Carson MacCormac

Last updated
Carson MacCormac
Born
NationalityCanadian
Years active2017–present

Carson MacCormac is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles in the films Giant Little Ones (2018), Luckiest Girl Alive (2022), Shazam! (2019), and its sequel, Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).

Contents

Early life

MacCormac grew up in Oakville, Ontario. Although he began taking acting courses in 2011, his passion as a teenager was for baseball. [1] He played for the Oakville A's, a youth league team run by the Oakville Minor Baseball Association. Carson began acting professionally in about 2016, [2] and in 2017 was a provincial finalist in Senior Music Theatre – Group B of the Ontario Music Festivals Association. [3]

Career

MacCormac made his professional and television acting debut on April 10, 2017, in the episode "You Don't Understand Me at All" of the CBC Television series Bellevue . He made his motion picture debut a few weeks later in the 2017 short film Cold Hands, where he played a teenage boy coming to terms with his sexual assault. [4]

Carson made his feature film debut in the independent drama Giant Little Ones [5] in September 2018, where he played a bullied teenager named Michael. [5] [6] He later appeared in the Lifetime cable network film Zombie at 17 and in eight episodes of the TVO Kids television series Big Top Academy .

MacCormac appears in the 2019 superhero film Shazam! as Brett Bryer. He has also appeared in the 2019 dystopian science fiction film Riot Girls, and makes appearances in the 2020 Netflix original horror series, October Faction and in the second season of the Netflix series Locke & Key as Benjamin Locke in 2021.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017Cold HandsLucasShort
2018 Giant Little Ones Michael
2019 Shazam! Brett Breyer
2019 Riot Girls Spit
2020Thinly VeiledTylerShort; also producer and writer
2020East of Middle WestChris
2022 Luckiest Girl Alive Young Dean
2023 Shazam! Fury of the Gods Brett Breyer

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Bellevue Adam - 16 Years OldEpisode: "You Don't Understand Me at All"
2018Zombie at 17Connor FosterTV film
2018-2019 Big Top Academy Young Nicky Zolta8 episodes
2020 October Faction Rob3 episodes
2021-2022 Locke & Key Benjamin Locke3 episodes

Related Research Articles

Brian Joseph Regan is an American stand-up comedian who uses observational, sarcastic, and self-deprecating humor. He is known for incorporating body language and facial expressions into his act. His performances are often described as clean as he refrains from profanity as well as taboo subject matter. Regan's material typically covers everyday events, such as shipping a package with UPS, mortgages, and visits to the optometrist. While he does not define himself as youth-oriented, Regan makes frequent references to childhood, including little league baseball, grade school spelling bees, and science projects.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Djimon Hounsou</span> Beninese-born actor

Djimon Gaston Hounsou is a Beninese-born actor. He began his career appearing in music videos and made his film debut in Without You I'm Nothing (1990). He then earned widespread recognition for his role as Cinqué in the Steven Spielberg film Amistad (1997), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. For his performances in In America (2002) and Blood Diamond (2006), Honsou was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Polley</span> Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter

Sarah Ellen Polley is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, political activist and retired actress. She first garnered attention as a child actress for her role as Ramona Quimby in the television series Ramona, based on Beverly Cleary's books. This subsequently led to her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series Road to Avonlea (1990–1996). She has starred in many feature films, including The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Exotica (1994), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Guinevere (1999), Go (1999), The Weight of Water (2000), No Such Thing (2001), My Life Without Me (2003), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Splice (2009), and Mr. Nobody (2009).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Noah Taylor</span> Australian actor

Noah George Taylor is a British-born Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as teenage David Helfgott in Shine, Locke in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Darby Sabini in the BBC One series Peaky Blinders, Mr. Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Danny in the Australian cult film He Died with a Felafel in His Hand. Taylor also starred as Adolf Hitler in both the American television series Preacher and the 2002 film Max. In 2023 he starred as Dr. Friedrich "Fritz" Pfeffer in A Small Light.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeremy Zuckerman</span> American composer (born 1975)

Jeremy Zuckerman is an American composer of concert music, film and television music, music for modern dance, and experimental music. He is best known as the composer for the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel series The Legend of Korra.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mike Colter</span> American actor (born 1976)

Mike Colter is an American actor best known for his role as Luke Cage in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in the streaming television series Luke Cage (2016–2018), The Defenders (2017), and Jessica Jones. He has also appeared as Lemond Bishop in the television series The Good Wife (2010–2015) and The Good Fight (2018–2019), Malcolm Ward in Ringer (2011–2012), Jameson Locke in the Halo franchise (2014–2015), Agent J's father in Men in Black 3, and David Acosta, a former journalist studying to be a Catholic priest in the CBS/Paramount+ series Evil (2019–present).

<i>Locke & Key</i> American comic book series

Locke & Key is an American comic book series written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodríguez, and published by IDW Publishing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Connor Jessup</span> Canadian actor

Connor William Jessup is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He is known for his roles as Ben Mason on the TNT science fiction television series Falling Skies (2011–2015), Taylor Blaine and Coy Henson in the ABC anthology series American Crime (2016–2017), and Tyler Locke in the Netflix series Locke & Key (2020–2022). He has also starred in feature films, most notably in the award-winning Blackbird (2012) and Closet Monster (2015).

William Adam MacDonald is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He is known for portraying Josh MacIntosh on the CBC show Being Erica, Peter McGregor on Wild Roses, and Detective Steve Peck on Rookie Blue, and for his guest-starring roles in several other shows, including Murdoch Mysteries and Republic of Doyle.

<i>Shazam!</i> (film) 2019 DC Studios film

Shazam! is a 2019 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Produced by New Line Cinema, DC Films, the Safran Company, and Seven Bucks Productions, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the seventh installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). It was directed by David F. Sandberg from a screenplay by Henry Gayden who co-wrote the story with Darren Lemke, and stars Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Djimon Hounsou. The film follows teenager Billy Batson (Angel) as he is chosen by the ancient wizard Shazam (Hounsou) to be his new champion by saying the name "Shazam", allowing him to transform into an adult superhero (Levi) with various superpowers. Billy and his foster brother Freddy Freeman (Grazer) must discover Billy's new powers in order to stop the evil Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Strong) and the Seven Deadly Sins.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sofia Carson</span> American actress and singer (born 1993)

Sofía LaurenDaccarett Char, known professionally as Sofia Carson, is an American actress and singer. Her first appearance on television was as a guest star on the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally. In 2015, she received recognition as Evie, the daughter of the Evil Queen, in the Disney musical fantasy film Descendants, and later reprised her role in its sequels. She has since starred in the Netflix romantic drama film Purple Hearts (2022).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Felix Mallard</span> Australian actor, musician, and model

Felix Cooper Mallard is an Australian actor, musician, and model. He began his career playing Ben Kirk in the soap opera Neighbours (2014–2019). He has since starred as Cooper in the CBS comedy Happy Together (2018–2019) and Marcus Baker in the Netflix series Ginny & Georgia (2021–).

Raymond Ablack is a Canadian actor and comedian. He began his career in the early 2000s as a child actor on stage, performing as Young Simba in The Lion King at the Princess of Wales Theatre. He later gained recognition for playing Sav Bhandari in the teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation from 2007 to 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paulina Andreeva</span> Russian actress and singer

Paulina Olegovna Andreeva is a Russian actress. Her notable acting roles have included the Russian television series The Method (2015), and the Netflix science fiction production, Better than Us (2018–2019).

<i>The Little Mermaid</i> (2018 film) 2018 film by Chris Bouchard

The Little Mermaid is a 2018 American live-action fantasy-adventure film inspired by the 1837 Hans Christian Andersen story of the same name. It is directed and written by Blake Harris, co-directed by Chris Bouchard, and produced by Armando Gutierrez and Robert Molloy.

<i>Giant Little Ones</i> 2018 Canadian film

Giant Little Ones is a 2018 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Keith Behrman. The film stars Kyle MacLachlan and Maria Bello as the parents of a teenage boy, whose lives are upended after their son and a friend are involved in an intimate incident after a party.

<i>Locke & Key</i> (TV series) 2020 American supernatural horror drama television series

Locke & Key is an American fantasy horror drama television series developed by Carlton Cuse, Meredith Averill, and Aron Eli Coleite, based on the comic book series of the same name by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez. It premiered on Netflix on February 7, 2020. The series stars Darby Stanchfield, Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones, Jackson Robert Scott, Laysla De Oliveira, Petrice Jones, and Griffin Gluck.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tanner Buchanan</span> American actor (born 1998)

Tanner Emmanuel Buchanan is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Leo Kirkman in the ABC political drama Designated Survivor and Robby Keene in the Netflix series Cobra Kai. He is also known for his role in the Nickelodeon television series Game Shakers as Mason Kendall.

Jake Manley is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles as Jack Morton in the Netflix series The Order, Brad in the NBC series Heroes Reborn, Fisher Webb in the CW series iZombie, Shane in A Dog’s Journey (2019), George Waller in Brotherhood (2019), Dean Taylor in Infamous (2020) and York in Holidate (2020).

Laysla de Oliveira is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Dodge in the Netflix series Locke & Key, Cruz Manuelos in the Paramount+ spy series Special Ops: Lioness, Veronica in the drama film Guest of Honour, and Becky DeMuth in the horror film In the Tall Grass.

References

  1. Armstrong Acting Studios (December 20, 2016). "As the year comes to an end..." Facebook. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  2. Durham Region International Film Festival (November 13, 2017). Interview with Carson MacCormac (Video). YouTube. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  3. "2017 Results - Music Theatre". Ontario Music Festivals Association. 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  4. Babiera, Angelica (February 8, 2018). "This short film will give you 'Cold Hands'". Excalibur. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  5. 1 2 van Hoeij, Boyd (September 11, 2018). "'Giant Little Ones': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  6. Harvey, Dennis (September 13, 2018). "Toronto Film Review: 'Giant Little Ones'". Variety. Retrieved February 8, 2019.