Cameron Britton

Cameron Britton
Born	1986or1987(age 38–39)
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 .

Early life

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]

Career

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]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
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	Mickey 17	Arkady
2026	Hope		Post-production

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
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"
2018	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
2024	It's Florida, Man	John	Episode: "Saucy"
2026	Spider-Noir		Recurring [7]

Awards and nominations

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result
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

References

1. Carter, Lori (June 22, 2018). "Analy grad Cameron Britton gives chilling performance on Netflix's 'Mindhunter'". The Press Democrat . Archived from the original on January 1, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2023. His creepy, yet almost likable, portrayal has 'flung open' doors for the 31-year-old actor...
2. Chow, Andrew R. (July 12, 2018). "Full List of 2018 Emmy Nominations". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 11, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
3. The Cast of Mindhunter In Conversation, archived from the original on May 23, 2019, retrieved August 19, 2019
4. "'Mindhunter' star (and 2017 breakout) Cameron Britton bought a car in-character as the Co-Ed Killer". EW.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
5. "The Umbrella Academy: Hazel and Agnes in danger next season? Cameron Britton reveals all". Express. February 16, 2019. Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
6. Chavez, Danette (February 18, 2020). "Cameron Britton gets inside the heads of men good and bad for Mindhunter and Deadly Games". The A.V. Club . Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
7. Vlessing, Etan (September 18, 2024). "Lukas Haas Joins Nicolas Cage in Spider-Man Noir Series for Amazon". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on September 18, 2024. Retrieved November 30, 2024.

External links

• Cameron Britton at IMDb