Jackson Rathbone (born December 21, 1984) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Nicholas Fiske, on the ABC Family drama Beautiful People. He has had guest roles in The OC, and Close to Home. He has made a couple of movies, Molding Clay (AKA River’s End), Pray for Dawn, and Travis and Henry. He also did extensive work for Disney 411 and interviewed big stars like Hilary Duff. On February 19, 2008 it was announced that he is set to play the character of Jasper Hale in the upcoming movie Twilight, based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meyer.

Rathbone was born in Singapore and has lived from places ranging from Indonesia to Midland, Texas. He started out in local theatre, The Pickwick Players. In high school, he went to Interlochen, a private school for the arts in Michigan. After graduation, he has plans to goto Royal Scottish Academy but went to LA to experiment with the big screen. He lived with his high school mate and best friend, Alex Boyd. He immediately signed onto Disney’s 411. He had a leading role in the ABC Family show Beautiful People, which premiered in fall 2005 and the second half of the first season began in spring 2006. When he was not busy pursuing a TV/film career, he also enjoys music, writing, singing and producing.
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Filmography

• Twilight (2008/) …. Jasper
• Hurt (2008) …. Conrad Coltrane
• Senior Skip Day (2008) …. Snippy
• Big Stan (2007) …. Robbie the Hippie
• “The War at Home” …. Dylan (2 episodes, 2007)
  - Kenny Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (2007) TV episode …. Dylan
  - No Weddings and a Funeral (2007) TV episode …. Dylan
• The Valley of Light (2007) (TV) …. Travis
• “Beautiful People” …. Nicholas Fiske (8 episodes, 2005-2006)
  - Das Boots (2006) TV episode …. Nicholas Fiske
  - A Tale of Two Parties (2006) TV episode …. Nicholas Fiske
  - It’s All Uphill from Here (2006) TV episode …. Nicholas Fiske
  - Flashback to the Future (2006) TV episode …. Nicholas Fiske
  - F-Stop (2005) TV episode …. Nicholas Fiske
  (3 more)
• “The O.C.” …. Justin (2 episodes, 2006)
  - The Heavy Lifting (2006) TV episode …. Justin
  - The Sister Act (2006) TV episode …. Justin
• Pray for Morning (2006) …. Connor
• “Close to Home” …. Scott Fields (1 episode, 2005)
  - Romeo and Juliet Murders (2005) TV episode …. Scott Fields
• River’s End (2005) …. Jimmy

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