Jonathan Tiersten

61, from Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Artwork for Sleepaway Camp

Biography

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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.

Timeline

2022Aged 57

  • Poster for The Last American Horror Show: Volume II

    Captain Strike

  • Poster for Time's Up!

    Gene

2021Aged 56

  • Poster for Toilet Zombie Baby Strikes Back

    Eric Sommers

2018Aged 53

  • Poster for Lake of Shadows

    Alex Kintner

2016Aged 51

  • Poster for Terror Tales

    The Sledgehammer (segment "Radical Video")

2015Aged 50

  • Poster for Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran

    Self

2014Aged 49

  • Poster for At the Waterfront After the Social: The Legacy of Sleepaway Camp

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Blood Reservoir

    Ricky Thomas

2012Aged 47

  • Poster for The Perfect House

    John Doesy

  • Poster for Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor

    Ricky (archive footage)

2008Aged 43

  • Poster for Return to Sleepaway Camp

    Ricky

1987Aged 22

  • Poster for Seasonal Differences

    Jason

1983Aged 18

  • Poster for Sleepaway Camp

    Ricky

Year unknown