Lerman, Logan

Logan Lerman was born on January 19, 1992 in Beverly Hills , California , USA , to a Jewish family ^{[1] [2]} . Lerman's mother, Lisa ( nee Goldman), works as his manager, and his father, Larry Lerman - a businessman and orthopedist ^[3] . He has older brother Lucas and sister Lindsey ^[4] . He graduated from high school ( Eng. Beverly Hills High School ) ^[5] .

Father Logan’s grandfather, Max Lerman, was born in Berlin in 1927 into a Polish Jewish family. They left Germany in the 1930s because of the Nazi regime and lived in Shanghai , China until the end of World War II ^[6] . A paternal grandmother, Mina (Schwartz), was born in Mexico City into a family of Jews from Russia ^{[6] [7]} .

Lerman said that he was a “ white crow ” in his family, because he is an actor, while the majority of his relatives work in the field of medicine ^[8] . His family owns and operates the orthopedic and prosthetic company Lerman & Son , which was founded by his great-grandfather Jacob Lerman in 1915.

Logan says that he began to feel an interest in acting art from the age of five ^[9] and that he grew up on films ^[10] . He is interested in everything related to the film industry ^[5] .

Since childhood, he starred in commercials ^[11] , and made his film debut in 2000, starring as the son of the hero Mel Gibson in the movie “The Patriot ”. In the same year, he and Gibson starred in the film “ What Women Want .”

In 2001, he played the character of Adam Garcia as a child in Strong Woman , and in the 2004 film The Butterfly Effect , he plays the character of Ashton Kutcher as a child. In 2003, Logan starred in two television films , and one of the roles brings him a victory for the Young Actor film award in the nomination for Best Young Film Actor ^[12] . Actor's work in the television series " Jack and Bobby " also brings in 2005 a victory for the film award "Young Actor" ^[13] . In 2006, the lead role in the movie “Owl's Cry” brings another victory for the film award for the Young Actor, but already in the nomination for the Best Young Film Actor ^[14] .

In 2007, he starred with Jim Carrey in the Joel Schumacher film Fateful Number 23 , as well as in “The Train to Hume ” with such actors as Russell Crowe , Christian Bale and Ben Foster . In 2009, George Hamilton plays in “ My One ”, in which Renee Zellweger played his mother. In 2010, Percy Jackson played the son of Poseidon in Chris Columbus ’s Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief film based on Rick Riordan’s book. For this role, was nominated along with Jake Abel , who played the son of Hermes , at the " MTV Movie Awards " in the category Best Fight ^[15] .

In 2012, Logan starred in the youth melodrama " It 's good to be quiet " in the eponymous novel by Stephen Chbosky , who is the director of the picture. In the same year, the family melodrama “ Stuck in love ” ^[16] . In 2013, the second part of the adventures of a teenager, endowed with incredible abilities - “ Percy Jackson and the Sea of ​​Monsters ”. On March 10, 2014, a modern adaptation of the biblical part about the Flood and Noah's Ark - “ Noah ” —was released to world hire, where Logan played Ham , one of Noah’s sons ^[17] . In the fall of 2014, the military drama “ Rage ” was released, in which the actor played the role of one of the soldiers participating in the operation of the end of the Second World War ^[18] .

In 2017, played a major role in the dramatic film " Sydney Hall " ^[19] , which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival ^[20] .

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