Mason Gamble

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Mason Gamble
BornJanuary 16, 1986 (1986-01-16) (age 40) [1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • marine biologist
Years active1993–2011
Known for Dennis the Menace

Mason Gamble (born January 16, 1986) is an American former actor who played the eponymous comic character in the 1993 film Dennis the Menace , selected from over 20,000 children. [2] He also appeared as Max Fischer's young accomplice, Dirk Calloway, in Wes Anderson's film Rushmore .

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Education

As of 2016, Gamble has a doctoral candidate in environmental science and engineering at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Dennis the Menace Dennis MitchellNominated for the Razzie Award for Worst New Star
Won the Young Artist Award for Best Youth Actor Leading Role in a Motion Picture Comedy
1996Just in TimeNoah
Spy Hard McCluckey
Bad Moon Brett
1997 Gattaca Vincent Freeman – Boy
1998 Rushmore Dirk CallowayNominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor
Nominated for a YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film
1999 Arlington Road Brady Lang
2001 The Rising Place Franklin Pou (age 12)
2002 A Gentleman's Game Timmy Price
2004The Trouble with Dee DeeChristopher Rutherford
2011 Golf in the Kingdom Michael Murphy

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Early Edition Bryce PorterEpisode: Gun
1997 ER Robert PotterEpisode: The Long Way Around
1999 Anya's Bell Scott Rhymes Television film
Won the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot – Leading Young Actor
2001 Kate Brasher Elvis Brasher6 episodes
Hollywood Remembers Walter MatthauHimself
2005 Close to Home Derrick AdlerEpisode: Miranda
2006 CSI: Miami Scott SatlinEpisode: Rio

References

  1. Craddock, Jim, ed. (2009). VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 2010. Detroit, Michigan: Gale. p. 1540. ISBN   978-1-4144-2218-3.
  2. TV Guide September 17-23, 1994. pg. 23.
  3. "Mason Gamble". Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. December 16, 2016.