Cameron Bright Explained

Cameron Bright
Birthname:Cameron Douglas Crigger
Birth Date:January 26, 1993
Birth Place:Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation:Actor
Yearsactive:1999–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, , 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 , 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004data-sort-value="Butterfly Effect, The" The Butterfly Effect7-year-old Tommy
GodsendAdam Duncan
BirthYoung SeanNominated – 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
2005Thank You for SmokingJoey NaylorNominated – Critics Choice Award for Best Young Actor
2006Running ScaredOleg YugorskyNominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor
Ultraviolet Six
Jimmy / LeechNominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor
2007JunoRPG Nerd
NormalBradyNominated – Leo for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama
Christmas in WonderlandDanny Saunders
2008data-sort-value="Talisman, The" The TalismanJack SawyerShort film
2009An American AffairAdam Stafford
Walled InJimmy
data-sort-value="Twilight Saga: New Moon, The" Alec
2010data-sort-value="Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The"
2011Little GloryShawn
2012data-sort-value="Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, The" Alec
2013FloodplainDuncanShort film
2015Final GirlShane
Outside the LinesDJShort film
2016Counter ActShort film
2017Pretty OutrageousCameron
2018Beautiful GunJesseShort film
TBASuicide DiscoFilming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Higher GroundYoung PeterEpisode: "Innocence"
Credited as Cameron Crigger
data-sort-value="Christmas Secret, The" The Christmas SecretYoung JerryTelevision film
Credited as Cameron Crigger
2002Brother's KeeperYoung Ellis
Lone HeroKid
Dark AngelJohnnyEpisode: "She Ain't Heavy"
Credited as Cameron Crigger
Shadow RealmTimTelevision film
Credited as Cameron Crigger
Night VisionsYoung Tim MaloneEpisode: "Voices"
Credited as Cameron Crigger
2005 - 2006Stargate SG-1OrlinEpisodes: "The Fourth Horseman: Part 1" and "The Fourth Horseman: Part 2"
2007data-sort-value="4400, The" The 4400Graham HoltEpisode: "The Wrath of Graham"
2011Earth's Final HoursAndy StreichTelevision film
2012Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a ManWillTelevision film
2010 - 2014Here Comes FearlessJustin Baker / Fearless
2013 - 2014, 2016MotiveManny Flynn9 episodes

Notes and References

  1. News: Ouzounian. Richard. Bright future. Toronto Star. D01. 2004-10-24.
  2. Web site: Cameron Bright Biography . Tvguide.com . 2013-02-23 . 2018-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180719054918/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/cameron-bright/bio/143209/ . live .
  3. News: Houlihan. Mary. New on DVD. Chicago Sun Times. NC52. 2006-09-29.
  4. Web site: 7 Actors Typecast in Bizarrely Specific Roles. February 24, 2010. 14 August 2013. Cracked.com. Welsh, Greg. 21 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181021152934/http://www.cracked.com/article_18436_7-actors-typecast-in-bizarrely-specific-roles.html. live.
  5. Summit Entertainment Starts Production on The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Summit Entertainment. 2009-04-15. 2009-04-28. 2015-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610131000/http://www.summit-ent.com/news.php?news_id=110. live.