Birthday: May 31, 1982

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography: Jonathan Tucker, 21, first plunged into Fox Searchlight's The Deep Endopposite Tilda Swinton. Tucker portrayed Swinton's sensitive teenage son in thethriller about a devout mother who instinctively reacts to cover-up a death in anattempt to avoid her son's implications. Directed by Scott McGehee and DavidSiegel, The Deep End and the performances embodied within have been described bycritics as mesmerizing, enlightening, and invigorating. Also enlightening was Tucker's previous effort... ... (read more...) , Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides.Produced by Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope Films, the film featured Tuckeras Kirsten Dunst's voyeur teen neighbor and attempted savior. He also co-starred asthe young Billy Crudup in Barry Levinson's acclaimed Sleepers and appeared in thecomedy Two if by Sea with Sandra Bullock. Tucker has also appeared in an arch onDavid E. Kelley's hit drama The Practice and immediately segued into a gueststarring role on Steven Bochco's Philly. Toronto International and Los Angeles FilmFestival entrant Ball In The House. Tucker assumes the starring role of a troubledyouth who copes to regain control of his life by confronting his drug and alcoholaddiction. Jennifer Tilly and David Strathairn round out the impressive cast. Tuckeralso wrapped a starring role in the independent film Stateside opposite Rachel LeighCook and Val Kilmer, and will also portray younger sibling to John C. Reilly in the Soderbergh/Clooney-produced con-themed feature Criminal. Though a Boston native, Tucker has had the opportunity to travel the world over,including a couple of years in Paris as a young boy, thanks to his renowned arthistorian/professor/curator father, Paul Hayes Tucker, and marketing analyst mother,Maggie Moss-Tucker. By third grade, he was starring in the Boston Ballet'sproduction of The Nutcracker. He graduated from Ojai's Thacher School.