Jeremy Sisto

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Jeremy Sisto

Jeremy Merton Sisto (born October 6, 1974 in Grass Valley , California ) is an American actor and film producer .

Life

Jeremy Sisto grew up in Grass Valley , a small town in Northern California. His parents are jazz DJ Dick Sisto and actress Reedy Gibbs . His sister Meadow Sisto (* 1972) is also an actress.

Jeremy first studied at the University of California (UCLA) in Los Angeles before making his debut in Lawrence Kasdan's film Grand Canyon in 1991, alongside actors such as Kevin Kline , Danny Glover and Steve Martin . In 1995 he played the role of Elton Tiscia in the teen comedy Clueless - What Else! Alongside Alicia Silverstone . as well as in the film Moonlight and Valentino among others alongside Jon Bon Jovi and Kathleen Turner .

That he is also suitable for the representation of "serious" characters, he proved in 1996 in Ridley Scott's adventure film White Squall - alongside Jeff Bridges , Scott Wolf and Ryan Phillippe in the role of the outsider Frank Beaumont and in 1999 as Jesus of Nazareth in The Bible - Jesus directed by Roger Young . Two years later he played a historical role again in Uli Edel's film Julius Caesar , in which he played the title role. In 2004 he worked in the film U-Boat alongside Til Schweiger , Thomas Kretschmann and Scott Caan . Sisto and his sister Meadow stood in front of the camera in Don's Plum ; Leonardo DiCaprio , Tobey Maguire and Kevin Connolly also appeared in other roles .

Before Leonardo DiCaprio got the part in 1997, Jeremy Sisto was originally named Jack Dawson for James Cameron's Titanic . There is only a test recording with him and Kate Winslet .

With his production company Dima Entertainment , founded in 2003, he produced his first own feature film In Memory of My Father in 2005 . The role of Billy Chenowith in the US television series Six Feet Under has made him most popular so far. With the beginning of 2008 and the 18th season he appeared in the legal series Law & Order as Detective Cyrus Lupo and played this role for a total of three seasons until the series was discontinued in May 2010. Untypically, he had already been seen in a supporting role as a lawyer immediately before in the last episode of season 17, before he was given an eight-month break from the series after the writers 'Guild of America's writers' strike in 2007 Transferred leading role of a detective. His German dubbing voice as Cyrus Lupo was David Nathan . In 2011 he got the lead role of George Altman (voice actor: Torben Liebrecht ) in the comedy series Suburgatory , a father who moves with his daughter ( Jane Levy ) from Manhattan to the idyllic suburbs.

Sisto was in a relationship with Reese Witherspoon for some time until he married the actress Marisa Ryan on August 30, 1993 . The marriage lasted nine years. The couple divorced on June 21, 2002. The relationship remained childless. He has been married to Addie Lane since October 13, 2009; their first child together, a daughter, was born in June 2009. In March 2012, Jeremy Sisto and Addie Lane became parents of a son.

Filmography (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jeremy Sisto as 'Titanic's' Jack Dawson, and other castings that could have been

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personal data
SURNAME Sisto, Jeremy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sisto, Jeremy Merton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Grass Valley , California , United States