Jonathan Tiersten
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Jonathan Tiersten (August 11, 1965 - May 5, 2026) 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.
Acting
Movie
Sleepaway Camp
as Ricky
1983
Movie
Return to Sleepaway Camp
as Ricky
2008
Movie
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
as Ricky (archive footage)
2012
Movie
The Perfect House
as John Doesy
2012
Movie
Terror Tales
as The Sledgehammer (segment "Radical Video")
2016
Movie
Toilet Zombie Baby Strikes Back
as Eric Sommers
2021
Movie
At the Waterfront After the Social: The Legacy of Sleepaway Camp
2014
Movie
The Last American Horror Show: Volume II
as Captain Strike
2022
Movie
Time's Up!
as Gene
2022
Movie
Lake of Shadows
as Alex Kintner
2018
Movie
Blood Reservoir
as Ricky Thomas
2014
Dracula's War
as Logan Talbot
Movie
Seasonal Differences
as Jason
1987
Movie
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
as Self
2015