CJ Sanders

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CJ Sanders (born September 18, 1996 ) is a retired American child actor . He achieved his first international fame in 2004 through his role as the young Ray Robinson in the film Ray , for which he was nominated several times for various film awards. His father is the former wide receiver Chris Sanders , who was among other things a substitute player at Super Bowl XXXIV and is now active as a football coach. His stepfather, Corey Harris, is also a former long-time NFL player .

Life

CJ Sanders was born in 1996 to the aspiring wide receiver Chris Sanders , who made it into the NFL the previous year via the 1995 NFL Draft , and his partner Stacie Harris. CJ Sanders, who grew up in and around Nashville , Tennessee , began his acting career at the age of about eight when he was cast in the role of Ray Charles , whom he would play in Ray as a child . He had a big part in the multi -Oscar nominee and award-winning feature film by Taylor Hackford and was nominated for various film awards in the following year. The nominations include a Black Reel Award in the “Best Breakthrough Performance” category, an Image Award in the “Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture” category, and a Young Artist Award at the 2005 award in the “Best Performance” category in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor ". This role also brought the young actor's international breakthrough; in the following years he was engaged for a number of well-known productions.

2005 followed appearances in each episode of Amy , Cold Case - No Victim Is Ever Forgotten and Grey's Anatomy , as well as a supporting role in eight different episodes of the three Golden Globes awarded series Six Feet Under - Will always die . In Six Feet Under, he played the adopted son of the gay couple David Fisher (played by Michael C. Hall ) and Keith Charles ( Mathew St. Patrick ). A year later he was in the short-lived hospital series Saved , which was canceled by TNT after a season consisting of 13 episodes . He appeared in six different episodes in the role of Cam and was awarded a year later for this same contribution for another Young Artist Award , this time in the category " Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Young Actor Age Ten or Younger ", nominated. Sanders also had a leading role in 2006 in the 14-minute short Thomas in Bloom by Jeff Prugh , who was doing his Masters degree from the USC School of Cinema-Television that year. After that, for a short time it was largely silent about the young actor, who returned to the screens in 2008 when he was involved in two different film productions. He was seen in Beautiful Loser in the role of Troy and in First Sunday at the side of Ice Cube , Katt Williams or Tracy Morgan as Durell Jr. , the son of Ice Cubes. After that, Sanders largely withdrew from acting and increasingly focused on his school education and sports career.

From that time on he attended Brentwood Academy , a private preparatory school for a later college career. In 2011 there was the first clash in an official football game between father and son, with CJ Sanders as a player at the Brentwood Academy and Chris Sanders as the coach of the football team at Montgomery Bell Academy . The former child star is also active for the track and field team at his school. In this he even holds the current school record set in 2013 in the 100-meter run, where he holds a time of 10.64 seconds. He also celebrated further successes in the football team, for example in 2013 the election to the "Division II-AA East-Middle Region Offensive MVP". Since 2015, the Notre Dame High School graduate has been attending the University of Notre Dame , where he is also a member of the men's football team of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish sports division .

Filmography

Film appearances (also short appearances)
Series appearances (also guest and short appearances)

Nominations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BA's Sanders to face dad in football matchup , accessed April 2, 2014
  2. ↑ 2005 FAAAF / Black Reel Awards Honors Outstanding Film and Television Performances in 24 Categories at the Nation's Capitol , accessed April 2, 2014
  3. ↑ CJ Sanders at the Image Awards 2005 , accessed April 2, 2014
  4. ↑ a b 26th Annual Young Artist Awards , accessed April 2, 2014
  5. ↑ a b 28th Annual Young Artist Awards (English), accessed on November 21, 2015
  6. ↑ BA stars follow in fathers' football footsteps ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 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 April 2, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brentwoodhomepage.com
  7. ↑ BA's Sanders to face dad in football matchup , accessed April 2, 2014
  8. ↑ Varsity Boys Track and Field Records of the Brentwood Academy ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 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 April 2, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brentwoodacademy.com
  9. ↑ Football-Varsity - 2013 Team Awards - Brentwood Academy ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 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 April 2, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brentwoodacademy.com
  10. ↑ CJ Sanders Picks Notre Dame , accessed November 21, 2015
  11. ↑ CJ Sanders - 2015 Notre Dame Football Signee , accessed November 21, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Sanders, CJ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American child actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1996