Cameron Bright (born Cameron Douglas Crigger; January 26, 1993)
is a
Canadian actor. He has appeared in the films ''
The Butterfly Effect'', ''
Godsend'', ''
Birth'', ''
Running Scared'', ''
Ultraviolet'', ''
X-Men: The Last Stand'', ''
Thank You for Smoking'' and three installments of ''
The Twilight Saga The Twilight Saga may refer to:
* ''Twilight'' (novel series), a novel series by Stephenie Meyer.
* ''The Twilight Saga'' (film series), a film series on based the novel series by Stephenie Meyer
* '' The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated ...
''.
Life and career
Bright was born in
Victoria,
British Columbia the son of Anne Bright and Jake Crigger. He was given his middle name "Douglas" after his maternal grandfather. His first acting job was in a commercial for
Telus, which was soon followed by a guest appearance on the
television series, ''
Higher Ground''.
He subsequently appeared in several minor roles in
made-for-television films, and was credited as "Cameron Crigger" for his roles (from the 2000 television movie, ''The Christmas Secret'', to an episode of ''
Night Visions'').
After a supporting part in ''
The Butterfly Effect'', Bright's first major role was in ''
Godsend'', a horror film co-starring
Robert De Niro
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; the film was released in April 2004 to mixed reviews. In his next film, ''
Birth'', he played a ten-year-old boy who claims to be the reincarnation of a woman's (
Nicole Kidman) deceased husband. Two scenes within the movie sparked
controversy
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and drew media attention to Bright. In one scene, Bright and Kidman's characters kiss; in the other, the two share a bathtub. The actors wore pale beige-coloured swimsuits in the bath scenes and were never naked or filmed together in the same room at the same time of the bathtub scene, although this was not public knowledge at first.
Bright was cast in several
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
Places United States
* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywood, ...
films released in 2006, including ''
Thank You for Smoking'', ''
Ultraviolet'', and the action-thriller named ''
Running Scared''.
He starred in ''
X-Men: The Last Stand'', where he played the mutant
Leech
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, who has the mutant antibody.
He also appeared on an episode of ''
The 4400'' (episode: "
The Wrath Of Graham
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") as a high school student named Graham Holt who develops an ability after injecting himself with
Promicin. He has also played a host carrier for a cure for humanity in more than one movie.
Bright plays the
Volturi vampire Alec, twin brother to Jane who is played by
Dakota Fanning, in the Twilight films ''
New Moon
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...
''
(2009), ''
Eclipse
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'' (2010), and ''
Breaking Dawn, Part II'' (2012).
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
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1993 births
Canadian male child actors
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Living people
Male actors from Victoria, British Columbia
20th-century Canadian male actors
21st-century Canadian male actors