LJ Benet
LJ Benet (born January 2, 1997 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actor and professional singer .
Life
His career as a professional singer and actor began, born in 1997 in Los Angeles, California Benet at the age of eleven, when he, among others, in 2008 in the film All God's Children Can Dance , and in a published 2009 episode of The Mentalist occurred . He also played the young Tommy in The Who 's eponymous musical , which premiered at the Ricardo Montalbán Theater in Hollywood . He then continued his stage acting career and promptly received a role in Big: the musical , based on the 1988 film Big, starring Tom Hanks . This eventually led to further engagements in film productions, for example in Greg's diary - Surrounded by Idiots! and you again ; in the first film mentioned he even appeared as a voice-over singer. In the same year , he came to the screen in the indie short film The Legend of Beaver Dam , an award-winning horror rock opera, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010 and also served as a jury at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival -Award received. LJ Benet himself was nominated for a Young Artist Award in the category “Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor” at the Young Artist Awards 2011 for his role in short film , but could not prevail against his fellow actor Andy Scott Harris . Furthermore, in 2010 he received two well-known roles in two equally well-known musicals, both of which celebrated their world premieres this year. This year Benet was seen at the La Jolla Playhouse in Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin as a young Sydney and received the role of young Pip in the play Great Expectations at the Utah Shakespeare Festival . After he had further theater appearances in the following years in plays such as Waiting for Godot , Seussical or Who disturbs the nightingale, he was awarded a Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in Live Theater - Young Actor" at the 2012 Young Artist Awards. for his engagement in Who disturbs the nightingale at the Lex Theater in Hollywood. In 2011, Benet also appeared in one episode of the television series The Magicians of Waverly Place , The Joey & Elise Show and Breaking In . For his performance in Die Zauberer vom Waverly Place , LJ Benet was nominated again for a Young Artist Award, this time in the category "Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 14-17". In this category he could not assert himself either; the award went to Trevor Jackson for his involvement in Harry's Law . Appearances in the series The Jadagrace Show and Bones followed in 2012 , whereby it was used in both productions in a single episode. In addition, the thriller Shadow Witness with Kevin Sorbo was released that year , in which the young actor also got a guest role. In addition, Benet was booked for the film We Buy a Zoo , but was not used in this production because the role for which he was intended was reoccupied. He was also used in the three-minute short film Sprockett by director Hazel Meeks . In 2013 he was booked for Scott Stewart's sci-fi horror film Dark Skies , in which he played the young Kevin Ratner . It was also enough for a longer-term engagement in 2013, when he was brought into the extended cast of the new Disney Channel series Dog with Blog and there the role of Karl Fink , the intelligent rival of the main character Avery Jennings (played by Genevieve Hannelius ) , received.
Filmography
- Film appearances (also short appearances)
- 2008: All God's Children Can Dance
- 2010: Greg's Diary - Surrounded by Idiots! ( Diary of a Wimpy Kid )
- 2010: The Legend of Beaver Dam (short film)
- 2010: You again
- 2012: Sprockett (short film)
- 2012: Shadow Witness
- 2013: Dark Skies
- Series appearances (also guest and short appearances)
- 2009: The Mentalist (1 episode)
- 2011: Wizards of Waverly Place ( Wizards of Waverly Place ) (1 Episode)
- 2011: The Joey & Elise Show (1 episode)
- 2011: Breaking In (1 episode)
- 2012: The Jadagrace Show (1 episode)
- 2012: Bones - The Knochenjägerin ( Bones ) (1 Episode)
- 2013–2015: Dog with blog (5+ episodes)
Theatrical appearances
- The Who's Tommy - The Musical
- Big: the musical
- Waiting for Godot ( Waiting for Godot )
- Who disturbs the nightingale ( To Kill a Mockingbird )
- Great Expectations ( Great Expectations )
- Seussical
- Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin
Awards and nominations
- Awards
- 2012 : Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in Live Theater - Young Actor" for his engagement in Who the Nightingale Disturbs
- Nominations
- 2011 : Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor" for his involvement in The Legend of Beaver Dam
- 2012 : Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 14-17" for his engagement in Die Zauberer vom Waverly Place
Web links
- LJ Benet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website of LJ Benet (English)
- LJ Benet on mediakidvids.net (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 32nd Annual Young Artist Awards , accessed July 29, 2012
- ↑ a b c d e 33nd Annual Young Artist Awards , accessed on July 29, 2012
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Benet, LJ |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor and singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1997 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , USA |