Cameron Bright

Cameron Bright
Bright in 2011
Born
Cameron Douglas Crigger

(1993-01-26) January 26, 1993 (age 31)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present

Cameron Bright (born Cameron Douglas Crigger; January 26, 1993)[1] is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in the films The Butterfly Effect, Godsend, Birth, Running Scared, Ultraviolet, X-Men: The Last Stand, Thank You for Smoking and three installments of The Twilight Saga.

Life and career

Bright was born in Victoria, British Columbia, the son of Anne Bright and James Crigger.[2] He was given his middle name "Douglas" after his maternal grandfather. His first acting job was in a commercial for Telus, which was soon followed by a guest appearance on the television series Higher Ground.[1] He subsequently appeared in several minor roles in made-for-television films (credited as "Cameron Crigger"), such as the 2000 television movie The Christmas Secret and an episode of Night Visions.

After a supporting part in The Butterfly Effect, Bright's first major role was in Godsend, a horror film co-starring Robert De Niro; the film was released in April 2004 to mixed reviews. In his next film, Birth, he played a ten-year-old boy who claims to be the reincarnation of a woman's (Nicole Kidman) deceased husband. Two scenes within the movie sparked controversy and drew media attention to Bright. In one scene, Bright and Kidman's characters kiss; in the other, the two share a bathtub. The actors wore pale beige-coloured swimsuits in the bath scenes and were never naked or filmed together in the same room at the same time of the bathtub scene, although this was not public knowledge at first.[1]

Bright was cast in several Hollywood films released in 2006, including Thank You for Smoking, Ultraviolet, and the action-thriller named Running Scared.

He starred in X-Men: The Last Stand, where he played the mutant Leech, who has the mutant antibody.[3] He also appeared on an episode of The 4400 (episode: "The Wrath of Graham") as a high school student named Graham Holt who develops an ability after injecting himself with Promicin. He has also played a host carrier for a cure for humanity in more than one movie.[4]

Bright plays the Volturi vampire Alec, twin brother to Jane who is played by Dakota Fanning, in the Twilight films New Moon[5] (2009), Eclipse (2010), and Breaking Dawn, Part II (2012).

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 The Butterfly Effect 7-year-old Tommy
Godsend Adam Duncan
Birth Young Sean Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor
Nominated – Critics Choice Award for Best Young Actor
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
2005 Thank You for Smoking Joey Naylor Nominated – Critics Choice Award for Best Young Actor
2006 Running Scared Oleg Yugorsky Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor
Ultraviolet Six
X-Men: The Last Stand Jimmy / Leech Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor
2007 Juno RPG Nerd
Normal Brady Nominated – Leo for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama
Christmas in Wonderland Danny Saunders
2008 The Talisman Jack Sawyer Short film
2009 An American Affair Adam Stafford
Walled In Jimmy
The Twilight Saga: New Moon Alec
2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2011 Little Glory Shawn
2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 Alec
2013 Floodplain Duncan Short film
2015 Final Girl Shane
Outside the Lines DJ Short film
2016 Counter Act Short film
2017 Pretty Outrageous Cameron
2018 Beautiful Gun Jesse Short film
TBA Suicide Disco TBA Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Higher Ground Young Peter Episode: "Innocence"
Credited as Cameron Crigger
The Christmas Secret Young Jerry Television film
Credited as Cameron Crigger
2002 Brother's Keeper Young Ellis
Lone Hero Kid
Dark Angel Johnny Episode: "She Ain't Heavy"
Credited as Cameron Crigger
Shadow Realm Tim Television film
Credited as Cameron Crigger
Night Visions Young Tim Malone Episode: "Voices"
Credited as Cameron Crigger
2005–2006 Stargate SG-1 Orlin Episodes: "The Fourth Horseman: Part 1" and "The Fourth Horseman: Part 2"
2007 The 4400 Graham Holt Episode: "The Wrath of Graham"
2011 Earth's Final Hours Andy Streich Television film
2012 Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a Man Will Television film
2010–2014 Here Comes Fearless Justin Baker / Fearless
2013–2014, 2016 Motive Manny Flynn 9 episodes

References

  1. ^ a b c Ouzounian, Richard (2004-10-24). "Bright future". Toronto Star. p. D01.
  2. ^ "Cameron Bright Biography". Tvguide.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
  3. ^ Houlihan, Mary (2006-09-29). "New on DVD". Chicago Sun Times. p. NC52.
  4. ^ Welsh, Greg (February 24, 2010). "7 Actors Typecast in Bizarrely Specific Roles". Cracked.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Summit Entertainment Starts Production on The Twilight Saga: New Moon" (Press release). Summit Entertainment. 2009-04-15. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
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