Jeremy Sumpter

Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter (born February 5, 1989 in Caramel-by-the-Sea, California) is an American actor. His prominent roles include the title role in the 2003 live action film Peter Pan, Jacob in the 2014 disaster film Into the Storm, and the recurring role of J. D. McCoy in the NBC television series Friday Night Lights (2008–2010).
== Early life ==
Sumpter was born in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, to Sandy (née Johnson) and Gary Sumpter.[1] He has a twin sister, Jessica, and two other siblings, Travis and Jennifer.[1][2] His family moved to his mother's hometown, Mount Sterling, Kentucky, when he was ten months old.[1][3]
== Career ==
When Sumpter was 11, he entered International Modeling and Talent Association[4]and started his modeling in Kentucky. He also won Pre-Teen Male Model of the Year,[4][5] where he signed with Mark Robert as his personal manager.[5] Sumpter then decided to move to Los Angeles, California with his family and start acting afterwards.[2][5]
Sumpter's first movie role was in the 2001 film Frailty as the young Adam Mieks seen in flashbacks. Sumpter received a Saturn Award nomination for "Best Performance by a Younger Actor" for his performance. Following that, he appeared with Danny Glover in the Showtime film Just a Dream, for which he received a Young Artist Award for "Best Performance in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Special - Leading Young Actor". His next film was Local Boys, a family surfing drama, with Mark Harmon and Eric Christian Olsen.
In July 2002, at age 13, Sumpter was selected for the role of Peter Pan. Sumpter did nearly all of his stunts for the film himself. To prepare, he says he practiced sword fighting as much as five hours a day, as well as training in gymnastics and lifting weights. He was working with actress Rachel Hurd-Wood and built a strong relationship with her. While filming in Australia, he supplemented his training with cricket and surfing. Sumpter grew several inches while in the film's production, requiring staging tricks to retain Captain Hook's height advantage over Peter in face-to-face scenes late in the process. Producer Lucy Fisher also said that, "The window he flies out of had to be enlarged twice." [6] Sumpter won both a Saturn and Young Artist Award for the film.[7]
In the fall of 2004 he starred in the TV series Clubhouse as a boy who gets his dream job of working as a batboy for a New York City major league baseball team. The series was canceled by CBS after five episodes; all 11 episodes made have since been broadcast on cable/satellite channels. He then starred in Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life, a Lifetime Channel movie about a popular teenager whose life is ruined by an addiction to internet pornography.
Sumpter spent the summer of 2005 in Oregon filming the teen comedy The Sasquatch Gang (a.k.a. The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang), released in November 2006. He had a small role in the film An American Crime, which played on Showtime in 2008 before going to DVD. He appeared in an episode of CSI: Miami as the boyfriend of a girl whose parents are murdered.
He completed filming roles in the coming-of-age comedy Calvin Marshall, the family comedy You're So Cupid, Soul Surfer and Death and Cremation.
Sumpter was a co-host on The YOBI Show, an online reality contest show, with Danielle Ryan.
He appeared in the meteorological disaster film Into the Storm as Jacob Hodges, a young cameraman for the stormchasers.
== Personal life ==
In December 2015, Sumpter announced he was engaged to Lauren Pacheco,[8][9][10] but on October 28, 2016, he confirmed he was no longer engaged.[11] He is also close friends with his Peter Pan co-star Rachel Hurd-Wood[citation needed].
== Filmography ==
Film 	Film 	Film 	Film
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2001 	Frailty 	Young Adam Meiks	
2001 	Murphy's Dozen 	Sean 	TV film
2002 	Local Boys 	Skeeter Dobson 	
2002 	Just a Dream 	Henry Sturbuck 	TV film
2003 	Peter Pan 	Peter Pan 	
2005 	Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life	Justin Petersen 	TV film
2006 	The Sasquatch Gang 	Gavin Gore 	
2007 	An American Crime 	Coy Hubbard 	
2008 	The Jack Meets Boyfriend 	Mike Close 	
2009 	Calvin Marshall 	Caselli 	
2010 	You're So Cupid 	Connor Miller 	TV film
2010 	Death and Cremation 	Jarod Leary 	
2011 	Soul Surfer 	Byron Blanchard 	
2011 	The Jack Meets Boyfriend 2 	Mike Close 	
2012 	Excision 	Adam 	
2012 	Hiding 	Brett 	
2014 	Animal 	Matt 	
2014 	Into the Storm 	Jacob Hodges 	
2015 	The Culling 	Tyler 	
2015 	The Squeeze 	Augie 	
2016 	Billionaire Ransom 	Kyle Hartmann 	
2016 	Sisters of the Groom 	Jason Quinn 	TV film
2017 	Dark Ascension 	Luke 	
Television	Television 	Television 	Television
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2001 	Raising Dad 	Henry 	1 episode
2002 	ER 	Nathan 	1 episode
2002 	Strong Medicine 	Randy 	1 episode
2004–2005 	Clubhouse 	Pete Young 	Lead role
2007 	CSI: Miami 	Zach Griffith 	1 episode
2008–2010 	Friday Night Lights 	J.D. McCoy 	Recurring
Season 3–4
2012 	The Glades 	Dane Westing 	1 episode
2015 	Stitchers 	Devon/Gavin 	1 episode
== Awards ==
Awards	Awards 	Awards 	Awards 	Awards 	Awards	Awards
Year 	Award 	Category 	Work 	Result 	 	
2000 	IMTA Award 	Pre-Teen Male Model of the Year 	– 	Won 	 	
2003 	Young Artist Award 	Best Performance in a TV Movie, Mini-series or Special - Leading Young Actor 	Just a Dream 	Won 	 	
2003 	Saturn Award 	Best Performance by a Younger Actor 	Frailty 	Nominated	 	
2004 	Young Artist Award 	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor 	Peter Pan 	Won 	 	
2004 	Saturn Award 	Best Performance by a Younger Actor 	Peter Pan 	Won 	 	
2004 	Phoenix Film Critics Society Award	Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male 	Peter Pan 	Nominated	 	
2006 	Young Artist Award 	Best Performance in a TV Movie, Mini-series or Special (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actor	Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life	Nominated	 	
2009 	Change The World Award 	Youth for Humanity Award, Male 	– 	Honored 	 	
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