Jonathan Tiersten

About Jonathan Tiersten

Who is it?: Actor, Soundtrack, Producer
Birth Day: August 11, 1965
Birth Place:  Queens, New York City, New York, United States
Birth Sign: Virgo
Occupation: Actor, singer
Years active: 1983, 1987, 2008, 2011, 2013
Spouse(s): Emily Richardson (1 son)
Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20111222003251/http://www.jonathantiersten.com/

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Jonathan Tiersten was born on August 11, 1965 in  Queens, New York City, New York, United States, is Actor, Soundtrack, Producer. Jonathan Tiersten, born in Queens and raised in New York City and Northern New Jersey, Tiersten has been involved in both music and acting since his teens. Tiersten, who studied French horn and guitar when he was growing up, was still a teenager when, in 1983, he played Ricky Thomas in Robert Hiltzik's cult horror film Sleepaway Camp. Tiersten went on to study acting at New York Universitys prestigious Circle in the Square Theater School (where one of his classmates was future "Saturday Night Live" cast member Molly Shannon), and in 1987, he had a principal role in the Emmy-winning ABC after-school special "Seasonal Differences" (which also starred Uta Hagen, Melba Moore, Gabrielle Carteris and Frank Whaley). It was also in the late 1980s that Tiersten had a part on the NBC soap opera "Another World." As a singer/songwriter, Tiersten made his presence felt on the Greenwich Village folk-rock/roots rock circuit in the late 1980s and early 1990s as one-half of the acoustic duo The Magic Box. But in 1991, Tiersten surprised his admirers by leaving the Big Apple and moving to Fort Collins, Colorado, where he opened a beer bar/live music venue called The Mountain Tap Tavern. Tierstens bar attracted its share of well known artists (including Dishwalla, David Gray and Victor Wooten), but he ended up selling it to devote more time to his own music. His contributions to the Colorado music scene included everything from solo performances to AC/DC and Black Sabbath cover bands to the alternative rock outfit Bambis Apartment (which he co-led with guitarist/singer Micah Stone). Tiersten (whose first solo album, Heaven, was released in 1998) also has been a member of the alternative funk-rock band Gaphiltaphunk, and now leads the band TEN TIERS, whose debut album, Don's Club Tavern, Part 1, was released in 2006. Having spent the 1990s and early-to-mid 2000s concentrating on music, Tiersten returned to acting in a big way in 2008, when he re-prised the role of Ricky Thomas in the Sleepaway Camp sequel Return to Sleepaway Camp. And 2010 proved to be an even busier year as an actor, thanks to major roles in two independent films: Redemption and The Perfect House. Redemption is a psychological thriller that also stars George Loros (best known for his portrayal of Raymond "Buffalo Ray" Curto on the HBO series "The Sopranos"), Meredith Ostrum (known for her roles in Love Actually, Men Don't Lie and other movies) and veteran film/television actor Barry Primus. The Perfect House, meanwhile, stars Felissa Rose , John Philbin and Monique Parent along with Tiersten. Rose and Tiersten go way back; she played Angela Baker in both Sleepaway Camp and Return to Sleepaway Camp, and it was Rose who recommended Tiersten for The Perfect House. 2010 was a year of dark, edgy characters for Tiersten, who portrays a pimp in Redemption and a serial killer in The Perfect House. "Apparently, I'm everyone's favorite bad guy now," jokes Tiersten, who explains that John Doesy (his character in The Perfect House) is an insane sociopath who sees the murders he commits not as crimes, but as artistic performances. In fact, Doesy keeps a woman hostage and makes her observe his crimes because he needs a "muse." Tiersten is preparing to reprise his The Perfect House role as the star of a full-length prequel centered around his character. "John Doesy sees himself as a performance artist akin to Andy Kaufman, who thought his whole life was a performance," Tiersten, who recently wrote the score for the short film Demption (a crime drama starring David Krumholtz of the hit TV series "Numb3rs"), is a triple threat: he can score films as well as produce and act in them. Tiersten, in fact, has been doing some work for the independent film company Brittany House Pictures, and recently was hired by its president, Anjul Nigam (Grey's Anatomy, Terminator Salvation) to help produce Good Ol' Boy (a film with a score from guitarist/composer Andy Summers of The Police) and also act and do soundtrack/score work on future projects. But Tiersten stresses that no matter how much acting he will do in the future, his music will never take a back seat.
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Biography/Timeline

1991

In between acting Jonathan took to music, fronting a number of bands, mostly based out of the Fort Collins, Colorado area. Tiersten is currently the lead singer of his own band, Ten Tiers and composed the score to a short starring David Krumholtz (from the TV series Numb3rs). Also fronted a band, Gaphiltofunk (Came in just under Gun's N Roses in a worst 100 bands list circa 1991. Tiersten also starred in the 2012 film The Perfect House in which he played a serial killer named John Doesy and the upcoming (as of May 2014) thriller film Redemption which co-stars George Loros (Buffalo Ray Curto from The Sopranos) and Meredith Ostrom (Love Actually). Tiersten also composed the theme song for The Perfect House and contributed to the Soundtrack of Redemption. Tiersten's 2011 EP We'll See, released by Edward Records, is his most critically acclaimed album to date, finishing third in Magnet magazine's most anticipated albums list. Shakefire.com called the album "surprising" and "simply amazing", rating it 4 out of 4 stars.

2012

In 2012 and 2013 Tiersten garnered three best actor awards and was nominated for a fourth for his portrayal of John Doesy in The Perfect House. Tiersten also recorded a version of the (Grammy Hall of Fame) Mickey & Sylvia song "Love Is Strange" for the remake of Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space called Plan 9, starring Brian Krause (Charmed).