Blake Heron

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Blake Heron (born January 11, 1982 in Sherman Oaks , Los Angeles , California - † September 8, 2017 in La Crescenta-Montrose , California) was an American actor and former child actor .

life and career

Blake Heron was born on January 11, 1982 in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of north Los Angeles in the US state of California. After their parents' divorce, he and his mother Liz came to Burbank via Atlanta and New York City , where he began his acting career in the mid-1990s. In 1995 he had guest appearances in one episode each of Picket Fences - Tatort Gartenzaun , and Cybill and was seen in an unknown number of episodes of Reality Check . Florian Kiesel lent him the German voice in the German-language dubbed version of Picket Fences - Tatort Gartenzaun . In the same year, at the age of 13, he got his first film role in Peter Hewitt's Tom and Huck , an adventure film based on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . In 1996 various other film appearances followed and the young actor's early breakthrough followed. He played Patrick Shay in John Frankenheimer's civil war film Andersonville , the young Jesse Parish , whose adult character was mimed by Eric Stoltz , in the action thriller Don't Look Back - The Killer in the Neck , and the supporting role of Bobby in Trilogy of Terror II by Dan Curtis .

As Marty Preston in Chip Rosenbloom's family drama Shiloh , he made his international breakthrough that same year. For the role he was awarded a Youth in Film Award in the category " Best Actor in a Feature Film " at the 1998 Youth in Film Awards ; He had to share this price with Kevin Zegers from Air Bud - Champion on four paws . After working again with Cybill Shepherd in 1997 in the drama Journey of the Heart , directed by Emmy Award winner Karen Arthur , he joined the cast of Nick Freno that same year : Trust no teacher! where he starred alongside the late Mitch Mullany in 21 episodes in the role of Jordan Wells . In 1999 he took on Karen Allen , A Martinez and Wes Studi , one of the leading roles in Western Wind River , in which he played the role of Nick Wilson , and later Yagaichi .

In the following year 1999, Heron was used in an episode of the very short-lived series Rescue 77 by Gregory Widen and took over the recurring character of Dellus in G vs E from Jonas and Josh Pate for six episodes . After graduating from Excelsior High School in Norwalk in 1999 , he largely turned his back on his previous career as a child actor and mainly pursued more demanding adult roles. After appearing in one episode each of Alone Against the Future , Emergency Room - The Emergency Room and Boston Public , he was also involved in the films Blast and Cheaters this year as a leading and supporting actor . In Emergency Room of the Berlin lent him Robin Kahn Meyer 's voice; In Alone Against the Future it was Sebastian Schulz . For his role as Matt Kur he was subsequently nominated at the YoungStar Awards 2000 for a YoungStar Award in the category “Best Young Actor / Performance in a Miniseries / Made-For-TV Film”, but could not compete in this category Seth Adkins , who won the award for his role as Pinocchio in Geppetto, the toy maker .

After the actor was largely quiet in 2001, he appeared in Randall Wallace's award-winning war film We Were Heroes as Sp4 (Specialist 4th Class) Galen Bungum in 2002 . While Kim Hasper lent him the voice in the German version of Cheaters , Stefan Günther appeared as his voice actor for the first time in Wir were Helden . Günther was also Heron's German voice in the episode Fatally Wrong Decision by The Guardian - Retter mit Herz , which was also broadcast that year. Blake Heron also had another appearance this year in an episode of Woman Power with Kathleen Quinlan or Christopher McDonald . In 11:14 , the only production in which Heron was seen in 2003, he acted as Aaron one of the main characters and got another voice actor in the German-language dubbed version of the episode film. This time Benedikt Weber , one of the most active German dubbing actors and a fixed voice for various actors, was the American's German voice. After he worked on an episode of Practice in 2004 and as a supporting actor in Dandelion - A Love in Idaho , he appeared in an episode of the short-lived TNT series Wanted in 2005 and largely withdrew from the film in the following years - and television business back.

Only with an appearance in an episode of Justified , when Nils Dienemann was his German voice, Blake Heron returned to the screen in 2012 and from then on appeared again in various film and television productions. He was featured in a number of independent films such as Escape from Polygamy , The House Itself or Benjamin Troubles in 2013 and 2014 , but was unable to make any significant appearances. 2015 followed appearances in each episode of Navy CIS: New Orleans and Criminal Minds . In the episode Der Köder von Navy CIS: New Orleans , Jesco Wirthgen, another voice actor, appeared for the former young American actor. During his absence as an actor, he also trained as a cameraman and has been working as a camera operator or camera assistant for the local film and television studio Brentwood Communications International Inc. , BCII TV for short , since September 2011, parallel to his acting career .

After he appeared in the music video for the song You Against You by the thrash metal band Slayer in 2016 , he was seen the following year as a rapist in the horror film No Solicitors by John Callas . He was also seen in the role of Steve in the drama Dive , the directorial debut of Matthew Lopes , and also had an appearance in A Thousand Junkies by director Tommy Swerdlow , as well as in the short film Graffiti . In the role of Robbie he will be seen in the film Dirt, which has not yet been released (as of September 2017) . In 2017 he worked as a camera assistant for the reality TV production JC Tha Barber . Heron appeared as a cameraman in Florida and Paris in the documentary CHARIVARI a fashion UPROAR , due to be released in 2018 .

On September 8, 2017, Blake Heron was found unconscious at his home in Los Angeles by his girlfriend . After rescue workers tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead. Heron, who had been struggling with drug addiction since he was 12 or 13, had only returned home from rehab a few days before his death. A friend of Heron's reported that he had caught the flu in the last few days before his death and that he had been taking various medications for it. Authorities found several prescription drugs, but no illegal drugs.

Filmography (selection)

Film appearances

  • 1995: Tom and Huck ( Tom and Huck )
  • 1996: Andersonville
  • 1996: Don't Look Back - Die Killer im Nacken ( Don't Look Back )
  • 1996: Trilogy of Terror II
  • 1996: Shiloh
  • 1997: Journey of the Heart
  • 2000: Blast
  • 2000: Cheaters
  • 2000: Wind River
  • 2002: We Were Soldiers ( We Were Soldiers )
  • 2003: 11:14
  • 2004: Dandelion - A Love in Idaho ( Dandelion )
  • 2013: Escape from Polygamy
  • 2014: The House Itself
  • 2014: Benjamin Troubles
  • 2016: Music video for the song You Against You by Slayer
  • 2017: No Solicitors
  • 2017: A Thousand Junkies
  • 2017: Graffiti (short film)

Series appearances

Nominations and Awards

Nominations

  • 2000 : YoungStar Award in the category "Best Young Actor / Performance in a Miniseries / Made-For-TV Film" for his engagement in cheaters

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 19th Annual Young Artist Awards ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2015 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed December 2, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.youngartistawards.org
  2. ↑ 'SHILOH' STAR BLAKE HERON DEAD AT 35 (English), accessed on September 10, 2017
  3. ↑ 'Shiloh' Star Blake Heron Dies at 35 ( Memento of the original from September 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed on September 10, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.msn.com
  4. ↑ Child actor, star of 'Shiloh' Blake Heron found dead at 35 , accessed September 10, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Heron, Blake
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and former child actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Sherman Oaks , Los Angeles , California
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 2017
Place of death La Crescenta-Montrose , California