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Jonathan Tiersten
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Definition
1
American actor (1965–2026), best known for his role as the belligerent bully Ricky Thomas in the 1983 cult horror film Sleepaway Camp and its sequels.
2
Musician and frontman of the band Ten Tiers, also a composer for independent films like The Perfect House.
Examples
Jonathan Tiersten's Ricky Thomas turned summer camp into a vocabulary lesson nobody asked for.
After wielding a baseball bat on screen, Jonathan Tiersten picked up a guitar to bat for rock stardom.
Horror buffs still mimic Jonathan Tiersten's epic freak-outs from Sleepaway Camp at every convention.
Jonathan Tiersten showed that transitioning from camp slasher to indie composer is the ultimate plot twist.