Kevin Zegers

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Kevin Zegers

Zegers at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
Born Kevin Joseph Zegers
September 19, 1984 (1984-09-19) (age 23)
Flag of Canada Woodstock, Ontario

Kevin Joseph Zegers (born September 19, 1984) is a Canadian film and television actor and model.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Zegers was born in Woodstock, Ontario, the son of Mary Ellen, a school teacher, and James Zegers, a quarry worker. He grew up in Woodstock, graduating from St. Mary's High School in 2002. He has two younger sisters, Krista and Katie, who are actresses. Zegers began acting at the age of 6. He has appeared in over 30 commercials, and also did some modeling in London. Aside from his acting career, Zegers works off-and-on as a model.

[edit] Acting career

Zegers began his performing career at the age of 6, appearing in commercials. His first film appearance was at the age of 7, in a small role in Michael J. Fox comedy Life With Mikey (1993). Subsequently, he appeared in many supporting roles, including a guest appearance on the television series The X-Files, playing a stigmatic child. He had the starring role in Air Bud (1997), a film about a basketball-playing dog. In the years following, Zegers appeared in three sequels, as well as a similar genre film, MVP: Most Valuable Primate, which featured a hockey-playing chimp.

Between 1997 and 2004, Zegers had starring or co-starring roles in many low-budget Canadian and horror films, including Nico the Unicorn (1998), Komodo (1999), and Wrong Turn (2003). He also appeared in the short-lived American television series Titans (co-starring Yasmine Bleeth) in 2000, for which he was personally chosen by producer Aaron Spelling. Zegers had previously worked with Bleeth in the 1999 film It Came From the Sky.

After appearing in the remake of Dawn of the Dead, he had a major role in the Academy Award-nominated independent film Transamerica (2005), co-starring Felicity Huffman. Zegers' performance as the bisexual street hustling son of a male-to-female transsexual was praised by several critics, and he won the 2006 Cannes Film Festival Chopard Award, which is given to promising young actors.[1]

Zegers starred alongside Samaire Armstrong in the 2006 romantic comedy It's a Boy/Girl Thing.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Awards

Year Group Award Result Notes
1998 YoungStar Awards Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film Nominated Air Bud
Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor Won
Best Performance in a TV Movie or Feature Film - Young Ensemble Nominated Rose Hill
Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series - Supporting Young Actor Nominated A Call to Remember
1999 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor Nominated Air Bud: Golden Receiver
2001 Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor Nominated MVP: Most Valuable Primate
2006 Cannes Film Festival Chopard Trophy - Male Revelation Won

[edit] References

  1. ^ Chopard and the Cannes Festival: A nine-year idyll. Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH website (June 14, 2006). Retrieved on March 10, 2007.

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