Kevin Zegers
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Kevin Joseph Zegers (born September 19, 1984) is a Canadian film actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Zegers was born in Woodstock, Ontario to James Zegers (a quarry worker) and Mary Ellen (soon-to-be school teacher). He grew up in Woodstock, Ontario, graduating from St. Mary's High School in 2002. He has two sisters: Krista and Katie, who is an actress. Zegers started acting at the age of 6. He has been in over 30 commercials, and also did some modeling in London. Aside from his acting career, Zegers works off-and-on as a model.
[edit] Film career
Zegers began his performing career at an early age, appearing in commercials. His first film role was at the age of 7, in a small role in Michael J. Fox comedy Life With Mikey (1993). Subsequently, he appeared in many supporting roles, including a guest appearance on the TV series, The X-Files, playing a young stigmatic child. He had the starring role in Air Bud (1997), about a basketball-playing dog. In the years following, Zegers appeared in three of the film's sequels, as well as a similar genre film, MVP: Most Valuable Primate, which featured a hockey-playing chimp.
Between 1997 and 2004, Zegers had starring or co-starring roles in many low-budget Canadian and horror films including Komodo (1999). He also appeared in the short-lived American television series, Titans co-starring Yasmine Bleeth, in 2000, for which he was personally chosen by producer Aaron Spelling. Zegers also worked with Bleeth in the 1999 movie It Came From the Sky.
After appearing in the remake of Dawn of the Dead, he had a major role in the Academy Award-nominated independent film, Transamerica (2005), co-starring Felicity Huffman. Zegers' performance as the bisexual street hustling son of a male-to-female transsexual was praised by several critics, and he won the 2006 Cannes Film Festival Chopard Award, which is given to promising young actors. [1]
Zegers' next film, It's a Boy Girl Thing, a romantic comedy, is scheduled for a UK release on December 29, 2006.[1]
[edit] Personal life
In his acting career, Zegers is often cast as an athlete. This is because he is very active in sports, especially basketball, ice hockey, and golf. In school, he played on the football and basketball teams, and still plays on a local hockey team. He lifted weights through much of his teen years. In February 2002, he played on the Hollywood Knights celebrity basketball team in California.
He became very good friends with Backstreet Boy Nick Carter after meeting him during the filming of The Hollow (2004), in which both starred in. Zegers currently resides in Los Angeles.
He also dated Kaley Cuoco.
He has recently started dating actress Marisa Coughlan again.[citation needed]
[edit] Filmography
- The Dare (2007) (Attached)
- The Lighthouse (begins filming Dec 2006)
- The Stone Angel (filmed August-September 2006)
- Gardens of the Night (filmed August 2006)
- Zoom (2006)
- It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006)
- Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005) (TV)
- Transamerica (2005)
- House (2004) "Occam's razzor" episode (Season 1, episode 3) TV Series
- Some Things That Stay (2004)
- The Hollow (2004)
- Dawn of the Dead (2004)
- Smallville (2003) "Magnetic" episode (Season 3, episode 7) TV Series
- The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (2003) (TV)
- Wrong Turn (2003/I)
- Virginia's Run (2002)
- Air Bud : Seventh Inning Fetch (2002) (V)
- Fear of the Dark (2002)
- Sex, Lies & Obsession (2001) (TV)
- Titans (2000) TV Series
- MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)
- Time Share (2000)
- The Acting Class (2000)
- Air Bud : World Pup (2000) (V)
- So Weird (1999) "Second Generation" episode (Season 2, episode 9) TV Series
- Twice in a Lifetime (1999) "Blood Brothers" episode (Season 1, episode 7) TV Series
- Komodo (1999)
- Four Days (1999)
- It Came From the Sky (1999) (TV)
- Treasure Island (1999/I)
- Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998)
- Shadow Builder (1998)
- Nico the Unicorn (1998)
- A Call to Remember (1997) (TV)
- Air Bud (1997)
- Rose Hill (1997) (TV)
- Goosebumps (1996) "Let's get invisible !" episode 'Season 2, episode 13) TV Series
- Murder on the Iditarod Trail (1996) (TV)
- Specimen (1996)
- Traders(1996) (6 episodes) TV Series
- The X Files (1995) "Revelations" episode (Season 3, episode 11) TV Series
- The Silence of Adultery (1995) (TV)
- Road to Avonlea (1995) "A time to every purpose" episode (Season 6, episode 12) TV Series
- In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
- Thicker Than Blood : The Larry McLinden Story (1994) (TV)
- Free Willy (1994) TV Series
- Life with Mikey (1993)
- Street Legal (1992) "It's a wise child" episode (Season 7, episode 5) TV Series
[edit] Awards
- 1998 : Young Star Awards (Nominated for "Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film" for Air Bud)
- 1998 : Young Artist Awards (Nominated for "Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series - Supporting Young Actor" for : A Call to Remember)
- 1998 : Young Artist Awards (Nominated for "Best Performance in a TV Movie or Feature Film - Young Ensemble" for Rose Hill - Shared with David Klein, Blair Slater & Michael Alexander Jackson)
- 1998 : Young Artist Awards (Won "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor" for Air Bud)
- 1999 : Young Artist Awards (Nominated for "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor" for Air Bud : Golden Receiver)
- 2000 : Young Artist Awards (Nominated for "Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor" for MVP : Most Valuable Primate)
- 2006 : Chopard Trophy at Cannes Film Festival for "Male revelation".
[edit] References
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Market Wire. Icon Film Distribution announce December 29th Release Date for It's a Boy Girl Thing. Retrieved on September 13, 2006.
