Booboo Stewart

**Nils "Booboo" Allen Stewart Jr.** (born January 21, 1994) is an American actor and singer. He portrays Willie in the Netflix series *Julie and the Phantoms*.

## Biography

Nils "Booboo" Allen Stewart Jr. was born on January 21, 1994 in Beverly Hills, California. His father, Nils Allen Stewart, is a professional stuntman. He has a younger sister, Fivel, who is also an actress, and recently appeared in the second season of the Netflix original dramedy *Atypical*. His mother has Japanese, Chinese, and Korean ancestry and his father has Russian, Scottish, and Blackfoot ancestry. Stewart was a former member of T-Squad, a Disney hip-hop/pop group, and performed with his sisters, Fivel and Maegan, as part of "TSC" (The Stewart Clan).

## Career

During 2006–2010 Stewart appeared or starred in several independent, direct-to-video, or TV films. He also hosted six episodes of the children's show *Blue Dolphin Kids* in Hawaii, and did stunt work on several films including the 2006 film *Zoom* and the 2007 film *Beowulf*. He had roles on episodes of *Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge*, *ER*, *Dante's Cove*, *Everybody Hates Chris* and "R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour". Stewart also toured with Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus on her Best of Both Worlds Tour featuring the Jonas Brothers and in the Camp Rock Freestyle Jam concert series. He recorded the opening theme for the *Disney Channel Games 2008* titled "Let's Go!", and in 2010 "Under the Sea" (from *The Little Mermaid*) for the Disney recompilation disc *DisneyMania 7*. He promoted clothes, as well as toys and games such as *Wii Fit* and Hot Wheels. During 2006–2008, he was a member of the musical group T-Squad.

In 2010, Stewart appeared in the movie *Logan*, a coming of age story about two brothers. He portrayed Seth Clearwater in *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse*, the third installment of *The Twilight Saga* film series.

In 2012, Stewart starred in the movie White Frog as Nick Young, a teen with Asperger's syndrome. In 2013, he played the lead role in Running Deer, an award-winning short film produced and directed by Brent Ryan Green through Toy Gun Films. Stewart also appeared in 2014's *X-Men: Days of Future Past* acting as Warpath.

In 2013, Stewart appeared in *Space Warriors* alongside Danny Glover, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Lucas, Mira Sorvino. Directed by Sean McNamara

Stewart starred in the 2015 Disney Channel original movie *Descendants* as Jay, the son of Jafar. He reprised his role in the 2017 and 2019 sequels, *Descendants 2* and *Descendants 3*.

## Credits

### Season One

* Flying Solo
* I Got the Music
* The Other Side of Hollywood

* Finally Free
* Edge of Great
* Unsaid Emily
* Stand Tall

## Trivia

* He shares the same birthday with his co-star Jeremy Shada who plays Reggie Peters, but Stewart is three years older.
* Julie and the Phantoms is the fourth project that he has been a part of that Kenny Ortega has directed. He was in *Descendants (2015), Descendants 2 (2017)* and *Descendants 3 (2019)* where he played Jay which Kenny Ortega was the director of the Descendants Trilogy.
* He had previously worked with Cheyenne Jackson and Jadah Marie on *Descendants 3*.

## References

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