Demetrius Joyette
{{short description|Canadian actor}}
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| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| years_active = 2001–present
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Demetrius Joyette (born March 14, 1993) is a Canadian actor best known for portraying the role of Michael Theodore Davies in the sitcom The Latest Buzz,"Highlight: The Latest Buzz" by Catherine Dawson March, The Globe and Mail (14 March 2008) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|383364381}} Porter Jackson on Wingin' It and Mike Dallas in Degrassi: The Next Generation.{{Cite web |url=http://www.channelcanada.com/Article4151.html |title=CHANNEL CANADA :: What teen couldn't use the helpful guidance of an angel-in-training? family channel airs march break sneak peek of new canadian original series wingin' it |access-date=2011-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404073740/http://www.channelcanada.com/Article4151.html |archive-date=2012-04-04 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/family-channel-celebrates-bullying-awareness-week-with-national-stand-up-wave/1000348183/ Family Channel Celebrates Bullying Awareness Week with National Stand UP! Wave | Broadcaster - Canada's Communications Magazine]Brodie, Anne (August 15, 2011). "[http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/features/article_1657023.php/Demetrius-Joyette-talks-Wingin-It Demetrius Joyette talks Wingin’ It] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722190206/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/features/article_1657023.php/Demetrius-Joyette-talks-Wingin-It |date=2012-07-22 }}", Monsters and Critics. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
Early life
Joyette was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Career
Joyette made his television debut on the American medical drama Doc as Justin in 2001. The role earned him two nominations at the Young Artist Awards in 2002 and 2003. He made his film debut in the LeVar Burton's Christmas film Blizzard (2003).{{Cite web |last=Lindzon |first=Jared |date=2013-10-31 |title=Cover story: a profile of Demetrius Joyette |url=https://streetsoftoronto.com/cover-story-a-profile-of-demetrius-joyette/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Streets Of Toronto |language=en-US}}
In 2010, starred as angel-in-training Porter Jackson in children's show Wingin' It.{{Cite web |date=30 Nov 2011 |title=Wingin' It wins $50K children's TV prize |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/wingin-it-wins-50k-children-s-tv-prize-1.1117811 |access-date=22 March 2024 |website=CBC News}}
From 2012 to 2015, Joyette starred as the hockey star and teen father, Mike Dallas, in the teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation.{{Cite web |last=Bricker |first=Tierney |date=2014-06-03 |title=Degrassi Sneak Peek: Find Out Who's Doing the "Forbidden Dance" of Love in the Summer Premiere! |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/547618/degrassi-sneak-peek-find-out-who-s-doing-the-forbidden-dance-of-love-in-the-summer-premiere |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=E! Online}}
In 2013, he had a small role as George Dawson in the supernatural horror remake Carrie.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |2003
| Blizzard | Bobby | |
| Owning Mahowny
| Boy | |
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| data-sort-value="Pacifier, The" | The Pacifier | First Junior Grizzly | |
| Mind Me Good Now
| |Short film |
| 2013
| George Dawson | |
| 2022
|Text Me Back |Levi |Short film; Writer & Director |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | Ref |
|---|
| 2001–2004
| Doc | Justin |28 episodes | |
| 2004
| Shoplift Boy |Episode: "Caged Bird" | |
| rowspan="4"| 2005
| Freddie |Episode: "Under the Dragon's Tail" | |
| Kojak
| Darryl Harris |Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Darcy's Wild Life
| Colt Brewster |3 episodes | |
| Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life
| | Television film | |
| 2006-2008
| Rutger |5 episodes | |
| rowspan=2|2007
|2 episodes | |
| Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost
| Max |Television film |[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/highlight-roxy-hunter-and-the-mystery-of-the-moody-ghost/article1324964/ "Highlight: Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost"] by Catherine Dawson March at www.theglobeandmail.com |
| 2007-2008
| Little Mosque on the Prairie | Jemal Dinssa |4 episodes | |
| 2007–2010
| data-sort-value="Latest Buzz, The" | The Latest Buzz | Michael Theodore Davies |Main role | |
| rowspan=3|2008
| Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman |rowspan=3|Max |rowspan=3|Television film | |
| Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid
| |
| Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| Henry Davidson | | |
| Wingin' It
| Porter Jackson |Main role | |
| 2011-2012
| Totally Amp'd | Brando | | |
| 2012–2015
| Degrassi |Main role |
| 2015
| NCIS | Marine Lance Corporal Jonathan Zee |Episode: "Incognito" | |
| 2017
| data-sort-value="Real O'Neals, The" | The Real O'Neals | Barista | Episode: "The Real Confirmation" | |
| 2020
|The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia |Eric |Episode: "Failure is Not an Option" | |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" |
| style="text-align:center;"|Year
! style="text-align:center;" |Award ! style="text-align:center;" |Category ! style="text-align:center;" |Nominated work ! style="text-align:center;"|Result !Ref. |
|---|
| 2002
| rowspan="4" |Young Artist Awards |Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Young Actor Age 10 or Under | rowspan="2" |Doc |{{nom}} |style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web |title=Young Artist Awards (2002) |url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000716/2002/1/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=IMDb}} |
| 2003
|Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Young Actor Age 10 or Under |{{nom}} |style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web |title=Young Artist Awards (2003) |url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000716/2003/1/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=IMDb}} |
| 2005
|Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) | rowspan="2" |Darcy's Wild Life |{{nom}} | |
| 2006
|Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) |{{nom}} |style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web |title=Young Artist Awards (2006) |url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000716/2006/1/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=IMDb}} |
References
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External links
- {{Facebook|joyettedemetrius}}
- {{IMDb name|1135869}}
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