Cameron Bright

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.

Cameron Bright
Bright in 2011
Born	Cameron Douglas Crigger (1993-01-26) January 26, 1993 (age 31) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present

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 2004 2005, 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. 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.

External links

• Cameron Bright at IMDb