- Born Jackson Rathbone, 21 December 1984 in Singapore.
- Has since traveled the world from Medan, Indonesia to and finally settled in Midland, Texas.
- Enjoys playing music. Has a band called 100Monkeys with two other Friends he met in high school.
- Attended Interlochen Arts Academy in his junior and senior years of high school, majored in acting.
- Went to Los Angeles after graduation to experiment with acting, and was cast into being part of Disney 411 in a short time.
- Guest roles in The O.C. and Close To Home.
- Acted in a couple of other Filme and drama series before Twilight, and the upcoming Filme Dread, The Last Airbender and Stephenie Meyer’s next-in-the-line Twilight Saga, New Moon.
- Has original dark-brown curly hair.
- 1.77m in height.
- Wears hat most of the time.
- Close Friends with Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen, Twilight).
- Doesn’t have a girlfriend.