Kevin Joseph Zegers ( born Kevin Joseph Zegers ; born September 19, 1984 , Woodstock , Ontario , Canada ) is a Canadian actor , known for the series “ The King of the Air ”, as well as “ Dawn of the Dead ”, “ Transamerica ”, “ Boy in a Girl” "And" Frozen . "
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| Birth name | Kevin Joseph Zegers |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Woodstock , Ontario , Canada |
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| Profession | actor |
| Career | 1992 - present time |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Personal life
- 3 Filmography
- 4 Awards and nominations
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Biography
Born in the Canadian town of Woodstock ( Ontario ) in the family of James Zegers, who worked in a quarry, and school teacher Mary Ellen Zegers. Kevin has two sisters - Krista and Katie. He is of Dutch descent, all four of his grandparents were born in the Netherlands.
Kevin grew up in Woodstock, graduating from St. Mary's Catholic High School in 2002. He began acting in commercials from the age of 6 (more than 30 times). Also acted as a model.
The first appearance in the television movie happened when Kevin was 8 years old: he got a small role in the comedy “ Urgently Need a Star ” only because he really liked Michael Jay Fox . In 1995, he played the stigma boy in the series The X-Files . Kevin received his first major role in the 1996 film King of the Air about a dog playing basketball. The film was successful and spawned many sequels , including playing chimpanzees . Subsequently starred in many Canadian TV shows and horror films, as well as in family films about animals. Together with Blythe Danner, he starred in the film " Call from the Past " about the victims of the Holocaust . In 1997, starred with Yasmine Blyth in the mystical film “ It Came From Heaven, ” where as a 13-year-old he already participated in the scene with a kiss, as well as with Michael Ontkin in “ Niko the Unicorn ” and Leslie Hope in the film “ Architect of Shadows ” by Bram Stoker's story. In 1998, he played with Colm Mini in the film “ Four Days ” in the art-house style; in 2000, he starred along with Nastasya Kinsky and Timothy Dalton in the television movie Timeshare , which later became a hit on American television.
After the remake of Dawn of the Dead appeared , he starred alongside Felicity Huffman in the independent movie Transamerica (2005), twice nominated for an Oscar . For the role of Toby Kevin received one of the prizes of the Cannes Film Festival (2006). In the same year, the comedy “ Boy in a Girl ” was released, where he starred with Samira Armstrong .
In 2008, he starred in the movie “ Fifty Walking Corpses ”, in 2011 he played with Ray Liotta and Victor Garber in the movie “The Unnamed ”, in 2012 in the mini-series Titanic: Blood and Steel , in 2013 he played the homosexual character Alec Lightwood in the German-Canadian film " Mortal Instruments: City of Bones " - an adaptation of the first novel by Cassandra Claire, but the film was not successful and did not continue, she starred in the mini-series " Gracepoint " - the American version of the British series " Murder on the Beach ", in 2017 played with Arnold Schwarzenegger om in the film “ Consequences ”, based on the story of the collision of two aircraft over Lake Constance .
Personal life
In August 2013, Kevin married his agent Jamie Feld. In August 2015, the couple had twin girls: Zoë Madison and Blake Everly. Lives with his wife and children in Los Angeles , California [3] .
Filmography
| Year | Russian name | original name | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | from | Maze of Justice | Street legal | Jeremy Morris |
| 1993 | f | Star urgently needed | Life with mikey | little Mikey |
| 1994 | from | Free Willy | Free willy | Einstein |
| 1994 | tf | Thicker Than Blood: The Story of Larry McLadenden | Thicker Then Blood: The Larry McLinden Story | Larry in 1954 |
| 1994 - 1996 | from | Magical school bus | The magic school bus | _ |
| 1995 | f | In the jaws of madness | In the mouth of madness | child |
| 1995 | from | Road to Avonley | Road to avonlea | Gordon Bradley |
| 1995 | tf | Silence of Treason | The silence of adultery | Stephen Harvette |
| 1995 | from | Secret materials | The x files | Kevin Crider |
| 1996 | f | Experimental | Specimen | Bart |
| 1996 | tf | Frozen killer | Murder on the iditarod trail | Matthew Arnold |
| 1996 | from | Goosebumps | Goosebumps | Noah Thompson |
| 1996 - 1997 | from | Merchants | Traders | Sean Blake |
| 1997 | tf | Rose hill | Rose hill | Cole Clayborn |
| 1997 | f | Architect of Shadows | Bram Stoker's Shadowbuilder | Chris Hatcher |
| 1997 | f | King of the air | Air bud | Josh Framm |
| 1997 | tf | Call from the past | A call to remember | Ben Tobias |
| 1998 | f | Nico unicorn | Nico the unicorn | Billy Hastins |
| 1998 | f | Treasure Island | Treasure island | Jim Hawkins |
| 1998 | f | King of the Air: Golden League | Air Bud: Golden Receiver | Josh Framm |
| 1998 | tf | It came from heaven | It Came from the Sky | Andy bridges |
| 1998 | f | Four days | Four days | guy |
| 1998 | f | Komodo. Island of horror | Komodo | Patrick Connelly |
| 1999 | from | Twice in life | Twice In a Lifetime | Young Flash Jericho |
| 1999 | from | Wonders.com | So weird | Ryan Olman |
| 2000 | f | Puck, Puck! | MVP: Most Valuable Primate | Stephen Westover |
| 2000 | f | Acting class | The acting class | Lou Kapman |
| 2000 | f | King of the Air: Champions League | Air Bud: World Pup | Josh Framm |
| 2000 | tf | Timeshare | Time share | Thomas Wayland |
| 2000 | from | Titans | Titans | Ethan Benchley |
| 2001 | tf | Sex, lies and obsession | Sex, Lies and Obsession | Josh Thomas |
| 2002 | f | King of the Air: Seventh Pitch | Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch | Josh Framm |
| 2002 | f | Fear of the dark | Fear of the dark | Dale billings |
| 2002 | f | Escape | Virginia's run | Darrow Raines |
| 2003 | f | King of the Air: Spike Return | Air Bud: Air Bud: Spikes Back | Josh Framm |
| 2003 | f | Wrong turn | Wrong turn | Evan |
| 2003 | tf | Incredible mrs. Richie | The incredible mrs. Ritchie | Charlie Proud |
| 2003 | from | Smallville Secrets | Smallvile | Set nelson |
| 2004 | f | Dawn of the dead | Dawn of the dead | Terry |
| 2004 | f | Runaway house | Some things that stay | Rusty Murphy |
| 2004 | f | Return to Sleepy Hollow | The hollow | Ian Cranston |
| 2004 | from | Dr. House | House md | Brandon marrell |
| 2005 | f | Transamerica | Transamerica | Toby |
| 2005 | tf | Felicity: The Story of a Young American | Felicity: An American Girl Adventure | Ben davidson |
| 2006 | f | Captain Zoom: Superhero Academy | Zoom | Connor Shepard / Conquest |
| 2006 | f | Boy in girl | It's a Boy Girl Thing | Woody |
| 2007 | f | Life by Jane Austen | The jane austen book club | Trey norton |
| 2007 | f | Normal | Normal | Geordie |
| 2007 | f | Stone angel | Stone angel | John |
| 2008 | f | Night gardens | Gardens of the night | Frank |
| 2008 | f | Circle of favorites | The narrows | Mike Manadoro |
| 2008 | f | Fifty Walking Corpses | Fifty Dead Men Walking | Sean |
| 2009 | f | The best years of rock and roll | The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll | Spider |
| 2009 - 2011 | from | Gossip | Gossip girl | Damien Daalgard |
| 2010 | f | Frozen | Frozen | Dan walker |
| 2011 | f | Unnamed | The entitled | Paul Dinan |
| 2012 | from | Titanic: Blood and Steel | Titanic: Blood and Steel | Mark Muir |
| 2013 | f | The colony | The colony | Sam |
| 2013 | f | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones | Alec Lightwood |
| 2014 | from | Gracepoint | Gracepoint | Owen burke |
| 2016 | from | Bad reputation | Notorious | Oscar Keaton |
| 2017 | f | Effects | Aftermath | John Gallic |
Awards and nominations
- 1998 - Award for Best Young Artist for Leading Role in the feature film King of the Air (1997)
- 2006 - Chopard Trophy Award at Cannes Film Festival
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1013972813 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ filmportal.de - 2005.
- ↑ Nikki. Kevin Zegers Mini Bio
Links
- Kevin Zegers on the Internet Movie Database
- Official twitter
- Official Instagram
- www.cpps90.com The very first oldest site about Kevin