Will Denton

{{short description|American actor}}

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| birth_place = Brookfield, Connecticut, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2003–present

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Will Denton (born February 4, 1990) is an American film and television actor.[http://www.filmbug.com/db/345894 "Will Denton"] Filmbug. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

Biography

Best known for playing the role of Leopold Cain in the television series Kidnapped (2006), his credits also include the films Robots (2005), Palindromes (2004), Kinsey (2004), and The Post (2017).{{cite web|title=Movie Web Credits|url=http://www.movieweb.com/person/will-denton/credits|accessdate=March 7, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1745150/|title=Will Denton|website=IMDb|access-date=August 18, 2018}}

Denton attended Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

He appeared in Camp Hope, a horror film starring Dana Delany (his on-screen mother in Kidnapped).

Other television credits include Law & Order{{cite web|title=TV Guide Credits|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/will-denton/credits/281292|accessdate=March 7, 2012}} and Ed.

His latest film appearance was a minor role in the 2017 political thriller The Post starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks.{{Cite web|title=Will Denton|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1745150/|access-date=October 31, 2021|website=IMDb}}

Personal life

He studied philosophy, politics and economics at Hertford College, Oxford as an American visiting student.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}

Denton is a founder of a NYC based design and technology company Channel Studio that has completed projects for The New York Times, Microsoft, Nobel Foundation, amongst others since its inception in 2017.https://channel.studio/

Filmography

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Year

! Film/TV

! Role

! Other notes

2003

| Ed

| Glenn

| 1 episode

rowspan="2" | 2004

| Palindromes

| 'Huckleberry' Aviva

| Film

Kinsey

| Kinsey at 10

| Film

rowspan="2" | 2005

| Robots

| Young Rodney

| voice

Hope & Faith

| Brent

| 1 episode

2006–2007

| Kidnapped

| Leopold Cain

| 13 episodes

2008

| Law & Order

| Jason Lortell

| 1 episode

rowspan="2"| 2010

| Capture the Flag

| Justin Mason

|

Camp Hope

| Tommy Leary

|

2011

| Fright Night

| Adam

|

2014

|The Blacklist

|Harrison Lee

|1 episode

2017

| The Post

| Michael

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References

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