Jimmy Bennett
{{Short description|American actor}}
{{Other people||James Bennett (disambiguation){{!}}James Bennett}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2018}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jimmy Bennett
| image = Jimmy Bennett.jpg
| caption = Bennett at the Television Critics Association in 2010
| birth_name = James Michael Bennett
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|2|9}}
| birth_place = Seal Beach, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2002–present
}}
James Michael Bennett (born February 9, 1996){{Cite news |first=Kim|last=Severson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/19/us/asia-argento-assault-jimmy-bennett.html |title=Asia Argento, Who Accused Weinstein, Made Deal With Her Own Accuser |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York City|date=August 19, 2018|access-date=August 20, 2018 |language=en-US}} is an American actor. He is known for his roles as a child actor in Daddy Day Care, Hostage, The Amityville Horror, Poseidon, Evan Almighty, Orphan, Shorts, and as young James T. Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek. He also starred on the ABC series No Ordinary Family as JJ Powell, a teenager gifted with vast intelligence after a plane crash.
Life and career
Bennett was born on February 9, 1996, in Seal Beach, California, and lives with his parents and sister in Huntington Beach, California, where the family ran a hard rock–themed crêpe restaurant.{{cite news|first=Chris | last=Epting| url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/tn-hbi-1230-pipeline-20101227,0,6959136.story| title=In the Pipeline: Rock history is on the menu|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Tronc|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=December 29, 2010|access-date=October 4, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://lateenfestival.com/magazine/008/jimmybennett.html |title=LA Teen Festival The Magazine |website=Lateenfestival.com |access-date=February 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319192015/http://lateenfestival.com/magazine/008/jimmybennett.html |archive-date=March 19, 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.fb101.com/Jimmy_Bennett.html |title=Rockin The Crepe |website=Fb101.com |access-date=February 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319192015/http://www.fb101.com/Jimmy_Bennett.html |archive-date=March 19, 2012 }} Bennett also plays guitar and sings on his official YouTube channel. He also wrote and performed the song "Summer Never Ends", which can be heard at the end of Shorts.
Bennett appeared in nearly 30 television advertisements,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jimmy-bennett/bio/157135/|title=Jimmy Bennett Biography, Celebrity Facts and Awards|magazine=TV Guide|publisher=NTVB Media|location=Portland, Oregon|access-date=October 4, 2018}} as well as in episodes of the television series The Guardian and Strong Medicine, before being cast in the role of "Tony", the boy who wants to be the Flash, in the Eddie Murphy comedy Daddy Day Care. He had smaller roles in the films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Arthur Hailey's Detective, and also appeared in Judging Amy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Everwood, and lent his voice to characters in the animated films The Polar Express, The Jungle Book 2, Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo, Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie and I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown. He has been nominated for Young Artist Awards five times.
In August 2011, Bennett released his debut single "Over Again" and the accompanying music video.{{cite web|url=http://www.clevvertv.com/music-news/26205/jimmy-bennetts-music-video-for-over-again.html |title=EXCLUSIVE: Jimmy Bennett Debuts 'Over Again' Music Video |work=ClevverTV |date=August 18, 2011 |access-date=2012-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318045934/http://www.clevvertv.com/music-news/26205/jimmy-bennetts-music-video-for-over-again.html |archive-date=March 18, 2012}}
Sexual assault allegations against Asia Argento
{{Update section|date=February 2024}}
According to documents obtained by The New York Times, a $380,000 settlement was made between Bennett and actress Asia Argento after Bennett claimed that Argento sexually assaulted him in a California hotel room in 2013, when he was 17 and Argento was 37.{{Cite news |first=Kim|last=Severson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/19/us/asia-argento-assault-jimmy-bennett.html |title=Asia Argento, Who Accused Weinstein, Made Deal With Her Own Accuser |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York City|date=August 19, 2018|access-date=August 20, 2018 |language=en-US}} Bennett said that after the encounter he began to feel "extremely confused, mortified, and disgusted".{{cite web|first=Anna|last=North|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/8/20/17758714/asia-argento-jimmy-bennett-harvey-weinstein-me-too-movement-sexual-assault-allegations|title=The sexual assault allegations against #MeToo advocate Asia Argento, explained|website=vox.com|publisher=Vox Media|location=New York City|date=August 23, 2018|access-date=October 5, 2018}}
Bennett's lawyer wrote that in the years after the incident, Bennett was so traumatized that his job performance, income, and mental health declined. They first met when Bennett played Argento's son in the 2004 film The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things when Bennett was seven years old. He notified Argento that he intended to sue in November 2017, shortly after she went public with rape accusations against Harvey Weinstein.{{cite news|first=Maria|last=Puente|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/08/22/jimmy-bennett-confirms-sex-asia-argento-when-he-underage/1063980002/|title=Jimmy Bennett speaks about Asia Argento: We DID have sex when I was underage|newspaper=USA Today|publisher=Gannett Company|location=Mclean, Virginia|date=August 22, 2018|access-date=October 4, 2018}} Argento countered that Bennett "sexually attacked" her, and that her partner Anthony Bourdain had arranged to pay $380,000 as part of the settlement.{{cite magazine|first=Julie|last=Miller|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/10/asia-argento-jimmy-bennett-italian-interview|title=Asia Argento Details Alleged Assault By Jimmy Bennett; Asks X Factor Italy to Rehire Her|magazine=Vanity Fair|publisher=Condé Nast|location=New York City|date=October 1, 2018|access-date=October 4, 2018}}{{cite web|first=Chloe|last=Melas|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/05/entertainment/asia-argento-jimmy-bennett-sexually-assaulted-her/index.html|title=Asia Argento's attorney says 17-year-old sexually 'attacked' her|website=CNN|publisher=Turner Broadcasting Systems|location=Atlanta, Georgia|date=September 5, 2018|access-date=October 4, 2018}}
Following Argento's denials, a photograph of her topless in bed with Bennett was published, as well as her alleged admission of sex with him in text messages to model Rain Dove. In the screenshots, Argento reputedly stated: "I had sex with him it felt weird. I didn't know he was a minor until the shakedown letter."{{Cite web |date=2018-08-23 |title=Photo, text messages appear to contradict Asia Argento's denial of relationship |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/photo-text-messages-appear-contradict-asia-argento-s-denial-relationship-n902876 |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=NBC News |language=en}} Dove confirmed in a statement that they had provided the texts to police in response to Argento's apparent admission to "sexual engagement with a minor ... which is an illegal act that can qualify as statutory rape," as well as "receiving continued nude images without reporting/blocking the account/written rejection/or action."{{Cite web |last=Marcus |first=Emily |date=2018-08-29 |title=Rain Dove Sent Asia Argento Texts About Sexual Assault Case to Authorities |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/rain-dove-sent-asia-argento-texts-about-sexual-assault-case-to-authorities/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Us Weekly |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Vercammen |first=Sara Sidner, Paul |date=2018-08-29 |title=Rain Dove speaks out about Asia Argento allegations |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/29/entertainment/rain-dove-of-asia-argento-text/index.html |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=CNN |language=en}}
In a letter published online in September 2018, Argento's attorney admitted there was a sexual encounter, but claimed Bennett "sexually attacked" Argento.{{Cite web |last=Melas |first=Chloe |date=2018-09-05 |title=Asia Argento’s attorney says 17-year-old sexually ‘attacked’ her |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/05/entertainment/asia-argento-jimmy-bennett-sexually-assaulted-her/index.html |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=CNN |language=en}}
As of September 2018, Bennett and his lawyer Gordon Sattro were working with a Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigation regarding the claims of sexual assault against Argento.{{cite web |first=Richard|last=Winton|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-argento-accuser-20180907-story.html |title=Young actor accusing Asia Argento of sex abuse as a minor will work with detectives, his lawyer says |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, California|date=September 7, 2018|access-date=September 8, 2018}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film roles ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| {{sortname|The|Jungle Book 2}} | Hathi Jr. |Voice |
| Daddy Day Care
| The Flash/Tony | |
| rowspan="4" | 2004
| Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo | Roo |Voice |
| {{sortname|The|Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things}}
| Young Jeremiah | |
| Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
| Tommy | |
| {{sortname|The|Polar Express|dab=film}}
| Billy the Lonely Boy |Voice |
| rowspan="3" | 2005
| Hostage | Tommy Smith | |
| {{sortname|The|Amityville Horror|dab=2005 film}}
| Michael Lutz | |
| Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
| Roo | Voice |
| rowspan="3" | 2006
| Firewall | Andy Stanfield | |
| Poseidon
| Conor James | |
| Shark Bait
| Young Pi |Voice |
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| Ryan Baxter | |
| South of Pico
| Mark Weston | |
| rowspan="3" | 2008
| Dillon | |
| Snow Buddies
| Buddha |Voice |
| Trucker
| Peter | |
| rowspan="5" | 2009
| Young James T. Kirk | |
| Orphan
| Daniel "Danny" Coleman | |
| Shorts
| Toby Thompson | |
| Alabama Moon
| Moon Blake | |
| Stolen
| John Wakefield | |
| 2010
| Bones | Bones White | |
| 2011
| Ghild | Ralph Gullivan | Short film |
| 2013
| Movie 43 | Nathan | Segment: "Middleschool Date" |
| 2014
| Camouflage | Kevin | |
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| Ronald | |
| A Girl Like Her
| Brian Slater | |
| 2017
| Dustin | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television roles ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| Willy | Episode: "Admissions" |
| {{sortname|The|Guardian|dab=TV series}}
| Matty Butler | Episode: "Monster" |
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| Cory Sinkler | Episode: "Just Say Oops" |
| I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown
| Voice, television special |
| 2004
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Henry Turner | Episode: "Paper or Plastic?" |
| 2004–05
| Everwood | Sam Feeney | 3 episodes |
| 2005
| Ivan Tempone | Television film |
| 2006
| Rerun van Pelt | Voice, television special |
| 2007
| Macon | Episode: "Santa's Secret Stuff" |
| 2010–11
| James "JJ" Powell, Jr. | Main cast; 20 episodes |
| 2011
| | Episode: "21.0 Jump Street" |
| 2012
| Alex Willingham | 2 episodes |
| 2014
| Braden | Episode: "Maturity" |
| 2015
| Alfie Rentman | 2 episodes |
| 2016
| From Dusk till Dawn: The Series | Fanglorious Bandmate | 1 episode |
| 2017
| Bosch | Mojo | 4 episodes |
| 2022
| Pachinko | Andrew Holmes | Episode: "Chapter Seven" |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Video game roles ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2004
| {{sortname|The|Polar Express|dab=video game}} | Billy the Lonely Boy | |
| 2005
| Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure | rowspan="3" | Roo | |
| 2006
| rowspan="2" | English dub |
| 2007 |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result |
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| rowspan="7" | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actor Age Ten or Younger | rowspan="2" | Daddy Day Care | {{nom}} |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast
| {{nom}} |
| 2005
| Outstanding Young Ensemble in a New Medium | {{sortname|The|Polar Express|nolink=1}} | {{won}} |
| 2007
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actor Age Ten or Younger | Firewall | {{nom}} |
| 2008
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor (Comedy or Musical) | Evan Almighty | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor | Alabama Moon | {{nom}} |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast
| Shorts | {{won}} |
| 2014
| Worst Screen Combo (shared with the entire cast) | Movie 43 | {{nom}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1497548}}
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