Jackson Rathbone

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Jackson Rathbone (born December 21, 1984) is an American actor. He is known for his role as 'Nicholas Fiske', on the ABC Family drama, Beautiful People. He has had guest roles in The OC, and Close to Home. He has made a couple of movies, Molding Clay (AKA River's End), Pray for Morning, and Travis and Henry. He also did extensive work for Disney 411 and interviewed big stars like Hilary Duff.

On February 19, 2008 it was announced that he is set to play the character of 'Jasper Hale' in the upcoming movie, Twilight, based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meyer.

Rathbone was born in Singapore and has lived from places ranging from Indonesia to Midland, Texas. He started out in local theatre, The Pickwick Players. In high school, he went to Interlochen, a private school for the arts in Michigan. After graduation, he has plans to goto Royal Scottish Academy but went to LA to experiment with the big screen.

He lived with his high school mate and best friend, Alex Boyd. He immediately signed onto Disney's 411.

When he is not busy pursuing a TV/film career, he also enjoys music, writing, singing and producing.


Source: "Hurt", the movie

Young actor, Jackson Rathbone, had his heart set on a future in classical theater and was headed for the Royal Scottish Academy when he signed with Pat Cutler at Cutler Management while giving L.A. and the film industry a try for the summer. He soon landed a recurring role on DISNEY 411 interviewing Disney Channel stars, such as Hillary Duff and Raven Baxter.

When the fall came, Cutler persuaded Rathbone to stay in LA and pursue a film career rather than attend The Royal Scottish Academy. Taking her advice, he settled in for the long haul and booked several commercials right off the bat as well as substantial roles in TV including CLOSE TO HOME, an MOW for Hallmark, THE O.C., and THE WAR AT HOME, a pilot where he played Sherry Stringer's son. Rathbone was also cast in several independent films, including a part in the feature MOLDING CLAY, and a role in PRAY FOR MORNING, an independent thriller from writer-director Cartney Wearn. From there, he landed a series regular role in "Beautiful People" for ABC Family.

Rathbone was chosen by Girl's' Life Magazine as The Hottie" and has also been featured in Popstar and ELLEgirl. Born in Singapore, Rathbone was lucky to live in various places around the world because of his father's job. The family then moved to Indonesia, and lived in London, Connecticut, California, Norway, and finally settled in Texas, where Rathbone joined The Pickwick Players, the youth actors program at the local community theatre.

In addition to many extra-curricular activities, including basketball, track, soccer, baseball, and, the official pastime of Texas, football, Rathbone, a passionate musician, also started a band and a mobile DJ business. However, he decided to focus on what made him the happiest, and enrolled in the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy as a high school theatre major where he flourished in Shakespeare. He performed in the Southwest Shakespeare Festival as Ferdinand in The Tempest.

In his off-time, Rathbone writes music. He's performed at small open-mic nights and recently booked a gig at The Gardenia in Hollywood. Rathbone is also a dedicated film buff, and includes Kurasowa's Seven Samurai, Jarmusch's Dead Man, and Lars Von Trier's documentary on directing,The Five Obstructions among his favorites.

As a music lover, he is into many different styles of music from Blues to alternative rock. Rathbone has recently formed a production company with his manager where he hopes to find interesting projects and eventually, one day, even direct.