Spencer Drever

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Spencer Drever (born 2003) is a Canadian actor who is known for appearing, while he was a teenager, as Gordo Nygaard, Lester Nygaard's nephew in Fargo for which he was awarded a Joey Award. [1] He was a recurring cast member on CBC's Strange Empire [2] and also appeared in Olympus [3] on SyFy. Drever lived in Cloverdale, BC while Fargo was in production [4]

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Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Harry GilbertsonSupporting
2013 Eve of Destruction HenrySupporting role
2013 Mr. Young Young AdamGuest Star
2013StalkersHenrySupporting
2014 Happy Face Killer Young KeithSupporting
2014 Signed, Sealed, Delivered Owen/CaseyEpisode: Time To Start Livin'
2014 The 100 Young Bellamy Episode: His Sister's Keeper
2014 Fargo Gordo Nygaard Recurring
2014 Strange Empire GeorgieRecurring
2014 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series MyronEpisode: Argh V
2015 The Whispers MichaelRecurring
2015 Olympus Alcimenes Recurring
2016 The Confirmation AllenSupporting
2016 Ready Jet Go! Mitchell PetersonSupporting
2016 Devil's Gate Jonah
2017 When Calls the Heart Cyrus RiveraRecurring
2017 Supernatural Young Mick DaviesEpisode: "The British Invasion"
2019 A Dog's Way Home Rick
2019 Unspeakable Teen Ryan Sanders

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References

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