Editing Cameron Bright (section)

==Life and career==
Bright was born in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]], the son of Anne Bright and James Crigger.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/cameron-bright/bio/143209 |title=Cameron Bright Biography |publisher=Tvguide.com |access-date=2013-02-23 |archive-date=2018-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719054918/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/cameron-bright/bio/143209/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was given his middle name "Douglas" after his maternal grandfather. His first acting job was in a commercial for [[Telus Communications|Telus]], which was soon followed by a guest appearance on the [[television]] series ''[[Higher Ground (TV series)|Higher Ground]]''.<ref name="toronto-star"/> He subsequently appeared in several minor roles in [[made-for-television]] films (credited as "Cameron Crigger"), such as the 2000 television movie ''The Christmas Secret'' and an episode of ''[[Night Visions (TV series)|Night Visions]]''.

After a supporting part in ''[[The Butterfly Effect]]'', Bright's first major role was in ''[[Godsend (2004 film)|Godsend]]'', a horror film co-starring [[Robert De Niro]]; the film was released in April 2004 to mixed reviews. In his next film, ''[[Birth (2004 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]] 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.<ref name="toronto-star"/>

Bright was cast in several [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] films released in 2004 2005, including ''[[Thank You for Smoking (film)|Thank You for Smoking]]'', ''[[Ultraviolet (film)|Ultraviolet]]'', and the action-thriller named ''[[Running Scared (2006 film)|Running Scared]]''.

He starred in ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'', where he played the mutant [[Leech (comics)|Leech]], who has the mutant antibody.<ref name="new-DVD">{{cite news|last=Houlihan|first=Mary|title=New on DVD|work=[[Chicago Sun Times]]|page=NC52|date=2006-09-29}}</ref> He also appeared on an episode of ''[[The 4400]]'' (episode: "[[The Wrath of Graham]]") 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.cracked.com/article_18436_7-actors-typecast-in-bizarrely-specific-roles.html|title = 7 Actors Typecast in Bizarrely Specific Roles|date = February 24, 2010|access-date = 14 August 2013|publisher = [[Cracked.com]]|author = Welsh, Greg|archive-date = 21 October 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181021152934/http://www.cracked.com/article_18436_7-actors-typecast-in-bizarrely-specific-roles.html|url-status = live}}</ref>

Bright plays the [[Volturi]] vampire Alec, twin brother to Jane who is played by [[Dakota Fanning]], in the  ''Twilight'' films ''[[New Moon (2009 film)|New Moon]]''<ref>{{cite press release|title=Summit Entertainment Starts Production on The Twilight Saga: New Moon|publisher=[[Summit Entertainment]]|date=2009-04-15|url=http://www.summit-ent.com/news.php?news_id=110|access-date=2009-04-28|archive-date=2015-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610131000/http://www.summit-ent.com/news.php?news_id=110|url-status=live}}</ref> (2009), ''[[Eclipse (2010 film)|Eclipse]]'' (2010), and ''[[The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2|Breaking Dawn, Part II]]'' (2012).