Cameron Britton | |
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| Born | 1986or1987(age 37–38) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2014–present |
Cameron Britton (born 1986or1987) [1] is an American actor known for his role as Ed Kemper in the Netflix crime drama television series Mindhunter, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series [2] and Hazel in the Netflix television series The Umbrella Academy .
Britton grew up in Sonoma County, California, graduating from Analy High School in Sebastopol in 2004. [1] He worked as a preschool teacher for eight years, where he taught special needs children ranging from 18 months to 3 years old. [3]
Britton had his breakout role as Ed Kemper in the 2017 Netflix crime drama Mindhunter . He played hacker Plague in the 2018 crime thriller film The Girl in the Spider's Web. [4] In the Netflix TV show The Umbrella Academy, he played the role of Hazel, a time-travelling assassin. [5]
He stars as the falsely suspected 1996 Olympic Games bomber Richard Jewell in the second season of the Manhunt drama anthology series. [6]
In September 2024, he was cast in a recurring role on the upcoming superhero series Spider-Noir . [7]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2014 | Camp Takota | Chet | |
| Redeemed | Alex | ||
| Vice Versa | Tony | Short film | |
| 2015 | Day Out Of Days | Mick | |
| 2018 | The Girl in the Spider's Web | Plague | |
| 2022 | A Man Called Otto | Jimmy | |
| 2025 | Hope [8] | Post-production |
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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| 2014 | Unusual Suspects | Jeffrey Boyd | Episode: "Brute Force" |
| Lab Rats | Security Guard | Episode: "Alien Gladiators" | |
| Vox Influx | Casper Simmons | Episode: "Vox" | |
| 2015 | Battle Creek | Oliver Nathan | Episode: "Sympathy for the devil" |
| 2015–2017 | Stitchers | Tim/Engineering Manager | Main (22 episodes) |
| 2017–2019 | Mindhunter | Ed Kemper | Recurring (4 episodes) Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series |
| 2017 | S.W.A.T | Patrick | Episode: "Imposters" |
| Barry | Detective Charlie Simmer | Recurring (2 episodes) | |
| 2019–2020; 2024 | The Umbrella Academy | Hazel | Main role (season 1); Guest (seasons 2, 4) |
| 2020 | Manhunt: Deadly Games | Richard Jewell | Main |
| 2021 | Shrill | Will | Recurring (4 episodes) |
| 2022 | The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window | Buell | Recurring |
| 2025 | Spider-Noir | Recurring [7] |
| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
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| 2017 | Mindhunter | IGN Summer Movie Awards | Best Dramatic TV Performance | Nominated |
| 2018 | Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Won | |
| Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | ||
| Gold Derby Awards | Drama Guest Actor | Won | ||
| N/A | Breakthrough Performer of the Year | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | Mindhunter | Drama Guest Actor of the Decade | Nominated |
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