John Aaron Bennett
John Aaron Bennett (* 1984 in Flowery Branch , Georgia ) is a former American child actor , who gained international fame primarily for his role as John Morgan Bedford in the US television series I'll Fly Away .
Life
John Aaron Bennett was born in 1984, the eldest of five sons of chiropractor Al Bennett and his wife Kelly Bennett, a housewife and mother, in the small town of Flowery Branch, Georgia, and grew up in the small town a few miles north on Lake Lanier Gainesville , Georgia. In 1991 he got the role of John Morgan Bedford in the NBC southern series I'll Fly Away , in which he played the youngest son of District Attorney Forrest Bedford (played by Sam Waterson ) in all 38 episodes . In the two-hour television film I'll Fly Away: Then and Now, which was released after the series ended, he was again seen in his role as John Morgan Bedford . For his role in the series he was nominated at the 1991 Youth in Film Awards for a Youth in Film Award in the category "Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Under Ten" and in 1993 in the category "Outstanding Actor Under Ten in a Television Series" excellent.
In 1993 he was also seen in the first episode of the seventh season of In the Heat of the Night , when he slipped into the role of Billy Ray Cayton . After he had worked alongside Ryan Seacrest and Abigail Gustafson on the television series Reality Check as Nick Bonner in 1995 , he largely withdrew from the acting business. At the age of 13 he entered the church service and from the age of 19 worked on planting a church. After studying communication science , he is doing his master's in a theological seminar . During an audition at Liberty University , he met his future wife Andrea, with whom he played the leading roles of the baker and his wife in a performance of Into the Woods . After they were married at the Bride's Church in 2008, they both started positions at Aaron Bennett's Church in Flowery Branch, Blackshear Place Baptist Church . Aaron Bennett served in the Children's Ministry as a Middle School Pastor , College Pastor, and various other church projects. Their first child, Valentine Alise Bennett, was born on March 24, 2014.
Filmography
Film appearances (also short appearances)
- 1993: I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
Series appearances (also guest and short appearances)
- 1991–1993: I'll Fly Away (38 episodes)
- 1993: In the Heat of the Night ( In the Heat of the Night ) (1 Episode)
- 1995: Reality Check (unknown number of episodes)
Nominations and Awards
- Nominations
- 1991 : Youth in Film Award in the category “Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Under Ten” for his involvement in I'll Fly Away
- Awards
- 1993 : Youth in Film Award in the category “Outstanding Actor Under Ten in a Television Series” for his involvement in I'll Fly Away
Web links
- John Aaron Bennett in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- John Aaron Bennett on nowcasting.com (English)
- Official website of John Aaron Bennett (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b 13th Annual Youth in Film Awards , accessed on November 29, 2015
- ^ A b 14th Annual Youth in Film Awards , accessed on November 29, 2015
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bennett, John Aaron |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American child actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1984 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Flowery Branch , Georgia |