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Actor Jonathan Tucker Gets Neighbor & Kids to Safety in L.A. Home Invasion

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Jonathan Tucker usually plays misfits and bad guys on TV and in movies -- but he became a real-life hero this weekend ... rescuing a neighbor and her kids after a home invasion.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... the actor -- famous from 'Kingdom,' 'Hostage,' 'The Ruins,' and other shows/films -- called 911 Sunday evening to report a suspicious man who was going around banging on doors and talking to himself in his L.A. neighborhood.

Jonathan Tucker in "The Ruins"
Jonathan Tucker in "The Ruins"
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We're told after Jon got off the phone with cops, he went outside after losing sight of the guy -- and when he got out there .