Kerr Hewitt

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Kerr Hewitt, also credited professionally as Kjartan Hewitt, is a Canadian actor and writer. He won the Best Actor award at the Sicily Web Festival for his performance in the YouTube web series Clusterfuck (2018).

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Career

Acting

Hewitt began working in the entertainment industry as a teenager, on television series for the CBC and YTV. When he was 17, he began writing plays and musicals. He then went on to study a BA in English literature. He made an appearance in Edgar Wright's [1] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) as Jimmy. [2] Jimmy was the boyfriend of Scott Pilgrim's sister before being seduced by Pilgrim's roommate Wallace at a "Crash and the Boys" (a fictional version of Toronto band Broken Social Scene) [3] concert and appearing in recurring gags with Wallace. [4] Hewitt starred in a larger role in another feature film in 2010, This Movie Is Broken , playing Blake, the best friend of a young Toronto man who tries to impress a girl by taking her to a Broken Social Scene concert with them. [5] The concert in the film was the real 2009 Harbourfront Centre concert, around which part of the plot revolves. [5]

In 2018, he starred in the YouTube web series Clusterfuck, which follows the lives of millennials in downtown Toronto. Hewitt won the Best Actor award for his role at the Sicily Web Festival, where the series was given a premiere,. [6]

Hewitt has starred most prominently in works with a strong Toronto identity: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, This Movie Is Broken, and Clusterfuck. [7] [5] [6]

Writing

He studied the Features program at Canadian Film Centre, turning one of his old plays – Claire, From the Bus – into a film and completing the course in 2017 at the age of 30. [1] Claire, From the Bus had debuted on the Toronto theatre circuit in 2013, starring Bryn McAuley as Claire, [8] [9] with positive reception for Hewitt's writing. [10] The film, directed by Jordan Canning, was released in 2016. [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Capote Danny Burke
2008 Max Payne Kid
2010 This Movie Is Broken Blake
2010 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Jimmy
2013 Nurse 3D Orderly
2014 Debug Mel
2015AnxietyvilleMr. Nobody
2015 Cold Deck Ben
2017 Molly's Game Player
2017Clusterf*ckBrian
2019 Goalie Cal Gardiner
2019Demons Inside MeToby Hunter
2020Learning to Love AgainChris

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Children of My Heart NikolaiTelevision film
2003 2030 CE Dr. Manno Susik3 episodes
2003More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock StoryHigh School BoyTelevision film
2004 The Winning Season Program Boy
2004 Category 6: Day of Destruction Tad
2009 The Listener BaggyEpisode: "Lisa Says"
2009The Future Life of JakeAaronTelevision film
2009 Being Erica MartinEpisode: "Papa Can You Hear Me?"
2010 Unnatural History Milo PheifferEpisode: "Public School Enemies"
2010 Rookie Blue DaleEpisode: "Hot and Bothered"
2011, 2015 Murdoch Mysteries Matthew Trent / Corporal Young2 episodes
2012 Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Peter PupkinsTelevision film
2012 King Stephen EnnisEpisode: "Justice Calvin Faulkner"
2013 Bomb Girls KarlEpisode: "Guests of Honour"
2013 Cracked DamianEpisode: "The Light in the Black"
2013 State of Syn GabrielEpisode #1.5
2014 Darknet DarrenEpisode: "Darknet 2"
2014 Reign Eduard2 episodes
2015 Saving Hope GraemeEpisode: "All the Pretty Horses"
2015 Dark Matter Sergeant VossEpisode: "Pilot - Part 2"
2015 Swept Under DennisTelevision film
2016 Houdini & Doyle Reverend FarleyEpisode: "The Pall of LaPier"
2017 The Beaverton Brice LarsonEpisode #1.7
2017 The Strain Jeremiah3 episodes
2018 Condor Harold Floros
2018–2019BlackoutEthan Reed9 episodes
2019 Killjoys Sylas Robbel3 episodes
2020 The Umbrella Academy HalEpisode: "The Frankel Footage"

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