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Cameron Bright

Canadian actor (born 1993)

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Cameron Bright (born Cameron Douglas Crigger; January 26, 1993) 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.

01Life and career

Bright was born in Victoria, British Columbia, the son of Anne Bright and James Crigger. 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. 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 film 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.

Bright was cast in several Hollywood films released from 2004-2006, including Thank You for Smoking, Ultraviolet, and the action-thriller Running Scared.

He starred in X-Men: The Last Stand, where he played the mutant Leech, who has the mutant antibody. 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 film.

Bright plays the Volturi vampire Alec, twin brother to Jane who is played by Dakota Fanning, in the Twilight films New Moon (2009), Eclipse (2010), and Breaking Dawn, Part II (2012).

02Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 The Butterfly Effect Tommy (7-years-old)
Godsend Adam Duncan
Birth Young Sean
2005 Thank You for Smoking Joey Naylor
2006 Running Scared Oleg Yugorsky
Ultraviolet Six
X-Men: The Last Stand Jimmy / Leech
2007 Juno RPG Nerd
Normal Brady
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
2017 Pretty Outrageous Cameron
2018 Beautiful Gun Jesse Short film
TBA Suicide Disco TBA Post-production

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, 06 Stargate SG-1 Orlin Episodes: "The Fourth Horseman: Parts 1 & 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
2013, 14, 2016 Motive Manny Flynn 9 episodes

Music videos

Year Title Artist
2013 Beach Dream Jets Overhead

03Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Work Result Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Award 2005 Best Young Actor Birth Nominated
2007 Thank You for Smoking Nominated
Leo Awards 2008 Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Normal Nominated
2019 Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama Beautiful Gun Nominated
Young Artist Award 2005 Best Supporting Young Actor in a Feature Film Birth Nominated
2007 X-Men: The Last Stand Nominated
Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film Running Scared Nominated
2008 Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor The 4400 ("Wrath of Graham") Nominated
Watch videos about Cameron BrightExplainers and documentaries on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

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