Mini-Biography
Jeremy Sumpter was born on February 5th 1989, he leap to stardom playing the lead role in the 2003 update of Peter Pan but before that at age six, he was the youngest child in Kentucky to be accepted into the state's Gifted Arts program. Some of his artwork was exhibited in a local art gallery.
Jeremy and his twin sister, Jessica, and younger sister Jennifer, entered the International Model and Talent Association preliminary competition in Lexington, Kentucky. Jeremy was selected to compete at the International Modeling and Talent Association's Los Angeles International Convention where he went on to win "Pre-Teen Male Model of the Year," along with awards in Fashion/Runway, Commercial/Print and nine other categories.
Jeremy's first feature film was with former Teen Stars Online star Matthew O'Leary in the thriller, Frailty. Jeremy was very effective as Young Adam in this intense film from actor/director Bill Paxton. Other film roles includes Just a Dream from Showtime, as well as Local Boys which is now availiable on DVD where he played Skeet Dobson, and the before mentioned Peter Pan remake. On tv Jeremy had guest roles in E.R, Strong Medicine and CSI: Miami.
After Peter Pan Jeremy made the leap to television playing "pete" in the short lived series Clubhouse as a bat boy for the New York Empires. The series was very well acted and produced but just did not have the ratings. He later played "Justin Petersen" in Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life from Lifetime. and guest starred on an episode of CSI: Miami during the 07 season.
Jeremy's next stars in The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang where he plays "Gavin" also watch for him in An American Crime. he is attached to the films Prep School to play 'Simon", 'Rex' in Word of Mouth and 'Caselli' in Calvin Marshall.
