Kerr Hewitt Explained

Kerr Hewitt, also credited professionally as Kjartan Hewitt, is a Canadian actor and writer. He won the Best Actor award at the Sicily Web Festival for his performance in the YouTube web series Clusterfuck (2018).

Career

Acting

Hewitt began working in the entertainment industry as a teenager, on television series for the CBC and YTV. When he was 17, he began writing plays and musicals. He then went on to study a BA in English literature. He made an appearance in Edgar Wright's[1] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) as Jimmy.[2] Jimmy was the boyfriend of Scott Pilgrim's sister before being seduced by Pilgrim's roommate Wallace at a "Crash and the Boys" (a fictional version of Toronto band Broken Social Scene)[3] concert and appearing in recurring gags with Wallace.[4] Hewitt starred in a larger role in another feature film in 2010, This Movie Is Broken, playing Blake, the best friend of a young Toronto man who tries to impress a girl by taking her to a Broken Social Scene concert with them. The concert in the film was the real 2009 Harbourfront Centre concert, around which part of the plot revolves.[5]

In 2018, he starred in the YouTube web series Clusterfuck, which follows the lives of millennials in downtown Toronto. Hewitt won the Best Actor award for his role at the Sicily Web Festival, where the series was given a premiere,.[6]

Hewitt has starred most prominently in works with a strong Toronto identity: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, This Movie Is Broken, and Clusterfuck.[7] [5] [6]

Writing

He studied the Features program at Canadian Film Centre, turning one of his old plays – Claire, From the Bus – into a film and completing the course in 2017 at the age of 30.[1] Claire, From the Bus had debuted on the Toronto theatre circuit in 2013, starring Bryn McAuley as Claire,[8] [9] with positive reception for Hewitt's writing.[10] The film, directed by Jordan Canning, was released in 2016.[11]

Filmography

Film

Notes
2005CapoteDanny Burke
2008Max PayneKid
2010This Movie Is BrokenBlake
2010Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldJimmy
2013Nurse 3DOrderly
2014DebugMel
2015AnxietyvilleMr. Nobody
2015Cold DeckBen
2017Molly's GamePlayer
2017Clusterf*ckBrian
2019GoalieCal Gardiner
2019Demons Inside MeToby Hunter
2020Learning to Love AgainChris

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Children of My HeartNikolaiTelevision film
20032030 CEDr. Manno Susik3 episodes
2003More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock StoryHigh School BoyTelevision film
2004data-sort-value="Winning Season, The" The Winning SeasonProgram Boy
2004Tad
2009data-sort-value="Listener, The" The ListenerBaggyEpisode: "Lisa Says"
2009data-sort-value="Future Life of Jake, The" The Future Life of JakeAaronTelevision film
2009Being EricaMartinEpisode: "Papa Can You Hear Me?"
2010Unnatural HistoryMilo PheifferEpisode: "Public School Enemies"
2010Rookie BlueDaleEpisode: "Hot and Bothered"
2011, 2015Murdoch MysteriesMatthew Trent / Corporal Young2 episodes
2012Sunshine Sketches of a Little TownPeter PupkinsTelevision film
2012KingStephen EnnisEpisode: "Justice Calvin Faulkner"
2013Bomb GirlsKarlEpisode: "Guests of Honour"
2013CrackedDamianEpisode: "The Light in the Black"
2013State of SynGabrielEpisode #1.5
2014DarknetDarrenEpisode: "Darknet 2"
2014ReignEduard2 episodes
2015Saving HopeGraemeEpisode: "All the Pretty Horses"
2015Dark MatterSergeant VossEpisode: "Pilot - Part 2"
2015Swept UnderDennisTelevision film
2016Houdini & DoyleReverend FarleyEpisode: "The Pall of LaPier"
2017data-sort-value="Beaverton, The" The BeavertonBrice LarsonEpisode #1.7
2017data-sort-value="Strain, The" The StrainJeremiah3 episodes
2018CondorHarold Floros
2018–2019BlackoutEthan Reed9 episodes
2019KilljoysSylas Robbel3 episodes
2020data-sort-value="Umbrella Academy, The" The Umbrella AcademyHalEpisode: "The Frankel Footage"

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kjartan Hewitt. 10 August 2020. cfccreates.com.
  2. Web site: Episode 16: Kjartan Hewitt. 10 August 2020. www.iheart.com.
  3. Web site: Dombal. Ryan. Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning Talks Scott Pilgrim Soundtrack. 10 August 2020. Pitchfork.
  4. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Every Musical Performance (feat. Sex Bob-Omb & The Clash at Demonhead). 00:49–01:50. Universal Pictures. YouTube. 10 August 2020.
  5. Web site: 22 June 2010. This Movie Is Broken. 10 August 2020. Shedoesthecity.
  6. Web site: Mississauga Director Launches Gritty and Exciting New Web Series. 10 August 2020. www.insauga.com.
  7. Web site: Sacks. Rebecca. Exactly How Canadian Is Scott Pilgrim vs. the World?. 10 August 2020. Vanity Fair.
  8. Web site: Claire, From the Bus. The Toronto Theatre Database. 10 August 2020.
  9. Web site: Torontoist. 15 February 2013. Urban Planner: February 15, 2013. 10 August 2020. Torontoist.
  10. Web site: Mooney. Sam. 18 February 2013. Review: Claire, From the Bus (Liars Theatre co.). 10 August 2020. Mooney on Theatre.
  11. Web site: CLAIRE, FROM THE BUS. 10 August 2020. www.cfccreates.com.