Joseph Cross
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 Cross as Augusten Burroughs in Running with Scissors, 2006 |
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| Born | Joseph Michael Cross May 28, 1986 New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Joseph Michael Cross (born May 28, 1986) is an American actor.
Cross was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of Maureen and Michael Cross. He has four siblings, Liz, Brian, James and Andrew and had what he has described as a "pretty normal" upbringing. He enjoys climbing trees as well as other outdoor adventures. As well as playing competitive beer bong but substituting the beer for homemade mash cider.[1]
As a child actor, Cross appeared in the Hollywood films Desperate Measures, Wide Awake and Jack Frost, all of which were released in 1998. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, he also appeared in several television roles. And he also played Casey Hughes on One Life to Live between 1999 to 2004.
In 2006, Cross played Augusten Burroughs in Running with Scissors, a drama also featuring Annette Bening and Evan Rachel Wood, and appeared as real-life Marine Franklin Sousley in the big-budget Flags of Our Fathers, a Clint Eastwood-directed war film. Cross has said that he enjoyed the transition from appearing in Running with Scissors, which he has described as "very character driven and smaller" to the high-profile "epic" Flags of our Fathers.[2] Running with Scissors has been described by media sources as Cross's "breakout performance".[3] Cross was also in the film Untraceable, in which he played an online predator tracked by an FBI agent (Diane Lane).[4]
Cross attends Columbia University.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | Desperate Measures | Matthew Conner | |
| Wide Awake | Joshua A. Beal | ||
| Jack Frost | Charlie Frost | ||
| 2005 | Homecoming | Young Barry | |
| 2006 | Strangers with Candy | Derrick Blank | |
| Flags of Our Fathers | Franklin Sousley | ||
| Running with Scissors | Augusten Burroughs | ||
| 2008 | Untraceable | Owen Reilly | |
| Falling Up | Henry |
[edit] References
- ^ Mann, Ted. "On the Verge: Joseph Cross, Pelham", Lower Hudson Online, 2007-02-07. Retrieved on 2007-03-24.
- ^ Topel, Fred. "Joseph Cross on Running with Scissors", CanMan, 2006-10-21. Retrieved on 2007-03-24.
- ^ Alvi, Zalina. "Growing up crazy ain’t all that bad", 2006-10-18. Retrieved on 2007-03-24.
- ^ Mann, Ted. "Joseph Cross takes another sabbatical from Trinity College", Lower Hudson Online, 2007-02-23. Retrieved on 2007-03-24.
