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===Personal life===
===Personal life===
Bright was born in [[Victoria, British Columbia]]; he was given his middle name, "Douglas", after his maternal grandfather. Bright has a scar on his eyebrow which he got as a toddler, after his brother chased him around a rose bush. He has two dogs and one cat.
Bright was born in [[Victoria, British Columbia]]; he was given his middle name, "Douglas", after his maternal grandfather. Bright has a scar on his eyebrow which he got as a toddler, after his brother chased him around a rose bush. He has two dogs and one cat.

===Websites===

www.camfans.org
www.twitter.com/CamBright


===Career===
===Career===

Revision as of 21:49, 3 October 2009

Cameron Bright
Born
Cameron Douglas Crigger
Other namesCameron Douglas Bright
Cameron Crigger
OccupationActor
Years active2000—present

Cameron Bright (born Cameron Douglas Crigger; January 26, 1993)[1] is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in numerous high profile roles in the films Godsend, Birth, Running Scared, Ultraviolet, X-Men: The Last Stand and Thank You for Smoking and will be appearing in The Twilight Saga: New Moon as Alec.

Biography

Personal life

Bright was born in Victoria, British Columbia; he was given his middle name, "Douglas", after his maternal grandfather. Bright has a scar on his eyebrow which he got as a toddler, after his brother chased him around a rose bush. He has two dogs and one cat.

Career

Bright's 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, and was credited as "Cameron Crigger" for his early roles (from the 2000 television movie, The Christmas Secret, to 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 flesh-colored swimsuits in the bath scenes and were never really naked, though this wasn't known at the time. In addition, the two actors were never filmed together in the same room at the time of the bathtub scene.[1]

Bright was the second choice to play Klaus Baudelaire in the film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.[1] He was instead cast in several Hollywood films, all of which were released in 2006, including Thank You for Smoking, Ultraviolet, and the action-thriller named Running Scared (starring Paul Walker). He also starred in X-Men: The Last Stand, where he played the mutant Leech, who has the anti-mutant antibody around which the film focuses.[2]

His appeared in the TV series The 4400 in the 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.

Bright has been cast as the Volturi vampire Alec, twin brother to Dakota Fanning's character Jane, in the 2009 film New Moon.[3]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2004 The Butterfly Effect Tommy Miller at age 7
Birth Young Sean
Godsend Adam Duncan
2005 Stargate SG-1 Orlin television series
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Jimmy the Leech
Thank You for Smoking Joey Naylor
Ultraviolet Six
Running Scared Oleg
2007 The 4400 Graham Holt television series
Christmas in Wonderland Danny Saunders
Normal Brady
Juno RPG Nerd
2009 An American Affair Adam Stafford
Walled In Jimmy age 16 Movie
New Moon Alec post-production
2010 Eclipse Alec Filming

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ouzounian, Richard (2004-10-24). "Bright future". Toronto Star. pp. D01. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ^ Houlihan, Mary (2006-09-29). "New on DVD". Chicago Sun Times. pp. NC52. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ "Summit Entertainment Starts Production on The Twilight Saga: New Moon" (Press release). Summit Entertainment. 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-04-28.