Mason Gamble

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Mason Gamble
BornJanuary 16, 1986 (1986-01-16) (age 39) [1]
Occupation(s)Actor and marine biologist
Years active1993–2011

Mason Gamble (born January 16, 1986) is an American former actor. He played the eponymous comic character in the 1993 film Dennis the Menace , selected from over 20,000 children. [2] He also played a sidekick in Wes Anderson's film Rushmore .

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Education

As of 2016, Gamble was 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
1996 Spy Hard McCluckey
1996 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
2001Hollywood 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.