Editing Cameron Bright

{{short description|Canadian actor (born 1993)}}
{{Infobox person
|image                  = Cameron Bright.jpg
|caption                = Bright in 2011
| name                  = Cameron Bright
| birthname             = Cameron Douglas Crigger 
| birth_date            = {{Birth date and age|1993|1|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place           = [[Victoria, British Columbia]], Canada
| death_date            = 
| death_place           = 
| occupation            = Actor
| yearsactive           = 1999–present
}}

'''Cameron Bright''' (born '''Cameron Douglas Crigger'''; January 26, 1993)<ref name="toronto-star">{{cite news|last=Ouzounian|first=Richard|title=Bright future|work=[[Toronto Star]]|page=D01|date=2004-10-24}}</ref> is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in the films ''[[The Butterfly Effect]]'', ''[[Godsend (2004 film)|Godsend]]'', ''[[Birth (2004 film)|Birth]]'', ''[[Running Scared (2006 film)|Running Scared]]'', ''[[Ultraviolet (film)|Ultraviolet]]'', ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'', ''[[Thank You for Smoking (film)|Thank You for Smoking]]'' and three installments of ''[[Twilight (film series)|The Twilight Saga]]''.

==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).

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan=3|2004
| data-sort-value="Butterfly Effect, The" | ''[[The Butterfly Effect]]''
| 7-year-old Tommy
|
|-
| ''[[Godsend (2004 film)|Godsend]]''
| Adam Duncan
|
|-
| ''[[Birth (2004 film)|Birth]]''
| Young Sean
| Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor <br>Nominated – Critics Choice Award for Best Young Actor <br>Nominated – [[Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor]]
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Thank You for Smoking (film)|Thank You for Smoking]]''
| Joey Naylor
| Nominated – Critics Choice Award for Best Young Actor
|-
| rowspan=3|2006
| ''[[Running Scared (2006 film)|Running Scared]]''
| Oleg Yugorsky
| Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor
|-
| ''[[Ultraviolet (film)|Ultraviolet]]'' 
| Six
|
|-
| ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]''
| [[Leech (comics)|Jimmy / Leech]]
| Nominated  – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor
|-
| rowspan=3|2007
| ''[[Juno (film)|Juno]]''
| RPG Nerd
|
|-
| ''[[Normal (2007 film)|Normal]]''
| Brady
| Nominated – Leo for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama
|-
| ''[[Christmas in Wonderland]]''
| Danny Saunders
|
|-
| 2008
| data-sort-value="Talisman, The" | ''The Talisman''
| Jack Sawyer
| Short film
|-
| rowspan=3|2009
| ''[[An American Affair]]''
| Adam Stafford
|
|-
| ''[[Walled In]]''
| Jimmy
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Twilight Saga: New Moon, The" | ''[[The Twilight Saga: New Moon]]''
| rowspan=2|[[List of Twilight Saga characters#Alec|Alec]]
|
|-
| 2010
| data-sort-value="Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The" | ''[[The Twilight Saga: Eclipse]]''
|
|-
| 2011
| ''Little Glory''
| Shawn
|
|-
| 2010
| data-sort-value="Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, The" | ''[[The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2]]''
| Alec
|
|-
| 2013
| ''Floodplain''
| Duncan
| Short film
|-
| rowspan=2|2015
| ''[[Final Girl (film)|Final Girl]]''
| Shane
|
|- 
| ''Outside the Lines''
| DJ
| Short film
|-
| 2016
| ''Counter Act''
|
| Short film
|-
| 2017
| ''Pretty Outrageous''
| Cameron
|
|-
| 2018
| ''Beautiful Gun''
| Jesse
| Short film
|-
| TBA
| ''[[Suicide Disco]]''
| {{TBA}}
| Post-production
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|''[[Higher Ground (TV series)|Higher Ground]]''
|Young Peter
|Episode: "Innocence"<br>Credited as Cameron Crigger
|-
|data-sort-value="Christmas Secret, The" | ''[[The Christmas Secret]]''
|Young Jerry
|rowspan=3|[[Television film]]<br>Credited as Cameron Crigger
|-
|rowspan=5|2002
|''[[Brother's Keeper (2002 film)|Brother's Keeper]]''
| Young Ellis
|-
|''[[Lone Hero]]''
|Kid
|-
|''[[Dark Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel]]''
|Johnny
|Episode: "She Ain't Heavy"<br>Credited as Cameron Crigger
|-
|''Shadow Realm''
|Tim
|Television film<br>Credited as Cameron Crigger
|-
|''[[Night Visions (TV series)|Night Visions]]''
|Young Tim Malone
|Episode: "Voices"<br>Credited as Cameron Crigger
|-
|2005&ndash;2006
|''[[Stargate SG-1]]''
|[[Orlin (Stargate)|Orlin]]
|Episodes: "The Fourth Horseman: Part 1" and "The Fourth Horseman: Part 2"
|-
|2007
|data-sort-value="4400, The" | ''[[The 4400]]''
|Graham Holt
|Episode: "The Wrath of Graham"
|-
|2011
|''Earth's Final Hours''
|Andy Streich
|Television film
|-
|2012
|''Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a Man''
|Will
|Television film
|-
|2010&ndash;2014
|''Here Comes Fearless''
|Justin Baker / Fearless
|
|-
|2013&ndash;2014, 2016
|''[[Motive (TV series)|Motive]]''
|Manny Flynn
|9 episodes
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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