Born and raised in Boston's notoriously tough Irish neighborhood of Charlestown.
Some of his nicknames are Tuck , Tucker, and Moss. He hates to be called Jon.
His father, Paul Hayes Tucker, is the world's foremost authority on Claude Monet and French Impressionism.
He says that his greatest inspirations are his father and mother.
Attended the Park School in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Attended the Boston Ballet; played 'Fritz' in their production of 'The Nutcracker' when he was in third grade, and was also featured in a
Boston Ballet calendar.
He danced with the Boston Ballet for 5 years.
Attended the Thacher School in Ojai, California.
Deferring from Columbia University, where he was accepted for early admission.
His favorite singer is Frank Sinatra.
He is a big Rene Russo fan.
He enjoys listening to every kind of music except Country and Death Metal.
He enjoys history, reading, math and political philosophy.
He is a vegetarian.
His sex scene with Josh Lucas in The Deep End (2001) was filmed on his eighteenth birthday, to avoid legal implications.
Attended summer camp at Camp Chingachgook on Lake George in Pilot Knob, NY, part of the Adirondacks, during the 1990s.
His charity, The Pegasus Fund, received $50k after he won CNBC's Celebrity Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge. Jonathan was on top of the
leaderboard for much of the contest. He was no lower than 4th at any time.
The scar Tuck has on his chin, is the result of a motorcycle accident (in 2005) that required 62 stitches on his face.
Trivia: Awards and Nominations
Was nominated in 2000 for "Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot - Leading Young Actor" for his role on Mr. Music (1998)
In 2003 got an Argosy Award at the Dubrovnik International Film Festival.