- Jonah Bobo
Infobox actor
name = Jonah Bobo
caption = Bobo in "Around the Bend ", 2004
birthdate = birth date and age|1997|1|24
birthplace =New York City ,New York , U.S.Jonah Bobo (born
January 24 1997 ) is an Americanchild actor .Biography
Bobo was born in
New York City ,New York to an OrthodoxJew ish family;cite web | title=Ain't It Cool News | work=Quint interviews Dax Shepard about ZATHURA, teenage girls and Mike Judge's IDIOCRACY!!! | url=http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=21572 | accessdate=March 14 | accessyear=2006] his father, Scott Bobo, works in softwarecite web | title=GayCity News | work=Landing Stars with a Script | url=http://www.gaycitynews.com/gcn_341/landingstarswith.html | accessdate=May 2 | accessyear=2006] and his mother, Denise Raimi, is a physical therapist and personal trainer (she played his character's foster mother in "Choke"). [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2580847/] He has a younger sister named Georgia. His great-grandmother wasTampa 's businesswoman and philanthropistSalha "Mama" Bobo .His first film role was in the 2004
independent film , "The Best Thief in the World ". He co-starred oppositeChristopher Walken andJosh Lucas in the 2004 drama, "Around the Bend ", playing the youngest of a four-generation family. Bobo was subsequently cast in the big-budget fantasy film, "Zathura", which opened in November 2005 to a disappointing box office, grossing $28 million in theUnited States .cite web | title=IMDB | work=Business Data for Zathura: A Space Adventure | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406375/business | accessdate=March 14 | accessyear=2006]Bobo's most recent role was in another independent film, "Strangers with Candy", which opened on
June 28 ,2006 . Bobo played young Victor Mancini in the film adaptation ofChuck Palahniuk 's novel "Choke".Filmography
References
External links
*imdb|1501050
*amg name|2:406459
* [http://movies.about.com/od/zathura/a/zathurajb110705.htm About.com interview] (November 7 2005 )
* [http://www.dazzzlingstars.com/stars/jonah_bobo.html Dazzzling Stars: Jonah Bobo]
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