wayback Machine. Can A Live Twitter Chat Help No Ordinary Family Ratings?
  15. ↑ www.upi.com Cybill Shepherd to guest star on 'Family'
  16. ↑ Kit, Borys (November 29, 2010). "McG-Produced Digital Series 'Aim High' Gets a Cast". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  17. ↑ Van Pelt, Doug. "New tv series – Aim High". HM Magazine. Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
  18. ↑ Shaw, Lucas (September 29, 2011). "Warner Bros. Creates First 'Social Series' for Facebook". Reuters. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  19. ↑ "100 Monkeys | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  20. ↑ Larry Carroll (2009-01-13). "'Twilight' Star Jackson Rathbone Moves Beyond Jasper Hale With 100 Monkeys". MTV. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  21. 1 2 Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  22. ↑ "news & shows « Official Band Website | 100 Monkeys". 100monkeysmusic.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  23. ↑ "Jackson Rathbone of Twilight & Girlfriend Sheila Hafsadi Welcome Baby Boy!". Gossipcop.com. 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
  24. ↑ "Jackson Rathbone Marries Sheila Hafsadi". people.com. 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  25. ↑ "Jackson Rathbone Marries Sheila Hafsadi!". usmagazine.com. 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  26. ↑ "Twilight's Jackson Rathbone Marries Sheila Hafsadi!". eonline.com. 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  27. ↑ Juneau, Jen and Leon, Anya (May 31, 2016). "Jackson Rathbone Welcomes Daughter Presley Bowie". People.com. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  28. ↑ http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/18/us/jetblue-emergency-landing/index.html
  29. ↑ "Jackson Rathbone live-blogs emergency landing of his JetBlue plane" Los Angeles Times". Retrieved 2015-6-30.
  30. ↑ http://www.littlekidsrock.org/friends/our-big-fans/jackson-rathbone/ Archived 2014-01-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 13, 2014
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