Jeremy Sumpter

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Jeremy Sumpter at WonderCon 2014

Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter (* 5. February 1989 in Carmel , Monterey , California ) is a US -American actor . He was best known for the title role in the 2003 film Peter Pan .

Life

He has a twin sister - Jessica - and a younger sister, Jennifer. He spent most of his childhood in a small town in Kentucky. There he was allowed to participate in a state program for talented artists at the age of six - as the youngest child ever accepted. Some of his original works of art have been exhibited in a local art gallery.

Actually, he didn't want to be an actor, but he took part in a competition of the "International Model and Talent Association" in Los Angeles and was promptly named "Male Child Model of the Year" (he also won prizes in eleven other categories). He got himself a personal manager and in 2000 he moved with his family entirely to Los Angeles.

Jeremy's favorite film is "Twister". Ironically, with the main actor from “Twister”, Bill Paxton , he was allowed to shoot his first “real” feature film in 2001 (after guest appearances in a few series, including 2001 in “Emergency Room”). In "Frailty" he plays the little Adam Meiks, whose father develops into a serial killer. He was nominated for the "Saturn Award" for his portrayal.

Immediately afterwards, actor Danny Glover brought him to the set of his feature film “Just a dream”, in which he portrays little Henry Sturbuck, who grows up in a small town. With this role he won the "Young Actors Award". Then he played the surf enthusiast Skeet in the film "Local Boys".

In 2002 Jeremy was selected for the role of Peter Pan in a worldwide casting . It cost him months of hard training (including fencing lessons) until he was able to live up to the role in sport; in order to be able to “fly” (ie to hang on a tightrope for hours), he needed strong back muscles. In addition, it grew so fast during the filming that Wendy's window, through which Peter comes into her room, had to be raised four times so that he didn't hit his head all the time.

He also starred in "Cyber ​​Seduction" in 2006. The film is about a young person who gets to know the pornographic side of the Internet and starts an addiction.

Sumpter lives in Los Angeles , California.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2001: Demonic ( Frailty )
  • 2002: Local Boys
  • 2002: Just A Dream
  • 2003: Peter Pan
  • 2004: Clubhouse (TV series)
  • 2005: Cyber ​​Seduction: His Secret Life
  • 2006: The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang
  • 2007: An American Crime
  • 2007: Guilty Wars
  • 2007: CSI: Miami (TV series)
  • 2008–2010: Friday Night Lights (TV series)
  • 2008: Word of Mouth
  • 2008: Prep School
  • 2008: Calvin Marshall
  • 2010: You're so Cupid
  • 2010: Death and Cremation
  • 2011: Soul Surfer
  • 2012: The Glades (TV series, episode 3x10)
  • 2012: Excision
  • 2014: Storm Hunters (Into the Storm)
  • 2016: Take Down (Take Down)

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