Jackson Rathbone

{{Infobox person

|name = Jackson Rathbone

|image = Jackson Rathbone Photo Op GalaxyCon Richmond 2025.jpg

|caption = Rathbone at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2025

|birth_name = Monroe Jackson Rathbone V

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|12|14}}

|birth_place = Singapore

|nationality = American

|occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer|musician}}

|years_active = 2005–present

|spouse = {{marriage|Sheila Hafsadi|September 29, 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 roles as Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga and Sokka in the live-action The Last Airbender (2010). From 2008 to 2012, he was the vocalist and occasional guitarist, bassist, drummer, and keyboardist of the funk rock band 100 Monkeys.

Early life

Monroe Jackson Rathbone V{{cite web|title=For Jackson Rathbone, this could be heartthrob breakout week|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20100630_Charge_.html|website=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=July 3, 2010}}{{cite web |author=Faran Krentcil |title=Jackson Rathbone: Uncut |url=http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=4697 |publisher=Nylon Holding Inc. |work=Nylon magazine |date=2010-06-03 |access-date=2010-06-04 }} was born in Singapore on December 14, 1984,{{cite web|title=Hello! Meet the band & more monkeys|url=http://www.100monkeysmusic.com/band/ |publisher=100 Monkeys |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707054255/http://www.100monkeysmusic.com/band/ |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |access-date=2012-07-09}} the son of American parents Randee Lynn (née Brauner) and Monroe Jackson Rathbone IV. He has three sisters, including ceramic artist Kelly Rathbone.{{cite web | url=http://kellyrathbone.com/ | title=Kelly Garrett Rathbone "Lost Mariposas" | access-date=August 4, 2019}}{{cite news|last=Collins|first=Catherine|title="Twilight" Star's Midland Roots|publisher=CBS 7 News|date=2009-11-19|url=http://www.cbs7.com/news/details.asp?ID=16288|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030004048/https://www.cbs7.com/news/details.asp?ID=16288|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-10-30|access-date=2009-11-22}}{{cite news|title=Randee Lynn Brauner and Monroe Jackson Rathbone IV married...|newspaper=Midland Reporter-Telegram|date=2007-01-18|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MRTB&p_theme=mrtb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=116BCCFAF8E746A8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=2009-11-22}} He is distantly related to Civil War general Stonewall Jackson and English actor Basil Rathbone, being descended from the Rathbone family of Liverpool.{{cite news |last=Baker |first=Tom |date=2010-07-16 |title='Airbender' ideal: Sweet but strong |publisher=Daily Yomiuri Online |url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/arts/20100716TDY12T04.htm |access-date=2010-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207212031/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/arts/20100716TDY12T04.htm |archive-date=2010-12-07}} His great-grandfather, Monroe Jackson Rathbone II, was the chairman of Standard Oil, which later became Exxon. Because 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.{{cite web |date=2021-07-30 |title=Shelia Rathbone Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CR9YyBVHMi9/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |work=Instagram}}

Rathbone attended the Trinity School of Midland and started out in local theater with the Pickwick Players youth actors program, initially doing musical theater.{{cite web|author=Christina Radish|title=Jackson Rathbone in Twilight|url=http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/jackson-rathbone-in-twilight_200811143245.html|publisher=MediaBlvd Magazine|date=2008-11-14|access-date=2008-11-14}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} For his junior and senior years of high school, he attended the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan, where he majored in acting. 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.

Career

File:JacksonRathboneJodiePlatz.jpg in 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.{{cite web |url=http://jackson-rathbone.com/interview.php |title=Jackson Rathbone Online Interview |publisher=Jackson-rathbone.com |access-date=2011-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713073547/http://jackson-rathbone.com/interview.php |archive-date=2011-07-13 |url-status=dead }}

In 2008, he played Jasper Hale in the film Twilight, based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meyer.{{cite web |url=http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilight_movie.html |title=Movies | Twilight |date=10 February 2008 |publisher=StephenieMeyer.com |access-date=2012-11-02 |archive-date=2015-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502064003/http://stepheniemeyer.com/twilight_movie.html |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web|author=Larry Carroll|title=Jackson Rathbone Thinks 'New Moon' Will Be 'Pretty Fantastic'| url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1602356/story.jhtml| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111050423/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1602356/story.jhtml| url-status=dead| archive-date=January 11, 2009|publisher=MTV|date=2009-01-09| access-date=2009-03-12}}{{cite web |title=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|url=http://www.collider.com/tag/the-twilight-saga-breaking-dawn/|publisher=Collider |date=2010-05-19 |access-date=2010-05-20 }} 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.{{cite news|author=Larry Carroll|title='Twilight' Star Jackson Rathbone Hopes To 'Show His Range' In 'Last Airbender' |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1602757/story.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118210116/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1602757/story.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 18, 2009|publisher=MTV|date=2009-01-15| access-date=2009-01-15 }} On an added production and marketing budget of 280 million dollars the movie was a commercial failure. The movie was also universally panned by critics. Among the criticism was the casting of Rathbone, whose character drew inspiration from the Inuit people. 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, as well as close friends Jerad Anderson and M. Lawrence Abrams ("Uncle Larry").{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/these100monkeys |title=100 Monkeys | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's |publisher=Myspace.com |access-date=2011-07-24}} Jackson plays the guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, mandolin, trumpet, harmonica and is on vocals. The band released three albums in 2009.{{cite web| author=Larry Carroll|title='Twilight' Star Jackson Rathbone Moves Beyond Jasper Hale With 100 Monkeys| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1602653/20090113/story.jhtml| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114185438/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1602653/20090113/story.jhtml| url-status=dead| archive-date=January 14, 2009|publisher=MTV|date=2009-01-13|access-date=2009-02-26}} In December 2009, 100 Monkeys began a 100-city tour that took them to nearly every state in the US by mid-2010.[http://www.100monkeysmusic.com/news-shows/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714023855/http://www.100monkeysmusic.com/news-shows/|date=July 14, 2011}} The band continued to tour into 2011 to coincide with the release of their new album, Liquid Zoo, which was released in June.{{cite web|url=http://www.100monkeysmusic.com/news-shows/ |title=news & shows « Official Band Website | 100 Monkeys |publisher=100monkeysmusic.com |access-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714023855/http://www.100monkeysmusic.com/news-shows/ |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }} The band headed overseas for their first international dates in winter 2011.

Rathbone appeared in an episode of No Ordinary Family on November 9, 2010.[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/08/can-a-live-twitter-chat-help-no-ordinary-family-ratings/71209 tvbythenumbers.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110005020/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/08/can-a-live-twitter-chat-help-no-ordinary-family-ratings/71209 |date=2010-11-10 }} Can A Live Twitter Chat Help No Ordinary Family Ratings?{{Cite web |title=Cybill Shepherd to guest star on 'Family' |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2010/10/25/Cybill-Shepherd-to-guest-star-on-Family/64571288054262/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=UPI |language=en}} 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.{{cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|title=McG-Produced Digital Series 'Aim High' Gets a Cast|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/heat-vision/mcg-produced-digital-series-aim-49664|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=February 28, 2012|date=November 29, 2010}}{{cite web|last=Van Pelt|first=Doug|title=New tv series – Aim High|url=http://www.hmmagazine.com/2010/11/new-tv-series-aim-high/|work=HM Magazine|access-date=August 16, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204053603/http://www.hmmagazine.com/2010/11/new-tv-series-aim-high|archive-date=December 4, 2010}} 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.{{cite web|last=Shaw|first=Lucas|title=Warner Bros. Creates First 'Social Series' for Facebook|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS327150308420110929|work=Reuters|access-date=February 28, 2012|date=September 29, 2011}}

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

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.{{Cite web |title=Little Kids Rock {{!}} Artists |url=https://www.littlekidsrock.org/supporters/artists/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Little Kids Rock |language=en-US}}

Personal life

Rathbone married his Iraqi-American girlfriend, Sheila Hafsadi, on September 29, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20740905,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002012708/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20740905,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2013|title=Jackson Rathbone Marries Sheila Hafsadi|publisher=People |date=2013-10-01 |access-date=2013-10-02}}{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jackson-rathbone-marries-sheila-hafsadi-2013110|title=Jackson Rathbone Marries Sheila Hafsadi!|publisher=usmagazine.com|date=2013-10-01 |access-date=2013-10-02}}{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/465497/twilight-s-jackson-rathbone-marries-sheila-hafsadi|title=Twilight's Jackson Rathbone Marries Sheila Hafsadi!|publisher=eonline.com|date=2013-10-01 |access-date=2013-10-02}} They reside in Alpharetta, Georgia, and have three children: a son born July 5, 2012,{{cite web |url=http://www.gossipcop.com/jackson-rathbone-baby-son-monroe-girlfriend-sheila-hafsadi/ |title=Jackson Rathbone of Twilight & Girlfriend Sheila Hafsadi Welcome Baby Boy! |publisher=Gossipcop.com |date=2012-07-05 |access-date=2012-11-02 |archive-date=2016-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706203641/http://www.gossipcop.com/jackson-rathbone-baby-son-monroe-girlfriend-sheila-hafsadi/ |url-status=dead }} a daughter born May 31, 2016,{{cite magazine|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/05/31/jackson-rathbone-welcomes-daughter-presley-bowie/|title=Jackson Rathbone Welcomes Daughter Presley Bowie|magazine=People|author=Juneau, Jen and Leon, Anya|date=May 31, 2016|access-date=September 4, 2017|archive-date=September 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904110101/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/05/31/jackson-rathbone-welcomes-daughter-presley-bowie/|url-status=dead}} and another son born January 5, 2020.{{Cite web |title="Twilight" star Jackson Rathbone and wife Sheila Hafsadi are now a family of five. |website=Insider.com |url=https://www.insider.com/celebrity-babies-born-this-year-2020-2#twilight-star-jackson-rathbone-and-wife-sheila-hafsadi-are-now-a-family-of-five-2}} 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 injured, but all passengers survived.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/18/us/jetblue-emergency-landing/index.html|title=Passengers cry and pray as smoke-filled plane rattles to emergency landing|website=CNN |date=18 September 2014}}[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-jackson-rathbone-jetblue-emergency-landing-twilight-20140918-story.html "Jackson Rathbone live-blogs emergency landing of his JetBlue plane"] Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-6-30.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes !Ref
2005 \| River's End \| Jimmy \| \|
2006 \| Pray for Morning \| Connor \| \|
2007 \| Big Stan \| Robbie the Hippie \| \|
rowspan=2 \|2008 \| Senior Skip Day \| Snippy \| Direct to video \|
Twilight \|Jasper Hale \| \|
rowspan=4 \|2009 \| S. Darko \| Jeremy Frame \| \|
Dread \| Stephen Grace \| \|
Hurt \| Conrad Coltrane \| \|
The Twilight Saga: New Moon \| rowspan="2"\| Jasper Hale \| \|
rowspan=4 \|2010 \| The Twilight Saga: Eclipse \| rowspan="2"\| \|
The Last Airbender \| Sokka \|
Girlfriend \| Russ \| \|
Young Again \| Adult Ethan \| Short film \|
rowspan=2 \|2011 \| 100 Monkeys: Modern Time \| Red \| Short film \|
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 \| Jasper Hale \| \|
rowspan=3 \|2012 \| Zombie Hamlet \| Shakespeare Purist \| Uncredited \|
Cowgirls n' Angels \| Justin Wood \| Direct to video \|
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 \| Jasper Hale \| \|
rowspan=2 \|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 \| \|
rowspan=2 \|2016 \| 100 Monkeys: The Fair \| Musician \| Short film \|
My Husband's Wife \| Kyle \| \|
rowspan=2 \|2017 \| Horseshoe Theory \| Bobbo \| \|
Justice \| Thomas McCord \| \|
2018 \| Samson \| Rallah \| \|
rowspan=2 \|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 \| \|
2023 \| The Island \| Phil \| \|
2024 \| Books & Drinks \| David Weiss \| \|{{Cite web \|last=Rojas \|first=Morgan \|date=2024-03-02 \|title='Books & Drinks': A Charming Rom-Com Set in Caribbean Paradise \|url=https://cinemacy.com/books-drinks-review/ \|access-date=2025-03-21 \|website=Cinemacy \|language=en-US}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

!Ref

2005

| River's End

| Jimmy

2006

| Pray for Morning

| Connor

2007

| Big Stan

| Robbie the Hippie

rowspan=2 |2008

| Senior Skip Day

| Snippy

| Direct to video

Twilight

|Jasper Hale

rowspan=4 |2009

| S. Darko

| Jeremy Frame

Dread

| Stephen Grace

Hurt

| Conrad Coltrane

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

| rowspan="2"| Jasper Hale

rowspan=4 |2010

| The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

| rowspan="2"|

The Last Airbender

| Sokka

Girlfriend

| Russ

Young Again

| Adult Ethan

| Short film

rowspan=2 |2011

| 100 Monkeys: Modern Time

| Red

| Short film

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

| Jasper Hale

rowspan=3 |2012

| Zombie Hamlet

| Shakespeare Purist

| Uncredited

Cowgirls n' Angels

| Justin Wood

| Direct to video

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2

| Jasper Hale

rowspan=2 |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

rowspan=2 |2016

| 100 Monkeys: The Fair

| Musician

| Short film

My Husband's Wife

| Kyle

rowspan=2 |2017

| Horseshoe Theory

| Bobbo

Justice

| Thomas McCord

2018

| Samson

| Rallah

rowspan=2 |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

2023

| The Island

| Phil

2024

| Books & Drinks

| David Weiss

|{{Cite web |last=Rojas |first=Morgan |date=2024-03-02 |title='Books & Drinks': A Charming Rom-Com Set in Caribbean Paradise |url=https://cinemacy.com/books-drinks-review/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Cinemacy |language=en-US}}

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan=2\|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
rowspan=2\|2007 \| The War at Home \| Dylan \| 2 episodes
The Valley of Light \| Travis \| Hallmark movie
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"
rowspan=3\| 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 \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan=2|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

rowspan=2|2007

| The War at Home

| Dylan

| 2 episodes

The Valley of Light

| Travis

| Hallmark movie

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"

rowspan=3| 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=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2011–2013 \| Aim High \| Nick Green \| 16 episodes, also executive producer

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2011–2013

| Aim High

| Nick Green

| 16 episodes, also executive producer