Jet Jurgensmeyer
{{Short description|American actor (born 2004)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jet Jurgensmeyer
| image =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|11|27}}
| birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2010–present
| URL = {{URL|http://jetjurgensmeyer.com}}
}}
Jet Jurgensmeyer (born November 27, 2004){{Cite web|last=Hudson|first=Shawna|date=2018-02-12|title=Fun Facts You Need to Know About Actor and Musician Jet Jurgensmeyer|url=https://www.sweetyhigh.com/read/jet-jurgensmeyer-facts-mcm-021218|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-02|website=Sweety High|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Jurgensmeyer|first=Jet|date=|title=Jet Jurgensmeyer on Instagram: "#10yearchallenge 5 and now 15. 😂 Thanks for all of the birthday wishes today! I can't wait to make even more memories this year"|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Ywl9OH2P_/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-02|website=Instagram|language=en}} is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, playing the role of Spanky in the 2014 film The Little Rascals Save the Day, and Bobby Anderson in the 2016 Disney Channel television film Adventures in Babysitting.
Early life and career
Jurgensmeyer was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, where his parents owned a live music and dinner show restaurant.{{cite web |url=http://jetjurgensmeyer.com/jet/biography/ |title=Jet Jurgensmeyer Official Site - Biography |website=jetjurgensmeyer.com |date=January 15, 2013 |access-date=2016-07-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://crypticrock.com/interview-jet-jurgensmeyer/|title=Interview – Jet Jurgensmeyer|last=CrypticRock|date=2020-02-20|website=Cryptic Rock|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-30}}
Jurgensmeyer made his television debut with a guest role on the CBS
television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2010. In 2012 he was cast as Spanky, one of the lead roles, in Alex Zamm's 2014 film The Little Rascals Save the Day.{{cite web |author=Philiana Ng |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/little-rascals-remake-finds-spanky-384213 |title='Little Rascals' Remake Finds Its Spanky (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 29, 2012 |access-date=2016-07-13}} He has appeared in films such as American Sniper and Devil's Knot. In 2016 he appeared in the Disney Channel film Adventures in Babysitting, playing Bobby the middle son of one of the sets of children being babysat.{{cite web |author=Amy Amatangelo |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/adventures-babysitting-tv-review-904953 |title='Adventures in Babysitting': TV Review |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 22, 2016 |access-date=2016-07-13 |quote=Middle son Bobby (Jet Jurgensmeyer) promptly sets the kitchen on fire...}} The same year Jurgensmeyer was cast in Nickelodeon's Legends of the Hidden Temple television film, playing Dudley the youngest of the three siblings who travel through a temple.{{cite web |author=Jacob Bryant |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/legend,s-of-the-hidden-temple-nickelodeon-reboot-cast-1201723208/ |title=TV News Roundup: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Producing HBO Miniseries, 'Legends of the Hidden Temple' Reboot Casts Young Star |work=Variety |date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=2016-07-13}} In 2017, he provided the voice of the young version of Peyton Manning's character Guapo in Blue Sky Studios' Ferdinand.{{cite web |publisher=YouTuber |title=Jet Jurgensmeyer Talks "Ferdinand", Peyton Manning & New Music |date=December 18, 2017 |author=KTLA 5 |quote="Ferdinand" is in theaters now. This segment aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News, Monday, December 18, 2017. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvCU8XRmpsA}} From 2018 to 2020, he has portrayed Boyd Baxter on the Fox comedy series Last Man Standing,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/last-man-standing-molly-mccook-jet-jurgensmeyer-recast-roles-fox-revival-1202441357/|title='Last Man Standing': Molly McCook & Jet Jurgensmeyer Land Recast Roles In Fox Revival|website=Deadline Hollywood|author=Nellie Andreeva|date=August 6, 2018|access-date=}} and from 2019 to 2021, he has been part of the cast of the Disney Junior children's television series T.O.T.S. voicing Pip the Penguin.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/t-o-t-s-renewed-for-season-2-vanessa-williams-megan-hilty-join-voice-cast-disney-junior-1202609593/|title='T.O.T.S' Renewed For Season 2 Ahead Of Toon's Disney Junior Premiere; Vanessa Williams & Megan Hilty Join Voice Cast|author=Erik Pedersen|date=May 8, 2019|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=2019-05-21}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Redemption Road | Jet | |
| 2012 | Lukewarm | Young Luke | |
| rowspan="2"|2013 | Cold Turkey | Cypress | Originally titled Pasadena |
| Devil's Knot | Stevie Branch | ||
| rowspan="3"|2014 | The Little Rascals Save the Day | Spanky | Direct-to-video film |
| A Belle for Christmas | Elliot Barrows | ||
| American Sniper | Colton's friend | ||
| 2015 | Woodlawn | Todd | |
| rowspan="2"|2017 | Ferdinand | Young Guapo | Voice role |
| Cupid's Proxy | Justin | ||
| 2018 | Next Gen | Junior | Voice role |
=Television=
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm3880523}}
- [https://jetjurgensmeyer.com/ Official website]
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Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:American male child actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male voice actors
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