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Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter (born February 5, 1989) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the title role in the 2003 movie Peter Pan, breaking the long-standing tradition of young women playing the part in stage and live-action film adaptations of the story.

Biography

Early life

Sumpter was born in Monterey, California to Gary Sumpter and Sandra Johnson. He is the brother of Jessica Sumpter and Gigi Sumpter who are also actresses. He was raised in the small town of Mount Sterling, Kentucky until he was 11. When he moved to Lexington, Kentucky to model, he won IMTA's Pre-Teen Male Model of the Year award in 2000. Soon afterward, he and his family moved to Los Angeles, where he currently resides.

Career

In July 2002, Sumpter, then 13 years old, was selected for the role of Peter Pan. During filming (fall of 2002), he grew eight inches (from 5' 0" to 5' 8"), requiring some filming and staging tricks to conceal his height in scenes filmed late in production. The $140 million production opened December 2003, but did poorly, possibly due to reports of its more "adult" treatment of the J. M. Barrie story and competition at the box office from the highly-anticipated The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
.

Nevertheless, the positive exposure led to a lead role in Clubhouse, a short-lived TV series about a teenager's love of baseball, co-starring Dean Cain.

Following Clubhouse, Sumpter won the lead role in the Lifetime TV film Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life, playing a high school swimming champion who develops an addiction to online pornography.

Sumpter spent the summer of 2005 in Oregon filming the comedy The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang.

Jeremy Sumpter is 6'0" tall and weighs 148 lbs . He is home-schooled.

Personal life

Sumpter reports that surfing is one of his greatest loves. He also says he enjoys basketball, football, baseball, snowboarding, tennis, soccer, hiking, swimming, rollerblading, and golf. He has been cast in numerous athletic roles, including Local Boys (surfing), Peter Pan (sword fighting), Clubhouse (baseball), and Cyber Seduction (swimming). Sumpter did nearly all of his stunts for Peter Pan himself. To prepare, he says he practiced sword fighting as much as five hours a day, as well as training in gymnastics and lifting weights. While filming in Australia, he supplemented his training with cricket and surfing.

On January 22, 2004, his autographed Local Boys wetsuit was sold on eBay (Item #3378611795) for $2,226.00.

In October 2005, Sumpter competed in his first celebrity golf tournament: the Eddie Money Golf Tournament in northern California. His team placed 3rd out of 24 teams.

Filmography

Frailty
(2001) - Young Adam
Murphy's Dozen (2001) (TV)
Local Boys (2002) - Skeet Dobson
Just a Dream (2002) - Henry Sturbuck
Peter Pan
(2003) - Peter Pan
Clubhouse (2004) - Pete Young
Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life
(2005) - Justin Petersen
The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang
as "Gavin" (in production - 2006)

Awards

Saturn Award (winner) 2004 Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Peter Pan.
Young Artist Award (winner) 2004 Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Peter Pan.
Saturn Award (nomination) 2003 Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Frailty.
Young Artist Award (winner) 2002 Best Performance in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Special - Leading Young Actor for Just A Dream.

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