Jackson Rathbone

Jackson Rathbone

Jackson Rathbone
Rathbone in September 2010
Born	Monroe Jackson Rathbone V December 14, 1984
Nationality	American
Occupations
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Sheila Hafsadi (m. 2013)
Children	3
Relatives	Monroe Jackson Rathbone II (great-grandfather)

Monroe Jackson Rathbone V (born December 14, 1984) is an American actor, singer, and musician best known for his role as Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga film series. From 2008 to 2012, he was the vocalist and occasional guitarist, bassist, drummer, and keyboardist of the funk rock band 100 Monkeys.

Early life[edit]

Monroe Jackson Rathbone V[1][2] was born in Singapore on December 14, 1984,[3] the son of American parents Randee Lynn (née Brauner) and Monroe Jackson Rathbone IV. He has three sisters, including ceramic artist Kelly Rathbone.[4][5][6] He is distantly related to Civil War general Stonewall Jackson and English actor Basil Rathbone, being descended from the Rathbone family of Liverpool.[7] His great-grandfather, Monroe Jackson Rathbone II, was the chairman of Standard Oil, which later became Exxon.[6] Because of his father’s job at Mobil Oil took the family to different places, he lived in Singapore, Norway, and Indonesia before settling in Midland, Texas.[8]

Rathbone attended the Trinity School of Midland and started out in local theater with the Pickwick Players youth actors program, initially doing musical theater.[9] For his junior and senior years of high school, he attended the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan, where he majored in acting.[8][9] After graduation, he planned to further study acting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, but was rejected and instead decided to move to Los Angeles to look for acting work.[8]

Career[edit]

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.[10] 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.[11] He reprised his role in the sequels to Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Part 2.[12][13] 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.[14] Though the film was a commercial hit, it was universally panned by critics. Among the criticism was the casting of Rathbone, whose character drew inspiration from Inuit. Rathbone himself is not of Inuit descent.

Rathbone formerly performed in a funk band called 100 Monkeys with two friends whom he met in high school at Interlochen Arts Academy, Ben Graupner and Ben Johnson,[9] as well as close friends Jerad Anderson and M. Lawrence Abrams (“Uncle Larry”).[15] Jackson plays the guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, mandolin, trumpet, harmonica and is on vocals. The band released three albums in 2009.[16] In December 2009, 100 Monkeys began a 100-city tour that took them to nearly every state in the US by mid-2010.[17] The band continued to tour into 2011 to coincide with the release of their new album, Liquid Zoo, which was released in June.[18] The band headed overseas for their first international dates in winter 2011.[17]

Rathbone appeared in an episode of No Ordinary Family on November 9, 2010.[19][20] In November 2010, it was reported he had been cast in the Warner Premiere and Dolphin Entertainment action comedy web series Aim High alongside Aimee Teegarden.[21][22] 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.[23]

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.

Charity work[edit]

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.[24]

Personal life[edit]

Rathbone married his Iraqi-American girlfriend, Sheila Hafsadi, on September 29, 2013.[25][26][27] They reside in Alpharetta, Georgia,[8] and have three children: a son born July 5, 2012,[28] a daughter born May 31, 2016,[29] and son born December 31, 2019.[30] His close friend and Twilight co-star Nikki Reed is the godmother of their oldest son.

On September 18, 2014, Rathbone was on a jetBlue flight to Austin from Long Beach when its engine exploded. The plane returned to Long Beach for an emergency landing. There were four injuries, but all passengers survived.[31][32]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

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
Twilight	Jasper Hale
2009	S. Darko	Jeremy Frame	Direct to video
Dread	Stephen Grace
Hurt	Conrad Coltrane
The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Jasper Hale
2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Ensemble (shared with the entire cast)
The Last Airbender	Sokka
Girlfriend	Russ
Young Again	Adult Ethan	Short film
2011	100 Monkeys: Modern Time	Red	Short film
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1	Jasper Hale	Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Ensemble (shared with the entire cast)
2012	Zombie Hamlet	Shakespeare Purist	Uncredited
Cowgirls n’ Angels	Justin Wood	Direct to video
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	Jasper Hale	Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Ensemble (shared with the entire cast)
2013	The Magic Bracelet	Geoff	Short film
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
My Husband’s Wife	Kyle
2017	Horseshoe Theory	Bobbo
Justice	Thomas McCord
2018	Samson	Rallah
2019	The Wall of Mexico	Donovan Taylor
Do Not Reply	Brad
2020	Until We Meet Again	Eddie Conway
2021	Mixtape	Wes Kelley
2022	Warhunt	Walsh
2023	Condor’s Nest	Fritz Ziegler

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Beautiful People	Nicholas Fiske	16 episodes
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	Family Guy	Stanley Kowalski	Episode: “Brian’s Play”
NTSF:SD:SUV::	Jesse James	Episode: “The Great Train Stoppery”
Finding Carter	Jared Peters	12 episodes
2017	The Last Ship	Giorgio	8 episodes
2022	The Guardians of Justice	Blue Scream

Web[edit]

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

References[edit]

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. ^ “Kelly Garrett Rathbone “Lost Mariposas””. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
5. ^ Collins, Catherine (2009-11-19). “”Twilight” Star’s Midland Roots”. CBS 7 News. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2009-11-22.[dead link]
6. ^ a b “Randee Lynn Brauner and Monroe Jackson Rathbone IV married…” Midland Reporter-Telegram. 2007-01-18. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
7. ^ Baker, Tom (2010-07-16). “‘Airbender’ ideal: Sweet but strong”. Daily Yomiuri Online. Archived from the original on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
8. ^ a b c d “Shelia Rathbone Instagram”. Instagram. 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
9. ^ a b c Christina Radish (2008-11-14). “Jackson Rathbone in Twilight”. MediaBlvd Magazine. Retrieved 2008-11-14.[permanent dead link]
10. ^ “Jackson Rathbone Online Interview”. Jackson-rathbone.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
11. ^ “Movies | Twilight”. StephenieMeyer.com. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
12. ^ Larry Carroll (2009-01-09). “Jackson Rathbone Thinks ‘New Moon’ Will Be ‘Pretty Fantastic’”. MTV. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
13. ^ “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.
14. ^ Larry Carroll (2009-01-15). “‘Twilight’ Star Jackson Rathbone Hopes To ‘Show His Range’ In ‘Last Airbender’”. MTV. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
15. ^ “100 Monkeys | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto’s, video’s”. Myspace.com. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
16. ^ Larry Carroll (2009-01-13). “‘Twilight’ Star Jackson Rathbone Moves Beyond Jasper Hale With 100 Monkeys”. MTV. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
17. ^ a b [1] Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
18. ^ “news & shows « Official Band Website | 100 Monkeys”. 100monkeysmusic.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
19. ^ tvbythenumbers.com Archived 2010-11-10 at the Wayback Machine Can A Live Twitter Chat Help No Ordinary Family Ratings?
20. ^ “Cybill Shepherd to guest star on ‘Family’”. UPI. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
21. ^ Kit, Borys (November 29, 2010). “McG-Produced Digital Series ‘Aim High’ Gets a Cast”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
22. ^ Van Pelt, Doug. “New tv series – Aim High”. HM Magazine. Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
23. ^ Shaw, Lucas (September 29, 2011). “Warner Bros. Creates First ‘Social Series’ for Facebook”. Reuters. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
24. ^ “Little Kids Rock | Artists”. Little Kids Rock. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
25. ^ “Jackson Rathbone Marries Sheila Hafsadi”. people.com. 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
26. ^ “Jackson Rathbone Marries Sheila Hafsadi!”. usmagazine.com. 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
27. ^ “Twilight’s Jackson Rathbone Marries Sheila Hafsadi!”. eonline.com. 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
28. ^ “Jackson Rathbone of Twilight & Girlfriend Sheila Hafsadi Welcome Baby Boy!”. Gossipcop.com. 2012-07-05. Archived from the original on 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
29. ^ Juneau, Jen and Leon, Anya (May 31, 2016). “Jackson Rathbone Welcomes Daughter Presley Bowie”. People.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
30. ^ “”Twilight” star Jackson Rathbone and wife Sheila Hafsadi are now a family of five”. Insider.com.
31. ^ “Passengers cry and pray as smoke-filled plane rattles to emergency landing”. CNN. 18 September 2014.
32. ^ “Jackson Rathbone live-blogs emergency landing of his JetBlue plane” Los Angeles Times”. Retrieved 2015-6-30.

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• Male actors from Texas
• American male film actors
• Male models from Texas
• American expatriates in Norway
• American expatriates in Indonesia
• American rock singers
• American multi-instrumentalists
• American male television actors
• People from Midland, Texas
• Singaporean emigrants to the United States
• 21st-century American male actors
• Rathbone family
• Singaporean people of American descent