Jackson Rathbone

Actor, producer, writer, composer and singer, JACKSON RATHBONE is best known for his roles as Jasper Hale in Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse; and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Fresh off a nationwide 2011 summer tour with his band 100 Monkeys, Rathbone starred in Aim High, a web series he co-produced with legendary film director McG, in association with Warner Bros Entertainment, about a high-school student, played by Rathbone, who moonlights as a U.S. spy. He also starred as Sokka in The Last Airbender.

The Girlfriend, a film in which Rathbone co-starred in, wrote and performed the soundtrack is poignant story about a Down Syndrome boy opened at the Toronto Film Festival. It was the first film Rathbone co-produced with business partner Patch Mackenzie under the banner of their new production company, PatchMo Entertainment. He also starred in Cowgirls 'N Angels and Live at the Foxes Den.

His TV credits include "The O.C.," "Close to Home," "Beautiful People," and guest-star roles in episodes of "The War at Home," "The Cleaner," "Criminal Minds," and "No Ordinary Family." Past movie credits include Hurt, Big Stan, Senior Skip Day, and Clive Barker's Dread.

In 2011, Rathbone announced the launch of his own music label, Happy Jack Music. Bleeding Horse Express, the first band signed to the label, realised their first album, Going South. Rathbone produced the record at Warehouse Studios in Vancouver and at Happy Jack Music Studios in Los Angeles.

Born in Singapore to American parents, Rathbone grew up traveling the world. After his family eventually planted roots in Texas, he began doing musical theater with a local youth actors program. He graduated from the prestigious acting high school, Interlochen Arts Academy in northern Michigan, and resides in Los Angeles.

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