Jeremy Sumpter

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Jeremy Sumpter

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Born Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter
February 5, 1989 (1989-02-05) (age 19)
Flag of the United States Monterey, California, U.S.
Occupation actor
Years active 2001 — present
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Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter (born February 5, 1989) is an American actor. He is known for playing the lead role in the 2003 film version of Peter Pan. Sumpter was born in Monterey, California and grew up in Kentucky. At thirteen, Sumpter was selected for the role of Peter Pan, breaking the long-standing tradition of young women playing the part in both stage and live-action film adaptations of the story. Sumpter and his family live in Los Angeles.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] 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 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.

[edit] Career

In July 2002, Sumpter, then thirteen years old, was selected for the role of Peter Pan, breaking the long-standing tradition of young women playing the part in stage and live-action film adaptations of the story. During filming (fall of 2002), he grew eight inches (from 5 ft 0 in to 5 ft 8 in), requiring some filming and staging tricks to conceal his height in scenes filmed late in production. Sumpter did nearly all of his stunts for Peter Pan 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. The $140 million-budgeted film opened in December of 2003, but did poorly, possibly due to reports of its more "adult" treatment of the J. M. Barrie story and competition at the box office from the highly-anticipated The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Sumpter spent the summer of 2005 in Oregon filming the comedy The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang, which was theatrically released in November, 2007. Sumpter also appears in the independent film An American Crime, where he portrays Coy Hubbard. He also appeared in an episode of CSI Miami as the boyfriend of a girl whose parents are murdered. He recently completed filming "Calvin Marshall" in which he plays "Caselli." He is also attached to appear in "Prep School" and "Word of Mouth."

[edit] Personal life

Sumpter enjoys surfing, as well as basketball, football, baseball, snowboarding, tennis, soccer, hiking, swimming, rollerblading, golf, and watching storm clouds. His favorite movie is "King Kong", he also likes "Unforgiven" and "Twister". He has been cast in numerous athletic roles, including Local Boys (surfing), Peter Pan (sword fighting), Clubhouse (baseball), Cyber Seduction (swimming). In October 2005, Sumpter competed in his first celebrity golf tournament: the Eddie Money Golf Tournament in Northern California. His team placed 3rd out of 24 teams.

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Word of Mouth Rex(pre-production)
2008 Prep School Simon ((pre-production)
2008 Calvin Marshall Caselli

(post-production)
2007 An American Crime Coy Hubbard
2007 CSI: Miami Zach Griffith (in Broken Home)
2006 The Sasquatch Dumpling 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

[edit] Awards

  • Saturn Award (winner) 2004 Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Peter Pan.
  • Young Artist Award (winner) 2004 Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Peter Pan.
  • Saturn Award (nomination) 2003 Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Frailty.
  • Young Artist Award (winner) 2002 Best Performance in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Special - Leading Young Actor for Just A Dream.

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