Kevin Zegers

Infobox actor


caption = Zegers at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
birthname = Kevin Joseph Zegers
birthplace =Woodstock, Ontario
birthdate = birth date and age|1984|9|19

Kevin Joseph Zegers (born September 19, 1984) is a Canadian actor and model.

Biography

Early life

Zegers was born in Woodstock, Ontario, the son of Mary Ellen, a school teacher, and James Zegers, a quarry worker. He grew up in Woodstock, graduating from St. Mary's High School in 2002. He has two sisters, Krista and Katie. Zegers began acting at the age of 6. He has appeared in over 30 commercials, and also did some modeling in London. Aside from his acting career, Zegers works off-and-on as a model.

Acting career

Zegers began his performing career at the age of 6, appearing in commercials. His first film appearance 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 television series "The X-Files", playing a stigmatic child. He had the starring role in "Air Bud" (1997), a film about a basketball-playing dog. In the years following, Zegers appeared in three sequels, as well as a similar genre film, "", 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 "Nico the Unicorn" (1998), "Komodo" (1999), and "Wrong Turn" (2003). 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 had previously worked with Bleeth in the 1999 film "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 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. [cite web | url=http://www.fhs.ch/en/news/news.php?id=466 | title=Chopard and the Cannes Festival: A nine-year idyll | work=Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH website | date=June 14, 2006 | accessmonthday=March 10 | accessyear=2007 ]

Zegers starred alongside Samaire Armstrong in the 2006 romantic comedy "It's a Boy/Girl Thing".

Filmography

* "The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll" (2009)
* "Fifty Dead Men Walking" (2008)
* "The Narrows" (2008)
* "The Jane Austen Book Club" (2007)
* "Normal" (2007)
* "The Stone Angel" (2007)
* "Gardens of the Night" (2007)
* "Zoom" (2006)
* "It's a Boy/Girl Thing" (2006) - Woody
* "" (2005) (TV)
* "Transamerica" (2005) - Toby
* "House, M.D." (2004) "Brandon Merrell" 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)
* "Virginia's Run" (2002)
* "" (2002) (V)
* "Fear of the Dark" (2002) - Dale
* "Sex, Lies & Obsession" (2001) (TV)
* "Titans" (2000) TV series
* "" (2000)
* "Time Share" (2000)
* "The Acting Class" (2000)
* "" (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)
* "" (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

Awards

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0954225|name=Kevin Zegers
* [http://kevinzegers.virtuaboard.com/index.forum/ Kevin Zegers forum]
* [http://www.cpps90.com/html/news/zegers_early_articles.html Zegers interviews, 1997]
* [http://www.cpps90.com/ Kevin Zegers Gallery, unofficial website]
* [http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=14655 "Out.com" interview]