Cameron Bright
{{short description|Canadian actor (born 1993)}}
{{Infobox person
|image = Cameron Bright.jpg
|caption = Bright in 2011
| name = Cameron Bright
| birthname = Cameron Douglas Crigger
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|1|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1999–present
}}
Cameron Bright (born Cameron Douglas Crigger; January 26, 1993){{cite news|last=Ouzounian|first=Richard|title=Bright future|work=Toronto Star|page=D01|date=2004-10-24}} is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in the films The Butterfly Effect, Godsend, Birth, Running Scared, Ultraviolet, X-Men: The Last Stand, Thank You for Smoking and three installments of The Twilight Saga.
Life and career
Bright was born in Victoria, British Columbia, the son of Anne Bright and James Crigger.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/cameron-bright/bio/143209 |title=Cameron Bright Biography |publisher=Tvguide.com |access-date=2013-02-23 |archive-date=2018-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719054918/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/cameron-bright/bio/143209/ |url-status=live }} He was given his middle name "Douglas" after his maternal grandfather. His first acting job was in a commercial for Telus, which was soon followed by a guest appearance on the television series Higher Ground. He subsequently appeared in several minor roles in made-for-television films (credited as "Cameron Crigger"), such as the 2000 television movie The Christmas Secret and an episode of Night Visions.
After a supporting part in The Butterfly Effect, Bright's first major role was in Godsend, a horror film co-starring Robert De Niro; the film was released in April 2004 to mixed reviews. In his next film, Birth, he played a ten-year-old boy who claims to be the reincarnation of a woman's (Nicole Kidman) deceased husband. Two scenes within the movie sparked controversy and drew media attention to Bright. In one scene, Bright and Kidman's characters kiss; in the other, the two share a bathtub. The actors wore pale beige-coloured swimsuits in the bath scenes and were never naked or filmed together in the same room at the same time of the bathtub scene, although this was not public knowledge at first.
Bright was cast in several Hollywood films released in 2004 2005, including Thank You for Smoking, Ultraviolet, and the action-thriller named Running Scared.
He starred in X-Men: The Last Stand, where he played the mutant Leech, who has the mutant antibody.{{cite news|last=Houlihan|first=Mary|title=New on DVD|work=Chicago Sun Times|page=NC52|date=2006-09-29}} He also appeared on an episode of The 4400 (episode: "The Wrath of Graham") as a high school student named Graham Holt who develops an ability after injecting himself with Promicin. He has also played a host carrier for a cure for humanity in more than one movie.{{Cite web|url = http://www.cracked.com/article_18436_7-actors-typecast-in-bizarrely-specific-roles.html|title = 7 Actors Typecast in Bizarrely Specific Roles|date = February 24, 2010|access-date = 14 August 2013|publisher = Cracked.com|author = Welsh, Greg|archive-date = 21 October 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181021152934/http://www.cracked.com/article_18436_7-actors-typecast-in-bizarrely-specific-roles.html|url-status = live}}
Bright plays the Volturi vampire Alec, twin brother to Jane who is played by Dakota Fanning, in the Twilight films New Moon{{cite press release|title=Summit Entertainment Starts Production on The Twilight Saga: New Moon|publisher=Summit Entertainment|date=2009-04-15|url=http://www.summit-ent.com/news.php?news_id=110|access-date=2009-04-28|archive-date=2015-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610131000/http://www.summit-ent.com/news.php?news_id=110|url-status=live}} (2009), Eclipse (2010), and Breaking Dawn, Part II (2012).
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan=3|2004
| data-sort-value="Butterfly Effect, The" | The Butterfly Effect | 7-year-old Tommy | |
| Godsend
| Adam Duncan | |
| Birth
| Young Sean | Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor |
| 2005
| Joey Naylor | Nominated – Critics Choice Award for Best Young Actor |
| rowspan=3|2006
| Oleg Yugorsky | Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor |
| Ultraviolet
| Six | |
| X-Men: The Last Stand
| Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor |
| rowspan=3|2007
| Juno | RPG Nerd | |
| Normal
| Brady | Nominated – Leo for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama |
| Christmas in Wonderland
| Danny Saunders | |
| 2008
| data-sort-value="Talisman, The" | The Talisman | Jack Sawyer | Short film |
| rowspan=3|2009
| Adam Stafford | |
| Walled In
| Jimmy | |
| data-sort-value="Twilight Saga: New Moon, The" | The Twilight Saga: New Moon
| rowspan=2|Alec | |
| 2010
| data-sort-value="Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The" | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | |
| 2011
| Little Glory | Shawn | |
| 2010
| data-sort-value="Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, The" | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | Alec | |
| 2013
| Floodplain | Duncan | Short film |
| rowspan=2|2015
| Shane | |
| Outside the Lines
| DJ | Short film |
| 2016
| Counter Act | | Short film |
| 2017
| Pretty Outrageous | Cameron | |
| 2018
| Beautiful Gun | Jesse | Short film |
| TBA
| {{TBA}} | Post-production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan=2|2000
|Young Peter |Episode: "Innocence" |
| data-sort-value="Christmas Secret, The" | The Christmas Secret
|Young Jerry |rowspan=3|Television film |
| rowspan=5|2002
| Young Ellis |
| Lone Hero
|Kid |
| Dark Angel
|Johnny |Episode: "She Ain't Heavy" |
| Shadow Realm
|Tim |Television film |
| Night Visions
|Young Tim Malone |Episode: "Voices" |
| 2005–2006
|Episodes: "The Fourth Horseman: Part 1" and "The Fourth Horseman: Part 2" |
| 2007
|data-sort-value="4400, The" | The 4400 |Graham Holt |Episode: "The Wrath of Graham" |
| 2011
|Earth's Final Hours |Andy Streich |Television film |
| 2012
|Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a Man |Will |Television film |
| 2010–2014
|Here Comes Fearless |Justin Baker / Fearless | |
| 2013–2014, 2016
|Manny Flynn |9 episodes |
References
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External links
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Category:Canadian male child actors
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male television actors