Jonathan Tucker Biography

An actor and longtime ballet student whose plain but wholesome good looks find him frequently cast as the "boy next door" type, Jonathan Tucker has been performing gracefully on stage and screen for most of his life. Born in May of 1982 in Boston, MA, Tucker established his love for the stage early on when, in the third grade, he was cast in a Boston Ballet production of The Nutcracker. After receiving his primary education at Park School in nearby Brookline, Tucker relocated to the West Coast to receive further coaching at the Thatcher School in Ojai, CA. Though subsequently accepted for early admission at Columbia University, Tucker deferred in favor of actively pursuing a career as an actor. Following his film debut in the Terence Hill/Bud Spencer comedy Troublemakers (1994), Tucker's career began to flourish with more substantial roles in Two if by Sea and Sleepers (both 1996). On television, the up-and-comer appeared on The Practice before taking a starring role in the 1998 made-for-television feature Mr. Music. A role in The Virgin Suicides (1999) found his small-town looks again utilized to good effect, and after a dweebish turn in the coming-of-age comedy 100 Girls, Tucker essayed his most demanding role to date in The Deep End (2001). Tucker's role as a closeted gay son whose mother Tilda Swinton will go to any lengths to protect him from being pinned for murder won accolades for the dark thriller, and headlining roles in Ball in the House (2001) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) were quick to follow. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

• 1. Sheriff Hoyt: (talking to Morgan; who's in the back seat of the cop car) Where was y'all headed?
  2. Morgan: Dallas, for a Skynyrd concert.
  3. Sheriff Hoyt: Skynyrd? Hell, I like Skynyrd. By god, how about that? We got something in common, don't we? Ha-ha-ha. Well, what are you gonna do with your tickets now, hot shot?
  4. Morgan: You can have them.
  5. Sheriff Hoyt: Is that bribery? (Smashes Morgan in the face with a glass bottle; breaking his teeth) Oh, that was really rude, wasn't it? Oh, look at you. How about that? Look at that shit. (The Sheriff pulls out his fake teeth) We got something else in common now. Ha-ha-ha.
  From The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)

• 1. Andy: Hey, junior. So, we're waiting here for the sheriff. Do you know where he is? Ok. Well... where?
  2. Jedidiah Sawyer: Home... getting drunk.
  3. Morgan: So, cool. Um, let's split. If the sheriff doesn't give a sh*t, then why should we?
  From The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)

• 1. Morgan: What are we gonna do?
  2. Kemper Hardesty: I don't know...uh...we gotta call the cops, I guess.
  3. Morgan: Um, yeah, on a list of bad ideas, that one goes, way up there. Oh, police officers, please, as you inspect a crime scene, which is now our van, please, ignore the colorful pinata, filled with marijuana, in case you happen to come across it, because it played no part, you know, whatsoever in the demise of this unfortunate, young, woman.
  From The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)

• 1. Morgan: Ok, the fact that 33,000 Americans each day are infected with a sexually-transmitted disease, and two-thirds of them are just about your age.
  2. Kemper Hardesty: Hey, Morgan. How are you the expert on the dumbest shit?
  From The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Submitted by Creep F (12 months ago)