Jackson Rathbone (born December 21, 1984) is an American actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jasper Hale in the film adaptations of Stephenie Meyer's novels Twilight[1] and The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
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Early life
Rathbone was born as Monroe Jackson Rathbone V[2] in Singapore, the son of American parents Randee Lynn (née Brauner) and Monroe Jackson Rathbone IV.[3][4] His great-grandfather, Monroe Jackson Rathbone II, was the chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey, which later became Exxon.[4] Because of his father's job at Mobil Oil, Rathbone has lived in places ranging from Indonesia to Midland, Texas.[5] He started out in local theatre in Midland with the youth actors program "The Pickwick Players", initially doing musical theatre.[6] 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.[5][6] 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 the big screen.[5]
[edit] Career
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 has also had guest roles on The O.C. and Close to Home. His movie roles include work in Molding Clay, Pray for Morning, and Travis and Henry. He also starred in an American Tv show called Beautiful People. In 2008, he played Jasper Hale in the movie Twilight, based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meyer.[7] He reprised his role in the sequels to Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Eclipse.[8] Rathbone will be playing the role of Sokka in The Last Airbender, a 2010 film based on the animated series.[9] 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.
[edit] Personal life
Rathbone enjoys music, writing, singing and producing.[5] He performs in a band called "100 Monkeys" with two friends who he met in high school at Interlochen Arts Academy, Ben Graupner and Ben Johnson.[6] The band released three albums in 2009.[10] In December 2009, 100 Monkeys began a 100-city tour that will take them to nearly every state in the US by mid-2010.[citation needed] Rathbone resides in Los Angeles.
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