Jeremy Sumpter

Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter (born February 5, 1989) is an American actor. He is known for playing the title role in the 2003 film version of Peter Pan.

 

Sumpter was born in Monterey, California to Gary Sumpter and Sandra Johnson. His siblings, twin sister, Jessica, and younger sister, Gigi, are also actresses. He was raised in the small town of Mount Sterling, Kentucky, until he was eleven. He won IMTA's Pre-Teen Male Model of the Year award in 2000. Soon afterward, he signed with Mark Robert Management and his family moved to Los Angeles, where he currently resides.

Sumpter spent the summer of 2005 in Oregon filming the comedy The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang, which was theatrically released in November, 2007. Sumpter also appears in the independent film An American Crime, where he portrays Coy Hubbard. He also appeared in an episode of CSI Miami as the boyfriend of a girl whose parents they murder together. He recently completed filming "Calvin Marshall" in which he plays "Caselli." He is also attached to appear in "Prep School" and "Word of Mouth."

Sumpter enjoys surfing, as well as basketball, football, baseball, snowboarding, tennis, soccer, hiking, swimming, rollerblading, golf, and watching storm clouds. His favorite movie is "King Kong", he also likes "Unforgiven" and "Twister". He has been cast in numerous athletic roles, including Local Boys (surfing), Peter Pan (sword fighting), Clubhouse (baseball), Cyber Seduction (swimming). In October 2005, Sumpter competed in his first celebrity golf tournament: the Eddie Money Golf Tournament in Northern California. His team placed 3rd out of 24 teams.