Jonathan Tucker

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Infobox person Jonathan Moss Tucker (born May 31, 1982)<ref>Jonathan Tucker biography, filmreference.com, May 31, 1982; retrieved May 30, 2012.</ref> 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), The Ruins (2008), and Charlie's Angels (2019). He has appeared in the television series The Black Donnellys (2007), Parenthood (2011–2013), Kingdom (2014–2017), Justified (2015), Snowfall (2018), Westworld (2018–2022), City on a Hill (2019), and Debris (2021).

Early life

Tucker was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to parents Maggie Moss, a public relations and marketing analyst and executive, and Paul Hayes Tucker,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a professor of art at the University of Massachusetts Boston and a leading expert on Claude Monet.<ref name=NYTimes1 /> His paternal great-grandfather was historian and ambassador Carlton J. H. Hayes.<ref>Lisa Zwirn "An Art Historian Does Wonders With Wall Space", The Boston Globe.</ref> His aunt and uncle, Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, founded and co-direct the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

His father is Irish Catholic and his mother is Jewish and of Romanian Jewish descent.<ref name=anthemmag>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Tucker was raised in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and attended The Park School in Brookline, Massachusetts.<ref name=BostonMag /> 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.<ref name=BostonMag /> He was featured in a Boston Ballet calendar and attended The Thacher School in Ojai, California.<ref name=SocChron /> 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."<ref name=BostonMag />

Career

Tucker first started off in film by appearing in the early 1990s 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.<ref name=BostonMag /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=ScreenCrush>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He starred as Matthew in the 2000 comedy film 100 Girls.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A year later, he co-starred in Sundance hit The Deep End with Tilda Swinton and Josh Lucas.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name=SocChron>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2004, he appeared in the films Stateside and Criminal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Tucker was directed by Paul Haggis twice in 2007: 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;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> he also played Tommy Donnelly in the NBC TV series The Black Donnellys.<ref name=TVGuide>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

File:Nick Jonas, Joanna Going, Matt Lauria, Frank Grillo, Jonathan Tucker - Kingdom Premiere Oct 2014 (cropped).jpg

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 novel by Scott Smith and directed by Carter Smith.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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. He then appeared in the 2010 film The Next Three Days with Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks, marking his third collaboration with Haggis.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It was announced in November 2011 that Tucker had signed on to the TV series Parenthood.<ref name=TVGuide /> He played the role of Mayor Bob Little from 2011 to 2014.

Tucker had a main role on the 2014 DirecTV drama series Kingdom. He played Jay, a mixed martial artist and son of trainer, Alvey Kulina,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor by Entertainment Weekly, which described his work as "one of the most electric performances on television."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2015, 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.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Continuing his collaboration with Bryan Fuller, having appeared in the second season of Hannibal, Tucker starred as Low-Key Lyesmith in Starz's American Gods, adapted from Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Tucker co-wrote the song "Champagne Problems" on Nick Jonas' 2016 album Last Year Was Complicated.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Beginning in 2019, Tucker played Frankie Ryan, a Boston gangster, in the Showtime crime drama City on a Hill.

In 2021, Tucker played the lead role of CIA operative Bryan Beneventi in the short-lived NBC science fiction series Debris.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

On June 16, 2012, Tucker married Tara Ahamed, daughter of economic historian Liaquat Ahamed.<ref name=NYTimes1>Template:Cite news</ref> They have twins, a son and daughter born May 15, 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Tucker practices Transcendental Meditation to offset loneliness on film locations.<ref name="SocChron" /> He is the founder of the nonprofit organization Pegasus Fund.<ref name="NYTimes1" />

In 2023, Tucker wrote a letter of support for actor Danny Masterson before he was due to be sentenced for two counts of rape.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In June 2024, he helped evacuate a neighboring family from their home during a home invasion.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Works

Film

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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	Template:Sortname	Tim Weiner
2000	100 Girls	Matthew
2001	Template:Sortname	Beau Hall
2001	Relative Evil	JJ	Also titled Ball in the House
2003	Template:Sortname	Morgan
2004	Stateside	Mark Deloach	a.k.a. Sinners
2004	Criminal	Michael
2005	Hostage	Dennis Kelly
2005	Bee Season	Student (uncredited)
2006	Pulse	Josh
2006	Love Comes to the Executioner	Heck Prigusivac
2007	Cherry Crush	Jordan Wells
2007	Day 73 with Sarah	David	Short film
2007	In the Valley of Elah	Mike Deerfield
2008	Template:Sortname	Jeff
2009	Template:Sortname	Patrick Angus
2009	Veronika Decides to Die	Edward
2010	Flying Lessons	Billy
2010	Meskada	Shane Loakin
2010	Template:Sortname	David
2018	Skin	Jeffrey
2019	Charlie's Angels	Hodak
2022	Palm Trees and Power Lines	Tom
2023	God Is a Bullet	Errol Grey

Television

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Tucker at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Early Edition	Tony	Episode: "Frostbite"
1998	Mr. Music	Rob Tennant	TV film
2001	Template:Sortname	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	Template:Sortname	Tommy Donnelly	Main role
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 pilot
2014–2017	Kingdom	Jay Kulina	Main role
2015	Justified	Boon	5 episodes
2017	American Gods	Low Key Lyesmith	Episode: "The Bone Orchard"
2018–2022	Westworld	Major Craddock	7 episodes
2018–2019	Snowfall	Matt McDonald	10 episodes
2019	City on a Hill	Frankie Ryan	Recurring role
2020	Monsterland	Alex	Episode: "Port Fourchon, LA"
2021	Debris	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Main role
2022	Echoes	Dylan James	Main role

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2017	Call of Duty: WWII	Private First Class Robert Zussman	Likeness and motion capture

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2000	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot – Leading Young Actor	Mr. Music	Template:Nominated
2005	DVD Exclusive Awards	Best Actor in a DVD Premiere Movie	Relative Evil	Template:Nominated
2008	Young Hollywood Awards	Standout Performance	Jonathan Tucker	Template:Won
	Scream Awards	Best Horror Actor		Template:Nominated
2023	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Supporting Performance	Palm Trees and Power Lines	Template:Nominated

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