Jeremy Sumpter Biography

Jeremy Sumpter
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Jeremy Sumpter
Born Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter
February 5, 1989 (1989-02-05) (age 20)
Monterey, California, U.S.A.
Occupation Actor
Years active 2001 — present
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Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter (born February 5, 1989) is an American actor. He played the lead role in the 2003 film version of Peter Pan.

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Biography

Early life

Jeremy Sumpter was born in Monterey, California the son of Sandra (née Johnson) and Gary Sumpter. His siblings, twin sister, Jessica, and younger sister, Gigi, are also actresses. He also has a brother named Travis who is in college. He was raised in the small town of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, until he was eleven. He won IMTA's Pre-Teen Male Model of the Year award in 2000. Soon afterward, he signed with Mark Robert Management and his family moved to Los Angeles, where he currently resides.citation needed

Career

In July 2002, Sumpter, then thirteen years old, was selected for the role of Peter Pan, a role traditionally played by women on stage, and the first time a boy played the role in a live-action feature film. During filming he grew eight inches, requiring some filming and staging tricks to conceal his height in scenes filmed late in production.citation needed They had to make the window bigger because he kept hitting his head and they had to keep making his leaf outfit bigger. Sumpter did nearly all of his stunts for the film himself. To prepare, he says he practiced sword fighting as much as five hours a day, as well as training in gymnastics and lifting weights. While filming in Australia, he supplemented his training with cricket and surfing.citation needed

Sumpter spent the summer of 2005 in Oregon filming the comedy The Sasquatch Gang, which was theatrically released in November, 2006. He also appears in the film An American Crime, where he portrays Coy Hubbard along side Ellen Page and James Franco He also appeared in an episode of CSI Miami as the boyfriend of a girl whose parents are murdered. He has completed filming Calvin Marshall in which he plays the part of Caselli.citation needed He recently completed You're So Cupid, and the independent film Death And Cremation.

Currently Sumpter has been co-hosting the YOBI show on the online reality contest network at http://www.yobi.tv with co-host Danielle Ryan.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2010 You're So Cupid Connor Miller
20-- Death and Cremation Jarod
2010 Calvin Marshall Caselli (post-production)
2009 The Science of Cool Neil Tobbler
2008-present Friday Night Lights J.D. McCoy
2007 An American Crime Coy Hubbard
2007 CSI: Miami Zach Griffith (in Broken Home)
2006 The Sasquatch Gang Gavin Gore
2005 Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life Justin Petersen
2004 Clubhouse (TV series) Pete Young
2003 Peter Pan Peter Pan
2002 Local Boys Skeeter Dobson
2002 Frailty Young Adam
2001 Just A Dream Henry Sturbuck

Awards

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