Jonathan Tiersten

Birthday: 1965-08-11
Birthplace: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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Jonathan Tiersten (born August 11, 1965) is an American actor and singer, who is mostly known for his role as Ricky Thomas in the 1983 cult classic Sleepaway Camp. He reprised the role in the 2008 sequel Return to Sleepaway Camp.

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). 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.

Credits

Year Title Character
Dracula's War Logan Talbot
2022-08-19 Time's Up! Gene
2022-03-04 The Last American Horror Show: Volume II Captain Strike
2021-01-31 Toilet Zombie Baby Strikes Back Eric Sommers
2018-03-06 Lake of Shadows Alex Kintner
2016-07-07 Terror Tales The Sledgehammer (segment "Radical Video")
2014-10-31 Blood Reservoir Ricky Thomas
2014-05-27 At the Waterfront After the Social: The Legacy of Sleepaway Camp
2012-02-01 The Perfect House John Doesy
2008-11-04 Return to Sleepaway Camp Ricky
1987-12-02 Seasonal Differences Jason
1983-11-18 Sleepaway Camp Ricky