Jonathan Tucker
Jonathan Tucker | |
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 Tucker at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival | |
| Born | Jonathan Moss Tucker (1982-05-31) May 31, 1982 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse(s) | Tara Tucker (m. 2012) |
Jonathan Moss Tucker (born May 31, 1982)[1] is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the films The Virgin Suicides (1999), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Hostage (2005), In the Valley of Elah (2007), and The Ruins (2008). He has appeared in the television series The Black Donnellys (2007), Parenthood (2011–2013), Kingdom (2014-2017), Snowfall (2018), and Westworld (2018).
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
4.1 Film
4.2 Television
4.3 Video games
5 References
6 External links
Early life
Tucker was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to parents Maggie Moss, a public relations and marketing analyst and executive, and Paul Hayes Tucker,[2] a professor of art at the University of Massachusetts Boston and a leading expert on Claude Monet.[3] His paternal great-grandfather was historian and ambassador Carlton J. H. Hayes.[4] His aunt and uncle, Mary Evelyn Tucker[5] and John Grim,[6] founded the Forum on Religion and Ecology[7] at Yale University, where they remain as co-directors.
His father is of Irish Catholic background and his mother is Romanian Jewish.[8]
Tucker was raised in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and attended The Park School in Brookline, Massachusetts.[9] He attended the Boston Ballet and played Fritz in their production of The Nutcracker for 5 years starting when he was in the third grade.[9] He was featured in a Boston Ballet calendar and attended The Thacher School in Ojai, California.[10] Tucker said of his ballet experience, "Ballet is one of the more difficult rigors that I've ever done. The Ballet instructors are some of the most intimidating people I've met".[9]
Career
Tucker first started off in film by appearing in the early 90s films Botte di Natale (1994), Two If by Sea (1996) and Sleepers (1996) before being cast in the 1999 film The Virgin Suicides as Tim Weiner.[9][11][12][13]
He starred as Matthew in the 2000 comedy film 100 Girls.[14] A year later, he co-starred in Sundance hit The Deep End with Tilda Swinton and Josh Lucas.[15] In 2003, Tucker was cast in the much anticipated re-imagining of the 1974 horror film of the same name, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre produced by Michael Bay and directed by Marcus Nispel.[10] In 2004, he appeared in the films Stateside and Criminal.[16][17]
In the 2005 film Hostage, Tucker worked alongside Bruce Willis and Ben Foster. Tucker plays Dennis Cooper, one of the brothers that, along with their mysterious accomplice Mars, holds a family hostage.[18] Tucker was directed by Paul Haggis twice in 2007: first, he starred as Tommy Lee Jones's son in the film In the Valley of Elah as a soldier who is permanently changed by war after returning from Iraq;[19] he also played Tommy Donnelly in the NBC TV series The Black Donnellys.[20]
Nick Jonas, Joanna Going, Matt Lauria, Frank Grillo and Tucker at the premiere of the Kingdom in October 2014
In 2008, he was cast in The Ruins, a thriller based on the best selling book by Scott Smith and directed by Sundance award-winner Carter Smith.[21] Tucker said he practiced Transcendental Meditation to offset the loneliness while filming the movie in Australia.[10]
He portrayed emerging artist Patrick Angus in the 2009 film An Englishman in New York, opposite John Hurt as Quentin Crisp. The biographical drama chronicles Crisp's later years spent in New York City. The Hollywood Reporter announced that Tucker was cast in the 2010 thriller film The Next Three Days with Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks, continuing his relationship with Haggis[22]
It was announced in November 2011, that Tucker signed on to the TV series Parenthood.[20] He played the role of Mayor Bob Little from 2011 to 2014.
Tucker also co-starred on the DirecTV drama series Kingdom. He played Jay, a mixed martial artist and son of trainer, Alvey Kulina,[23] for which he was nominated Best Supporting Actor by Entertainment Weekly: "One of the most underappreciated actors on one of the most underappreciated shows, Jonathan Tucker’s turn as Jay Kulina is one of the most electric performances on television."[24]
Tucker also appeared in the final five episodes of the TV series Justified on FX as the crazy-eyed Boon — a cross between Billy the Kid and Travis Bickle.[25]
Continuing his relationship with Bryan Fuller, Tucker starred as Low-Key Lyesmith in Starz's Neil Gaiman adaption "American Gods."[26]
Tucker co-wrote the song "Champagne Problems" on Nick Jonas's 2016 album Last Year Was Complicated.[27]
Personal life
Jonathan Tucker is married to Tara Tucker, daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning economic historian Liaquat Ahamed. They were married on June 16, 2012.[3]
Tucker is the founder of the nonprofit organization The Pegasus Fund, which supplements the academic journey of top-performing students in under-served communities by sending them to summer camp as a means to help them prepare for the new geographic and social environments of the private secondary schools they plan to attend.[3]
Filmography
Film
Tucker (left) and Serena Scott Thomas on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz greeting sailors to promote the film Hostage in March 2005
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Troublemakers | Moses Junior | a.k.a. The Fight Before Christmas and Botte di Natale |
| 1996 | Two If by Sea | Todd | a.k.a. Stolen Hearts |
| 1996 | Sleepers | Young Tommy Marcano | |
| 1999 | The Virgin Suicides | Tim Weiner | |
| 2000 | 100 Girls | Matthew | |
| 2001 | The Deep End | Beau Hall | |
| 2001 | Ball in the House | JJ | |
| 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Morgan | |
| 2004 | Stateside | Mark Deloach | a.k.a. Sinners |
| 2004 | Criminal | Michael | |
| 2005 | Hostage | Dennis Cooper | |
| 2005 | Bee Season | Student (uncredited) | |
| 2006 | Love Comes to the Executioner | Heck Prigusivac | |
| 2006 | Pulse | Josh | |
| 2007 | Cherry Crush | Jordan Wells | |
| 2007 | Day 73 with Sarah | David | Short film |
| 2007 | In the Valley of Elah | Mike Deerfield | |
| 2008 | The Ruins | Jeff | |
| 2009 | An Englishman in New York | Patrick Angus | |
| 2009 | Veronika Decides to Die | Edward | |
| 2010 | Flying Lessons | Billy | |
| 2010 | Meskada | Shane Loakin | |
| 2010 | The Next Three Days | David | |
| 2018 | Skin (2018 short film) | Jeffrey | Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film |
| 2019 | Charlie's Angels | Post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Early Edition | Tony | Episode: "Frostbite" |
| 1998 | Mr. Music | Rob Tennant | TV movie |
| 2001 | The Practice | Chad Baldwin / "James Tucker" | Episode: "Vanished: Part 1 & 2" |
| 2002 | Philly | Eli Wexler | Episode: "The Curse of the Klopman Diamonds" |
| 2003 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Peter Arnz | Episode: "Crash and Burn" |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ian Tate | Episode: "Abomination" |
| 2004 | Six Feet Under | Bruno Baskerville Walsh | Episode: "Falling into Place" |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror | Jak | Episode: "Dance of the Dead" |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Drew Ramsey | Episode: "Wrongful Life" |
| 2007 | The Black Donnellys | Tommy Donnelly | 13 episodes |
| 2010 | White Collar | Avery Phillips | Episode: "Hard Sell" |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds | Raymond Donovan | Episode: "The Thirteenth Step" |
| 2011 | Royal Pains | Shaw Morgan | 2 episodes |
| 2011–2013 | Parenthood | Bob Little | 10 episodes |
| 2012 | Perception | Brady McGraw | Episode: "Nemesis" |
| 2012 | Person of Interest | Riley Cavanaugh | Episode: "Triggerman" |
| 2012 | Ro | Jordan | 5 episodes |
| 2014 | Hannibal | Matthew Brown | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | High Moon | Stanislav 'Stan' Stavin | TV movie |
| 2014–2017 | Kingdom | Jay Kulina | Main role |
| 2015 | Justified | Boon | 5 episodes |
| 2017 | American Gods | Low Key Lyesmith | Episode: "The Bone Orchard" |
| 2018 | Westworld | Major Craddock | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Snowfall | Matt McDonald | season 2 |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Call of Duty: WWII | Private First Class Robert Zussman | Voice, Likeness, and Motion Capture |
References
^ Jonathan Tucker biography, filmreference.com, May 31, 1982; retrieved May 30, 2012.
^ "Art Historian Paul Hayes Tucker - University of Massachusetts Boston". www.umb.edu. Retrieved 2016-09-28..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ abc "Tara Ahamed, Jonathan Tucker Wedding Announcement". The New York Times. June 17, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ Lisa Zwirn "An Art Historian Does Wonders With Wall Space", The Boston Globe via highbeam.com. November 11, 2004.
^ "Mary Evelyn Tucker | Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies". environment.yale.edu. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
^ "John Grim | Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies". environment.yale.edu. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
^ "The Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology". fore.yale.edu. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
^ Chang, Kee (December 11, 2015). "Q&A with Jonathan Tucker". Anthem Magazine. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
^ abcd "The Gonz Show: Jonathan Tucker extended". Boston Magazine. January 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ abc Lance Avery Morgan (November 10, 2010). "Jonathan Tucker: Personal Best". The Society Chronicles. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ Lancia, Enrico (2001). Dizionario del cinema italiano (1. ed.). Roma: Gremese. p. 119. ISBN 8884400856. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ "Two if By Sea (1995)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ Jeremy Taylor (June 19, 2013). "See the Cast of 'The Virgin Suicides' Then and Now Read More: See the Cast of 'The Virgin Suicides' Then and Now". Screen Crush. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ "100 Girls (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ Roger Ebert (August 15, 2001). "The Deep End Movie Review & Film Summary (2001)". Roger Ebert Online. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ "Stateside (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ Stephen Holden (September 10, 2004). "Cons Meet Their Match: They Swindle Each Other". The New York Times. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ "Hostage (2005)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ Wesley Morris (September 14, 2007). "After 'Crash,' directory explores Iraq war's emotional wreckage". The Boston Globe. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ ab Natalie Abrams (November 2, 2011). "Black Donnellys' Jonathan Tucker Heading to Parenthood". TV Guide. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ Mark Olsen (April 5, 2008). "Feeling stuck in 'The Ruins'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ Jay A. Fernandez (November 9, 2010). "IT'S A SIGN: 'Potter' Star Rupert Grint Signs With Gersh, Jonathan Tucker with UTA, More". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ "Stepping into the Cage with KINGDOM's Jonathan Tucker". DirectTV. November 5, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ "Best Supporting Actor - Jonathan Tucker, Kingdom - Poppy Awards 2016 - Your drama nominees are..." EW.com. 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
^ Teresa Jue (January 7, 2015). "Jonathan Tucker joins 'Justified' for final season". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ Trumbore, Dave (2017-01-09). "'American Gods' Star Jonathan Tucker on Filming Alongside Death Row Prisoners". Collider. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
^ "EXCLUSIVE: How 'Kingdom's' Jonathan Tucker Helped Nick Jonas Channel Heartbreak Into Song". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
External links
Jonathan Tucker on IMDb
Jonathan Tucker on Twitter
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