Spencer Akhtymichuk

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Spencer Akhtymichuk (born October 31, 1994 in Canada ) is a Canadian actor , best known for his role as Johnny "JJ" Bannerman in the television series Dead Zone . He had this from the first to the fifth season in a total of 24 episodes, before he was replaced from the sixth season by the almost two weeks older Connor Price , who slipped into the role of Johnny "JJ" Bannerman from this point in time .

Life

Born in 1994 in Canada, Spencer Akhtymichuk began his acting career at a young age, when he was used in various children's and school plays. His first engagement in the film and television business came in 2001 in the short film Still Life, with Scissors , where he played the role of Jimmy , before his international breakthrough in 2002. That year he was cast on the television series Dead Zone in the supporting role of Johnny "JJ" Bannerman . He was from the first season as the son of Sarah Bracknell Bannerman (played by Nicole de Boer ) and Sheriff Walter "Walt" Bannerman ( Chris Bruno ) in action and brought up to his retirement from the series in the fifth season (2006) Appearances in 24 different episodes. For his involvement in the series, he won a Young Artist Award in the category “Best Performance in a TV Series (Drama) - Supporting Young Actor” in 2005 and a Young Artist Award in the “Best Performance in a Television” category in 2006 Series - Recurring Young Actor ”was nominated, but could not win the award in either case. He also made it into the cast of the German-Canadian co-production Heart of Ameria in 2002 in the small supporting role of James Pratt . In addition, the young actor was used in various other well-known television series that year, but only ever played in one episode. He was used in the series Special Unit 2 - Die Monsterjäger , My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star and Jeremiah - Warriors of Thunder .

In 2003 he got an engagement in the movie A Schlitzohr called Santa Claus , where he only appeared in a small supporting role. He was also cast on the cast of Dead Like Me in a recurring role that year . He played the role of little Charlie , in which he was seen for the first time in the 13th episode of the first season, when he was working for the first time as a soul collector of animals and took the soul of a rabbit with him. Just under a year later, two more episodes in which Akhtymichuk was involved are published. He was seen again as Charlie in the eighth and 13th episode of the second season of the series , where he takes the soul of a monitor with him in the first episode and as the soul of GH , the family dog in the last episode by Georgia "George" Lass ( Ellen Muth ), collects. Achtymichuk came on several different missions in 2004, when he was used in an episode each of The Chris Isaac Show and Touching Evil . In addition, he played the young Cole Griffin in the film The Thing Below , who was played in his adult form by Jim Thorburn . He was also featured in The Final Cut , where he slipped into the role of six-year-old Jason Monroe , who was played as an adult by Chris Britton . After he was mainly active in Dead Zone in the time thereafter , he came in 2007 to an appearance in an episode of Masters of Horror and as a young Flash Gordon to appearances in two consecutive episodes of the 2007 television series Flash Gordon .

Filmography

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

Nominations

  • 2005: Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a TV Series (Drama) - Supporting Young Actor" for her engagement in Dead Zone
  • 2006: Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a Television Series - Recurring Young Actor" for her engagement in Dead Zone

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 26th Annual Young Artist Awards , accessed May 1, 2011
  2. ↑ a b 27th Annual Young Artist Awards , accessed May 1, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Akhtymichuk, Spencer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Canada