Carter Jenkins is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films '' Aliens in the Attic'' (2009), ''

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'' (2010), and '' Struck by Lightning'' (2012) and the ''

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'' film series. On television, Jenkins was part of the main cast of ''

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'' (2005–06), '' Viva Laughlin'' (2007), and ''

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'' (2017–2018).

Early life

Jenkins is the son of Mary and Eric Jenkins. He grew up in Carrollwood, Florida, where he attended Independent Day School. His family later moved to Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. He has an older brother, Renneker Jenkins, who is also an actor, and an older sister, Tiffany. Like his character in '' Keeping Up with the Steins'', Jenkins is

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ish, and attended Hebrew school.

Career

Jenkins began performing in community theatre, and then on local and national commercials. He played lead roles in the television series ''

'' (2005–06) and '' Viva Laughlin'' (2007), and guest starred in episodes of '' CSI: Miami'', ''

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'', '' CSI: NY'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He has also starred in feature films such as '' Bad News Bears'' and '' Keeping Up with the Steins'', and starred in the television film '' Life Is Ruff''. In 2009, Jenkins appeared in the film '' Aliens in the Attic'', playing the lead role Tom Pearson. In 2010, he appeared in the romantic-comedy ''

'', playing Alex Franklin, the boyfriend of

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' character. Jenkins had a supporting role in the 2012 coming-of-age comedy-drama '' Struck by Lightning'', which starred

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, who also wrote the screenplay. In 2015, Jenkins portrayed one of the main roles in the supernatural thriller film ''

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''. He starred as Rainer Devon on Freeform's ''

'' from 2017 to 2018. In 2020, he joined the cast of the ''After'' film franchise.

Filmography

Film

Television

Podcasts

References

External links

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Carter Jenkins' fashion shoot in The Block. Issue 20 - Fame
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