Jimmy Bennett

Jimmy Bennett Biography

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James Michael Bennett is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles as a child actor in Daddy Day Care, Hostage, Poseidon, Evan Almighty, Orphan, Shorts, and as young James T. Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek. He also starred on the ABC series No Ordinary Family as JJ Powell, a teenager gifted with vast intelligence after a plane crash.

Life and career

Bennett was born in Seal Beach, California, and lives with his parents and sister in Huntington Beach, California, where the family runs a hard rock-themed crepe restaurant. Bennett also plays guitar and sings on his official YouTube channel. He also wrote and performed the song Summer Never Ends which can be heard at the end of Shorts.

Bennett appeared in nearly 30 adverts, as well as in episodes of the television series The Guardian and Strong Medicine, before being cast in the role "Tony", the boy who wants to be The Flash, in the Eddie Murphy comedy Daddy Day Care. He had smaller roles in the films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Arthur Hailey's Detective, and also appeared in Judging Amy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Everwood, and lent his voice to characters in the animated films The Polar Express, Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo and I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown. He has been nominated for Young Artist Awards five times.

In August 2011, Bennett released his debut single "Over Again" and the accompanying music video.

According to documents obtained by The New York Times, a $380,000 settlement was made between Bennett and Asia Argento after Bennett claimed that Argento sexually assaulted him in 2013. Bennett said that after the encounter he began to feel "extremely confused, mortified, and disgusted". Bennett's lawyer wrote that in the years after the incident, Bennett was so traumatized that his job performance, income, and mental health declined. They first met when Bennett played Argento's son in the 2004 film The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things when Bennett was 7-years old.

Filmography

Film roles
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	'	Hathi Jr. (voice)
2003	Daddy Day Care	The Flash/Tony
2004	Springtime with Roo	Roo (voice)
2004	'	Young Jeremiah
2004	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Tommy
2004	'	Billy the Lonely Boy (voice)
2005	Hostage	Tommy Smith
2005	'	Michael Lutz
2005	Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie	Roo (voice)	replaced Nikita Hopkins
2006	Firewall	Andy Stanfield
2006	Poseidon	Conor James
2006	Shark Bait	Junior (voice)
2007	Evan Almighty	Ryan Baxter
2007	South of Pico	Mark Weston
2008	Diminished Capacity	Dillon
2008	Snow Buddies	Buddha (voice)
2008	Trucker	Peter
2009	Star Trek	Young James T. Kirk
2009	Orphan	Daniel "Danny" Coleman
2009	Shorts	Toby "Toe" Thompson
2009	Alabama Moon	Moon Blake
2009	Stolen	John Wakefield
2010	Bones	Bones White
2011	Ghild	Ralph Gullivan	Short film
2013	Movie 43	Nathan	Segment: "Middleschool Date"
2014	Camouflage	Kevin
2015	Bad Asses on the Bayou	Ronald
2015	A Girl Like Her	Brian Slater
2017	Heartthrob	Dustin

Television roles
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Strong Medicine	Willy	Episode: "Admissions"
2002	'	Matty Butler	Episode: "Monster"
2003	Judging Amy	Cory Sinkler	Episode: "Just Say Oops"
2003	I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown	Rerun van Pelt (voice)	Television special
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Henry Turner	Episode: "Paper or Plastic?"
2004-05	Everwood	Sam Feeney	3 episodes
2005	Detective	Ivan Tempone	Television film
2006	He's a Bully, Charlie Brown	Rerun van Pelt (voice)	Television special
2007	Gilmore Girls	Macon	Episode: "Santa's Secret Stuff"
2010-11	No Ordinary Family	James "JJ" Powell, Jr.	Main cast; 20 episodes
2011	Breaking In		Episode: "21.0 Jump Street"
2012	Perception	Alex Willingham	2 episodes
2014	Garfunkel and Oates	Braden	Episode: "Maturity"
2015	Murder in the First	Alfie Rentman	2 episodes
2016	From Dusk till Dawn: The Series		1 episode

Video game roles
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	'	Billy the Lonely Boy	Voice
2006	Kingdom Hearts II	Roo	Voice (English version)
2007	[[Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+]]	Roo	Voice (English version)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work
2004	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actor Age Ten or Younger	Daddy Day Care
2004	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast	Daddy Day Care
2005	Young Artist Award	Outstanding Young Ensemble in a New Medium	'
2007	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actor Age Ten or Younger	Firewall
2008	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor (Comedy or Musical)	Evan Almighty
2010	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor	Alabama Moon
2010	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast	Shorts

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