Jonathan Tucker

Jonathan Moss Tucker is an American actor born on May 31, 1982. He is best known for his wide-ranging performances across feature films and television series. His major film appearances include roles in The Virgin Suicides, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hostage, In the Valley of Elah, The Ruins, and Charlie's Angels. On television, he has held prominent roles in productions such as The Black Donnellys, Parenthood, Kingdom, Justified, Snowfall, Westworld, City on a Hill, and Debris.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Tucker was raised in Charlestown. His mother worked as a public relations and marketing executive, while his father served as an art professor and authority on Claude Monet. His paternal great-grandfather was a historian and ambassador. Tucker comes from a mixed religious background, with an Irish Catholic father and a mother of Romanian Jewish descent. As a child, he attended school in Brookline, Massachusetts, and later attended secondary school in Ojai, California.

During his youth, Tucker spent five years performing in the Boston Ballet's staging of The Nutcracker, beginning in the third grade, and was featured in a calendar for the company. He later reflected that his time in ballet was among the most demanding physical disciplines he had experienced, noting the intensity of his instructors. His early on-screen career began in the mid-1990s with appearances in several feature films before he secured a notable role as Tim Weiner in the 1999 drama The Virgin Suicides.

Throughout the 2000s, Tucker built a steady film resume. He appeared in the comedy 100 Girls, the independent thriller The Deep End, the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and the crime drama Hostage. Director Paul Haggis cast Tucker in multiple projects, including the film In the Valley of Elah, the television series The Black Donnellys, and the thriller The Next Three Days. Tucker also portrayed artist Patrick Angus in the biographical film An Englishman in New York and starred in the horror movie The Ruins.

In television, Tucker landed recurring and main roles across several genres. He played Mayor Bob Little in Parenthood and starred as a mixed martial artist in the drama series Kingdom, a performance that earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor from Entertainment Weekly. His other television credits include antagonist roles in Justified, Hannibal, American Gods, the crime series City on a Hill, and the science fiction drama Debris.

In addition to screen acting, Tucker provided motion capture and voice work for the central character PFC Robert Zussman in the video game Call of Duty: WWII, and he co-wrote a song for artist Nick Jonas. In his personal life, Tucker married Tara Ahamed in 2012, and the couple has twins born in 2019. He practices Transcendental Meditation and established the non-profit organization Pegasus Fund.