Monroe Jackson Rathbone V (born December 21, 1984), better known as Jackson Rathbone, is an American actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga and for playing Sokka in The Last Airbender.
Early life
Rathbone was born in Singapore, the son of American parents Randee Lynn (née Brauner) and Monroe Jackson Rathbone IV. His great-grandfather, Monroe Jackson Rathbone II, was the chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey, which later became Exxon; Rathbone is also distantly related to Civil War general Stonewall Jackson. Because of his father's job at Mobil Oil, Rathbone has lived in places ranging from Indonesia to Midland, Texas. He started out in local theater in Midland with the youth actors program "The Pickwick Players", initially doing musical theatre. 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. 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.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 film roles
include work in Molding Clay, Pray
for Morning, and Travis and Henry. In 2005, he scored the role
of Nicholas Fiske in ABC Family's original series Beautiful People. In a 2008
interview, he stated it was his first leading man role and was his most
difficult role to fit into.
In 2008, he played Jasper Hale
in the film Twilight, based on the best-selling
novel by Stephenie Meyer. He reprised his role in the
sequels to Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.
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. The Last Airbender has caused controversy
because of the casting of white actors like Rathbone to play characters that
some fans felt were depictions of Asians or Inuit. Rathbone
stated, "I think it's one of those things where I pull my hair up, shave
the sides, and I definitely need a tan. It's one of those things where,
hopefully, the audience will suspend disbelief a little bit."
In March 2010, it was reported
Rathbone would soon star in an upcoming indie film drama, Truckstop,
which began filming in September. Rathbone played the role of Charles, "a
man with cerebral palsy who takes care of his dying father while working at
truckstop, where he befriends a troubled young prostitute." Rathbone
appeared in an episode of No Ordinary Family on November 9, 2010. In
November 2010, it was reported he had been cast in the Warner
Premiere and Dolphin Entertainment action webseries Aim
High alongside Aimee Teegarden. 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.
In May 2011, Rathbone began shooting
Live at The Foxes Den, a film in which he plays the lead role of lawyer
Bobby Kelly.
Rathbone has a production company,
PatchMo Entertainment, and a record company, Happy Jack Records.
Personal
life
Rathbone enjoys music, writing,
singing and producing. 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, as well as close friends Jerad Anderson and M.
Lawrence Abrams ("Uncle Larry"). The band released three albums in
2009. In December 2009, 100 Monkeys began a 100-city tour that took them to
nearly every state in the US by mid-2010. The band continued to tour into 2011
to coincide with the release of their new album, Liquid Zoo, which was released
in June. The band headed overseas for their first international dates in winter
2011. Rathbone resides in Los Angeles. He and his girlfiend Sheila Hafsadi are
expecting their first child in the Summer of 201
Filmography
Film
and television
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Year
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Title
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Role
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Notes
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2005
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Jimmy
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Scott Fields
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TV series
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2006
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Connor
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Justin Edwards
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TV series, episodes: "The
Sister Act" and "The Heavy Lifting"
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Nicholas Fiske
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TV series
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2007
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The Valley of Light
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Travis
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Dylan
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TV series
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Robbie the Hippie
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2008
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Senior Skip Day
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Snippy
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Joey
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TV series, episode: "Back To
One"
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Conrad Coltrane
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Young Again
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Ethan
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2009
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DaZe: Vol. Too (sic) - NonSeNse
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Jehosefat
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Jeremy Kyle
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Stephen Grace
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Adam Jackson
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TV series, episode:
"Conflicted"
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Jasper Hale
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2010
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Jasper Hale
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Trent
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TV series, episode: "No
Ordinary Visitors"
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Girlfriend
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Russ
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2011
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Jasper Hale
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Aim High
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Nick Green
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Web series
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Zombie Hamlet
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Shakespeare Purist
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Post-production
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2012
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Jasper Hale
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Post-production
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Bobby Kelly
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Post-production
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Justin Wood
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Fun Facts
Went to Interlochen Academy in Michigan.
Was born in Singapore and grew up in Midland, Texas.
Enjoys playing his guitar, and other musical instruments such as the harmonica.
Is close friends with Twilight (2008/I) co-star Ashley Greene.
Is roommates with actor Ben Graupner.
Worked for Disney as one of the reporters for Disney 411.
His full name is Monroe Jackson Rathbone V.
His theater credits include lead roles in "A Midsummer's Night Dream," "Macbeth," "Les Miserables," "Grease," "Jesus Christ Superstar," and "The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe."
He was highly active in many extra-curricular activities, including basketball, track, soccer, baseball, and, the pastime of Texas, football.
He considers Michael Jackson's Thriller a classic.
A few of his favorite artists include Robert Johnson, Spenceer Bell, Lou Reed, The Kinks, Tom Waits, Man Man, David Bowie, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., The Stevedores and TV On The Radio.
He looks up to Johnny Depp as sort of a hero.
His favorite movies include Kurasowa’s Seven Samurai, Jarmusch’s Dead Man, and Lars Von Trier’s do!$#!#entary on directing, The Five Obstructions.
Like the good Texan he is, Jackson's favorite football team is the Dallas Cowboys.
Co-stars with fellow actor and roommate, Ben Graupner, in Jeff Dean's DaZe: Vol. Too (sic) - NonSeNse.
Learned to play baseball left-handed for his role in Twilight.
He was taught how to box by his father after getting into a fight with a kid in elementary school on picture day.
He has a cat named Dean.
Once had an ear piercing at the age of 16, a tongue piercing at 18. Both are gone now.
Has one tattoo.
Was inspired to play the guitar after having to learn how to play one for the role of "Doody" in a Grease musical.
Is terrified of spiders.
He is colorblind.
He's a fan of such TV shows as Dexter, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Mad Men and South Park.
He is not a fan of sushi, but ate it anyway for Ashley Greene's 21st birthday.
Regulary plays at the 24K Lounge with his band, 100 Monkeys.
His dad wanted to name him "Paul" instead of Monroe Jackson.
Was born in Singapore and grew up in Midland, Texas.
Enjoys playing his guitar, and other musical instruments such as the harmonica.
Is close friends with Twilight (2008/I) co-star Ashley Greene.
Is roommates with actor Ben Graupner.
Worked for Disney as one of the reporters for Disney 411.
His full name is Monroe Jackson Rathbone V.
His theater credits include lead roles in "A Midsummer's Night Dream," "Macbeth," "Les Miserables," "Grease," "Jesus Christ Superstar," and "The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe."
He was highly active in many extra-curricular activities, including basketball, track, soccer, baseball, and, the pastime of Texas, football.
He considers Michael Jackson's Thriller a classic.
A few of his favorite artists include Robert Johnson, Spenceer Bell, Lou Reed, The Kinks, Tom Waits, Man Man, David Bowie, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., The Stevedores and TV On The Radio.
He looks up to Johnny Depp as sort of a hero.
His favorite movies include Kurasowa’s Seven Samurai, Jarmusch’s Dead Man, and Lars Von Trier’s do!$#!#entary on directing, The Five Obstructions.
Like the good Texan he is, Jackson's favorite football team is the Dallas Cowboys.
Co-stars with fellow actor and roommate, Ben Graupner, in Jeff Dean's DaZe: Vol. Too (sic) - NonSeNse.
Learned to play baseball left-handed for his role in Twilight.
He was taught how to box by his father after getting into a fight with a kid in elementary school on picture day.
He has a cat named Dean.
Once had an ear piercing at the age of 16, a tongue piercing at 18. Both are gone now.
Has one tattoo.
Was inspired to play the guitar after having to learn how to play one for the role of "Doody" in a Grease musical.
Is terrified of spiders.
He is colorblind.
He's a fan of such TV shows as Dexter, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Mad Men and South Park.
He is not a fan of sushi, but ate it anyway for Ashley Greene's 21st birthday.
Regulary plays at the 24K Lounge with his band, 100 Monkeys.
His dad wanted to name him "Paul" instead of Monroe Jackson.
Quotes
"I'm all about nightlife. I live during the night."
"I couldn't do without my guitar, Annabelle. When I picked it out, I thought, 'This is a great sounding Southern Resonator, and it needs an appropriate Southern girl's name"
"It's not exactly that I can't stay in one place. It's that if I'm in one place, I have to rearrange it every four to six months! I have to completely change my room!"
"When you're off between scenes and your co-worker is back on set and their trailer is completely open, you don't have any choice but to sneak into it and put up wonderful cute-boy pictures all over."
"Before I started my career in tv and film, the way I felt most comfortable expressing my feelings was through writing songs. It's the best way to express emotions."
"I haven't been in Texas that entire time, I get my accent from my family."
"My hair’s naturally curly. It’s also naturally brown, so they dyed my hair for the part. They tried straightening it, and it came out looking awful."
"“Walking around in real life as a blond is a little bit different, I’ve got to say, I don’t know if I’ve been having more fun, but it’s not bad. … I’m a hat guy. I wear hats all the time anyway, so I’ve just been wearing a hat, double time."
"When I was talking to my family about the auditions and this book that I was reading, I was saying how my little sister might like it because my little sister is 13 years old. So I kind of recommended it, but my mother said that a bunch of her little friends had read the books and then it turned out that a bunch of my cousins had read the books. And as soon as I booked the job, I found out that pretty much everyone I knew had read it! The thing is that my cousins are not tweens - they're girls with law degrees with husbands. They work. It's amazing how one book is so accessible to everyone!"
"I used to want to be a vampire when I was young. It'd be great, you know? Run around at night, never die, kill people. It sounds like a great life!"
"I stay away from Facebook and MySpace. Whenever I go out with a friend, they're like 'I didn't know you had a MySpace.' I don't have a MySpace. There's actually three MySpaces for Jackson Rathbone. I don't know who these people are but they're not me!"
"I got my butt kicked a few times by my sisters. But I grew up so southern that my father would say, 'You take it like a man.' And I'd be like, 'Oh, what? I'm 5!' But it was interesting. My dad always taught me to treat my girlfriends the way I wanted my sisters to be treated by their boyfriends. They always taught me a really wonderful level of respect that's not common these days."
"When it comes to my sisters' boyfriends, I'm either cool with them or my sisters know that I hate them. I'm pretty blunt with them and to the point. Back in high school, there were a couple of boys my sisters had and man, I let them know I didn't like them. I was pretty upfront but my dad always had it right. Whenever my sisters brought them over to the house for the first time, he'd be teaching me how to clean the shotguns."
"I miss Texas so bad. That's the hard part about being out here in L.A., trying to pursue acting and music and lighting and production and stuff. It takes a lot of time out from your personal life, and I can only get back to Texas three times a year at most. It's tough."
"We had a lot of weather issues on the set of Twilight. One day we really needed the clouds to cover the sun, so we started doing a cloud dance, initiated by our director. We started dancing around and the extras really got into it. The entire set was dancing. And a few minutes later the clouds came, so it might've worked."
"I couldn't do without my guitar, Annabelle. When I picked it out, I thought, 'This is a great sounding Southern Resonator, and it needs an appropriate Southern girl's name"
"It's not exactly that I can't stay in one place. It's that if I'm in one place, I have to rearrange it every four to six months! I have to completely change my room!"
"When you're off between scenes and your co-worker is back on set and their trailer is completely open, you don't have any choice but to sneak into it and put up wonderful cute-boy pictures all over."
"Before I started my career in tv and film, the way I felt most comfortable expressing my feelings was through writing songs. It's the best way to express emotions."
"I haven't been in Texas that entire time, I get my accent from my family."
"My hair’s naturally curly. It’s also naturally brown, so they dyed my hair for the part. They tried straightening it, and it came out looking awful."
"“Walking around in real life as a blond is a little bit different, I’ve got to say, I don’t know if I’ve been having more fun, but it’s not bad. … I’m a hat guy. I wear hats all the time anyway, so I’ve just been wearing a hat, double time."
"When I was talking to my family about the auditions and this book that I was reading, I was saying how my little sister might like it because my little sister is 13 years old. So I kind of recommended it, but my mother said that a bunch of her little friends had read the books and then it turned out that a bunch of my cousins had read the books. And as soon as I booked the job, I found out that pretty much everyone I knew had read it! The thing is that my cousins are not tweens - they're girls with law degrees with husbands. They work. It's amazing how one book is so accessible to everyone!"
"I used to want to be a vampire when I was young. It'd be great, you know? Run around at night, never die, kill people. It sounds like a great life!"
"I stay away from Facebook and MySpace. Whenever I go out with a friend, they're like 'I didn't know you had a MySpace.' I don't have a MySpace. There's actually three MySpaces for Jackson Rathbone. I don't know who these people are but they're not me!"
"I got my butt kicked a few times by my sisters. But I grew up so southern that my father would say, 'You take it like a man.' And I'd be like, 'Oh, what? I'm 5!' But it was interesting. My dad always taught me to treat my girlfriends the way I wanted my sisters to be treated by their boyfriends. They always taught me a really wonderful level of respect that's not common these days."
"When it comes to my sisters' boyfriends, I'm either cool with them or my sisters know that I hate them. I'm pretty blunt with them and to the point. Back in high school, there were a couple of boys my sisters had and man, I let them know I didn't like them. I was pretty upfront but my dad always had it right. Whenever my sisters brought them over to the house for the first time, he'd be teaching me how to clean the shotguns."
"I miss Texas so bad. That's the hard part about being out here in L.A., trying to pursue acting and music and lighting and production and stuff. It takes a lot of time out from your personal life, and I can only get back to Texas three times a year at most. It's tough."
"We had a lot of weather issues on the set of Twilight. One day we really needed the clouds to cover the sun, so we started doing a cloud dance, initiated by our director. We started dancing around and the extras really got into it. The entire set was dancing. And a few minutes later the clouds came, so it might've worked."
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