Kevin Zegers Biography

Kevin Joseph Zegers (born September 19, 1984) is a Canadian actor and model. He played the role of Josh Framm in the Air Bud film series, Damien Dalgaard in the CW teen drama Gossip Girl and the protagonist in Rock Mafia's music video The Big Bang. He also had a lead role in the film Transamerica. He had also starred in the films Dawn of the Dead, It's a Boy Girl Thing, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The Jane Austen Book Club, Fifty Dead Men Walking, and Frozen.

Life and career

Zegers was born in Woodstock, Ontario, the son of Mary-Ellen, a teacher, and Jim Zegers, a quarry worker. He has two sisters, Krista and Katie. All of his grandparents were born in The Netherlands. He attended St Mary's Catholic High School in Woodstock.

Zegers began his performing career at the age of 6, appearing in about 30 TV commercials. His first film appearance was at the age of 7, in a small role in the 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 sports-playing dog. In the years following, Zegers appeared in three sequels, as well as a similar genre film, MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000), which featured a hockey-playing chimp.

Between 1997 and 2004, Zegers had starring or costarring 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 (2000), for which he was chosen by producer Aaron Spelling. Zegers had previously worked with co-star Yasmine 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), costarring Felicity Huffman. Zegers' performance as the street hustling bisexual 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. Also in 2005 he appeared in Felicity: An American Girl Adventure based on the American Girl book series, as Benjamin 'Ben' Davidson in Williamsburg Virginia 1775. Zegers starred in the 2006 romantic comedy It's a Boy Girl Thing. In 2009, Zegers signed to play the role of Clyde Barrow in the remake of The Story of Bonnie and Clyde, with Hilary Duff. The two roles have since been recast due to scheduling conflicts for both actors. He also guest-starred in Gossip Girl from 2009 until 2010, and returning again in late 2010 for multiple episodes throughout season 4. He also appeared on Rock Mafia's music video "The Big Bang", and in 2012, played the male protagonist in the television series Titanic: Blood and Steel.

He portrayed Alec Lightwood in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013).

In August 2013, Zegers married Jaime Feld, an agent who was his girlfriend of several years.

Filmography

• 1993 Life with Mikey as Little Mikey
• 1994 In the Mouth of Madness as Kid
• 1997 Air Bud as Josh Framm
• 1997 A Call to Remember as Ben Tobias
• 1998 Shadow Builder as Chris Hatcher
• 1998 Air Bud: Golden Receiver as Josh Framm
• 1998 Nico the Unicorn as Billy Hastings
• 1999 Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins
• 1999 It Came From The Sky as Andy Bridges
• 1999 Four Days as Simon "The Kid"
• 1999 Komodo as Patrick Conally
• 2000 Air Bud: World Pup as Josh Framm
• 2000 Time Share as Thomas Weiland
• 2000 MVP: Most Valuable Primate as Steven Westover
• 2001 Sex, Lies & Obsession as Josh Thomas
• 2002 Fear of the Dark as Dale Billings
• 2002 Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch as Josh Framm
• 2002 Virginia's Run as Darrow Raines
• 2003 Wrong Turn as Evan
• 2003 The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie as Charlie
• 2004 Dawn of the Dead as Terry
• 2004 The Hollow as Ian Cranston
• 2004 Some Things That Stay as Rusty Murphy
• 2005 Transamerica as Toby
• 2005 Felicity: An American Girl Adventure as Benjamin "Ben" Davidson
• 2006 It's a Boy Girl Thing as Woody Deane
• 2006 Zoom as Connor Shepard / Concussion
• 2007 The Jane Austen Book Club as Trey
• 2007 Normal as Jordie
• 2007 The Stone Angel as John
• 2008 Gardens of the Night as Frank
• 2008 The Narrows as Mike Manadoro
• 2008 Fifty Dead Men Walking as Sean
• 2010 The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll as Spyder
• 2010 Frozen as Dan
• 2011 Girl Walks Into a Bar as Billy
• 2011 Vampire as Simon
• 2011 The Entitled as Paul Dynan
• 2013 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones as Alec Lightwood
• 2013 The Colony as Sam
• 2013 All the Wrong Reasons as Simon Brunson

Voice acting

• 1994:Free Willy - Einstein (TV series)

Television

• 1992: Street Legal as n/a (Season 7, Episode 5)
• 1994: Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story as Larry (1954)
• 1995: Road to Avonlea as Gordon Bradley (Season 6, Episode 12)
• 1995: The Silence of Adultery as Steven Harlett
• 1995: The X-Files as Kevin Kryder (Season 3, Episode 11)
• 1996: Specimen as Bart
• 1996: Murder on the Iditarod Trail as Matthew Arnold
• 1996: Goosebumps as Noah Thompson (Season 2, Episode 12)
• 1996: Traders as Sean Blake (7 episodes)
• 1997: Rose Hill as Cole Clayborne at 13
• 1998: Nico the Unicorn as Billy Hastings
• 1999: Twice in a Lifetime as n/a (Season 1, Episode 7)
• 1999: So Weird as Ryan Ollman (Season 2, Episode 9)
• 2000: The Acting Class as Lou Carpman
• 2000: Titans as Ethan Benchley (11 Episodes)
• 2003: Smallville as Seth Nelson (Season 3, Episode 7)
• 2004: House, M.D. as Brandon Marell (Season 1, Episode 3)
• 2009: Gossip Girl as Damien Dalgaard (Season 3-4, 10 episodes)
• 2012: Titanic: Blood and Steel as Mark Muir (12 Episodes)

Music videos

• 2010: The Big Bang by Rock Mafia Featuring Miley Cyrus

Awards

Year	Group	Award	Result	Notes
1998	YoungStar Awards	Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film	Won	Air Bud
	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film "? Leading Young Actor	Won
		Best Performance in a TV Movie or Feature Film "? Young Ensemble	Won	Rose Hill
		Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series "? Supporting Young Actor	Won	A Call to Remember
1999	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film "? Leading Young Actor	Won	Air Bud: Golden Receiver
2001		Best Performance in a Feature Film "? Leading Young Actor	Won	MVP: Most Valuable Primate
2006	Cannes Film Festival	Chopard Trophy "? Male Revelation	Won	Transamerica