Jeremy Sumpter

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Born
Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter

(1989-02-05) February 5, 1989 (age 35)
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
Spouse
Elizabeth Treadway
​
(m. 2022)​
[1]
Children1
Website jeremysumpter.com

Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter (born February 5, 1989) is an American actor. His prominent roles include the title role in the 2003 fantasy adventure film Peter Pan , Jacob in the 2014 disaster film Into the Storm , and the recurring role of J. D. McCoy in the NBC television series Friday Night Lights (2008–2010).

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Early life

Sumpter was born in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, to parents Sandy (née Johnson) and Gary Sumpter. [2] He has a twin sister, Jessica, and two other siblings, Travis and Jennifer. [2] [3] His family moved to his mother's hometown, Mount Sterling, Kentucky, when he was ten months old. [2] [4]

Career

When Sumpter was 11, he entered International Modeling and Talent Association [5] and started his modeling in Kentucky. He also won Pre-Teen Male Model of the Year, [5] [6] where he signed with Mark Robert as his personal manager. [6] Sumpter then decided to move to Los Angeles, California with his family and start acting afterwards. [3] [6]

Sumpter's first movie role was in the 2001 film Frailty as the young Adam Mieks seen in flashbacks. Sumpter received a Saturn Award nomination for "Best Performance by a Younger Actor" for his performance. Following that, he appeared with Danny Glover in the Showtime film Just a Dream, for which he received a Young Artist Award for "Best Performance in a TV Movie, Mini-Series or Special - Leading Young Actor". His next film was Local Boys , a family surfing drama, with Mark Harmon and Eric Christian Olsen.[ citation needed ]

In July 2002, at age 13, Sumpter was selected for the role of Peter Pan. Sumpter did nearly all of his stunts for the film himself. To prepare, he says he practiced sword fighting as much as five hours a day, as well as training in gymnastics and lifting weights. While filming in Australia, he supplemented his training with cricket and surfing. Sumpter grew several inches while in the film's production, requiring staging tricks to retain Captain Hook's height advantage over Peter in face-to-face scenes late in the process. Producer Lucy Fisher also said that, "The window he flies out of had to be enlarged twice." [7] Despite the film's box office failure, Sumpter has won both a Saturn and Young Artist Award for the film. [8]

In the fall of 2004, Sumpter starred in the TV series Clubhouse as a boy who gets his dream job of working as a batboy for a New York City major league baseball team. The series was canceled by CBS after five episodes; all 11 episodes made have since been broadcast on cable/satellite channels. He then starred in Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life , a Lifetime Channel movie about a popular teenager whose life is ruined by an addiction to internet pornography.

Sumpter spent the summer of 2005 in Oregon filming the teen comedy The Sasquatch Gang (a.k.a. The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang), released in November 2006. He had a small role in the film An American Crime , which played on Showtime in 2008 before going to DVD. He appeared in an episode of CSI: Miami as the boyfriend of a girl whose parents are murdered.[ citation needed ]

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Jeremy Sumpter in 2011.
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Jeremy Sumpter in 2013.

Sumpter completed filming roles in the coming-of-age comedy Calvin Marshall , Soul Surfer and Death and Cremation . He appeared in the meteorological disaster film Into the Storm as Jacob Hodges, a young cameraman for the stormchasers.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

During filming for Peter Pan , Sumpter briefly shared a childhood crush with co-star Rachel Hurd-Wood. [9] In December 2015, Sumpter announced that he and Lauren Pacheco were engaged to be married, [10] but in October 2016 stated that they were no longer engaged. [11] On October 1, 2022, Sumpter married Elizabeth Treadway in a ceremony in Columbia, Tennessee. [12] Sumpter announced on December 25, 2022, via Instagram that he and Treadway are expecting a baby girl. [13] On April 17, 2023, Sumpter announced that Treadway had given birth to their daughter. [14]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Frailty Young Adam Meiks
Murphy's Dozen SeanTV film
2002 Local Boys Skeeter Dobson
Just a Dream Henry SturbuckTV film
2003 Peter Pan Peter Pan
2005 Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life Justin PetersenTV film
2006 The Sasquatch Gang Gavin Gore
2007 An American Crime Coy Hubbard
2009 Calvin Marshall Caselli
2010 You're So Cupid Connor MillerTV film
Death and Cremation Jarod Leary
2011 Soul Surfer Byron Blanchard
2012 Excision Adam
Hiding Brett
The UnBrokenColt
2014 Animal Matt
Into the Storm Jacob Hodges
2015 The Culling Tyler
The Squeeze Augie
2016 Billionaire Ransom Kyle Hartmann
Sisters of the Groom Jason QuinnTV film
2019The Legend of 5 Mile CaveShooter Green
2019StakeoutRay Brey
2022Holiday HarmonyJeremy
2024ChapelCohen Black / Ethan
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Raising Dad Henry1 episode
2002 ER Nathan1 episode
Strong Medicine Randy1 episode
2004–2005 Clubhouse Pete YoungLead role
2007 CSI: Miami Zach Griffith1 episode
2008–2010 Friday Night Lights J.D. McCoyRecurring
Season 3–4
2012 The Glades Dane Westing1 episode
2015 Stitchers Devon/Gavin1 episode

Awards

Awards
YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2000 IMTA Award Pre-Teen Male Model of the Year–Won
2003 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Movie, Mini-series or Special - Leading Young Actor Just a Dream Won
Saturn Award Best Performance by a Younger Actor Frailty Nominated
2004Young Artist AwardBest Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor Peter Pan Won
Saturn AwardBest Performance by a Younger ActorPeter PanWon
Phoenix Film Critics Society AwardBest Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - MalePeter PanNominated
2006Young Artist AwardBest Performance in a TV Movie, Mini-series or Special (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actor Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life Nominated
2009 Change The World Award Youth for Humanity Award, Male–Honored

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  2. 1 2 3 Child actor hooked on Peter Pan role
  3. 1 2 FAQ Biography Archived 2010-09-21 at the Wayback Machine at his official website
  4. ↑ Judith, Egerton (November 28, 2003). "Headline: KENTUCKY'S PETER PAN". Courier.
  5. 1 2 "Jeremy Sumpter Biography". kidzworld.com. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "Jeremy Sumpter". imdb.com. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
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  8. ↑ 25th Annual Young Artist Awards Archived 2011-08-02 at the Wayback Machine Young Artist Awards . Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Peter Pan and Wendy Fell in Love IRL and We're Only Just Finding Out". 6 December 2019.
  10. ↑ Jones, Kaitlin (December 15, 2015). "Peter Pan is Getting Married: Actor Jeremy Sumpter Announces Engagement". The Knot News.
  11. ↑ "Twitter status". Twitter . October 28, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2016. Many of you have asked about my relationship with Lauren Pacheco. We are no longer engaged to be married. I wish her the best in life
  12. ↑ Juneau, Jen (October 13, 2022). "'Peter Pan' Actor Jeremy Sumpter Marries Elizabeth Treadway in Tennessee: 'Best Day of My Life'". People.
  13. ↑ Sumpter, Jeremy (December 25, 2022). "Havin a baby yall! Lucy Snow Sumpter coming April 2023! Can't wait to meet you Lucy! Merry Christmas everyone!! @elizabeth615 love ya baby". Instagram.
  14. ↑ "Jeremy Sumpter on Instagram: "#LucySnow is here!!! And she's beautiful!! Like her momma! Realized that before today I have never truly loved anything in my life… nothing compares :) 8lbs, 8oz"".
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