Editing Chris Demetral

{{short description|American former actor|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{for|the Greek baseball player|Chris Demetral (baseball)}}
{{Infobox person
|name                  =Chris Demetral
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|caption               = Demetral in 2004
|birth_name            =Christopher Peter Demetral
|birth_date            ={{Birth date and age|1976|11|14|mf=y}}
|birth_place           =[[Royal Oak, Michigan]], U.S.
|death_date            =
|death_place           =
|other_names           =
|occupation            =Actor
|years_active          =1988&ndash;2002
|spouse                =
|website               =
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'''Chris Demetral''' (born November 14, 1976) is an American former actor best known for playing the character Jeremy Tupper, the son of newly divorced New York book editor Martin Tupper (played by [[Brian Benben]]) on the [[Home Box Office|HBO]] series ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]'' and also Jack in ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]''. He played the title character in the short-lived series ''[[The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne]]'' on the [[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]]. He also played [[Christopher Ewing]] in ''[[Dallas: J.R. Returns]]''.

==Early life==
Demetral's parents were divorced when he was 3, and he lived with his father. They moved from Michigan to California in 1984, and he then started auditioning for parts. When Demetral was 10 years old, he answered an open call for ''[[The Return of the Living Dead]]''. Demetral recalls that he was too young for the part; but he thought he would "be a good baby zombie or something", instead, he got sent to an agent and got signed that day.<ref name="mendoza"/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|- align="center"
| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | '''Year'''
| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | '''Film'''
| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | '''Role'''
| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | '''Notes'''
|-
| rowspan="5" |1989 || ''[[Mr. Belvedere]]''<ref name="hill"/> || Boy || Episode: "New Year's"
|-
| ''[[ABC Afterschool Special]]''<ref name="paley"/>|| Allen || Episode: "Private Affairs"
|-
| ''[[Major Dad]]''<ref name="lewis"/>|| Mike Rossovich || Episode: "Robin's Awakening"
|-
| ''[[Empty Nest]]''<ref name="hey"/>|| Billy || Episode: "The R.N. Who Came to Dinner"
|-
| ''[[The Wonder Years]]''<ref name="hill"/>|| McCormick || Episode: "Math Class Squared"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1990 || ''[[List of Walt Disney anthology television series episodes|The Magical World of Disney]]''<ref name="cotter"/>|| Dave || Episode: "Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration"
|-
| ''[[McGee and Me!]]''<ref name="ign"/>|| Todd Burton || Episode: "Back to the Drawing Board"
|-
| ''[[The New Lassie]]''<ref name="ign"/>|| Jonathan Latimer || Episodes: "Trapped" and "Fallen Idol"
|-
| ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''<ref name="hill"/>|| Jean-Luc Riker/Ethan || Episode:"[[Future Imperfect]]"
|-
| 1990–1996 || ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]''<ref name="talbert"/> || Jeremy Tupper || 119 episodes
|-
| rowspan=7|1991 || ''[[Blossom (American TV series)|Blossom]]''<ref name="hey"/> || Fred Fogerty || Episode: "The Geek"
|-
| ''[[Davis Rules]]''<ref name="tvguide"/> || Billy Bonafield || Episode: "Habla Espanol?"
|-
| ''[[Sometimes They Come Back (film)|Sometimes They Come Back]]''<ref name="lewis"/> || Wayne Norman || Television film
|-
| ''[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]''<ref name="hey"/> || Pauley || Episode: "Father Knows Less"
|-
| ''[[Going Under (1991 film)|Going Under]]''<ref name="tvguide"/> || Apple || Feature film
|-
| ''[[Dolly Dearest]]''<ref name="hey"/> || Jimmy Wade || Feature film
|-
| ''[[Blossom (American TV series)|Blossom]]'' <ref name="hey"/>|| Dennis || Episode: "Honor?"
|-
| rowspan=2|1992 || ''[[Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted]]''<ref name="rotten"/> || Brad Moore || Television film
|-
| ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]''<ref name="metacritic"/> || Steve || Episode: "The Making of the President"
|-
| rowspan=2| 1993 || ''[[Shaky Ground]]'' || Stoner || 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story]]''<ref name="allmovie"/> || Robin Hulin || Television film
|-
| rowspan=2| 1994 || ''[[Blank Check (film)|Blank Check]]''<ref name="rotten"/> || Damian Waters || Feature film
|-
| ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]''<ref name="hill"/> || Jack || 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan=3|1996 || ''[[Flipper (1995 TV series)|Flipper]]''<ref name="rotten"/> || Lyle Costas || Episode: "Menace to Seaciety"
|-
| ''[[Dallas: J.R. Returns]]''<ref name="hill"/> || [[Christopher Ewing]] || Television film
|-
| ''[[For Hope]]''<ref name="gill"/> || Alan Altman || Television film
|-
| 1997 || ''Journey of the Heart''<ref name="baltimore"/> || Tony Johnston || Television film
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]''<ref name="rotten"/> || Chris Meyers || Episode: "All That Glitters"
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Dawson's Creek]]''<ref name="tvguide"/> || Mark || Episode: "Homecoming"
|-
| rowspan=5|2000 || ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]''<ref name="rotten"/> || Mato || Voice, episode: "Pack of Thornberrys"
|-
| ''[[Chicken Soup for the Soul]]'' || Frank || Episode: "Summer School"
|-
| ''[[Batman Beyond]]''<ref name="metacritic"/> || Corey Cavalieri || Voice, episode: "Sentries of the Last Cosmos"
|-
| ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''<ref name="harris"/> || James Johnson || Episode: "Pledging Mr. Johnson"
|-
| ''[[The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne]]''<ref name="hill"/> || [[Jules Verne]] || 22 episodes
|-
| 2002 || ''[[The Zeta Project]]''<ref name="tvguide"/> || Bret || Voice, episode: "Quality Time"
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=February 2024}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Result
! Category
! Film or series
|-
|1993
|[[Young Artist Award]]
|{{Nom}}
|Best Young Actor in a Television Movie 
|''[[Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted]]''
|-
|1993
|Young Artist Award
|{{Nom}}
|Best Young Actor in a Cable Movie
|''Sometimes They Come Back''
|-
|1993
|Young Artist Award
|{{Nom}}
|Best Young Actor Guest Starring in a Television Series
|''Blossom''
|-
|1993
|Young Artist Award<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Demetral - Awards |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0218394/awards/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>
|{{Won}}
|Best Young Actor Starring in a Cable Series
|''Dream On''
|-
|1995
|Young Artist Award
|{{Nom}}
|Best Performance by a Youth Actor - TV Guest Star
|''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''
|}

==References==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="hill">{{cite news |last1=Hill |first1=Shandra |title=Lowdown On The Acting Life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-chris-demetral/142176615/ |work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |date=September 6, 2001 |page=4}}</ref>

<ref name="talbert">{{cite news |last1=Talbert |first1=Bob |title=TV's Chris Demetral Takes Michigan Break |work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |date=February 19, 1995 |page=4F |department=Insiders Notebook}}</ref>

<ref name="baltimore">{{cite news |title=Journey Of The Heart |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=March 2, 1997 |page=6 |department=Television}}</ref>

<ref name="hey">{{cite news |last1=Hey |first1=Don |title=Young Demetral Does Double Duty |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |date=September 11, 1994 |page=3 |department=TV Time}}</ref>

<ref name="gill">{{cite news |last1=Gill |first1=Suzanne |title=For Hope, Mixes Drama Comedy |work=The Fresno Bee |date=November 17, 1996 |page=3}}</ref>

<ref name="harris">{{cite journal |last1=Harriss |first1=Chandler |title=The Evidence Doesn't Lie: Genre Literacy and the CSI Effect |journal=Journal of Popular Film & Television |date=Spring 2011 |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=2–11|doi=10.1080/01956051.2010.489929 }}</ref>

<ref name="mendoza">{{cite news |last1=Mendoza |first1=N.F. |title=The Dream On Kid Grows Up, And That Fits Chris Demetral Just Fine |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 14, 1994 |page=80}}</ref>

<ref name="lewis">{{cite magazine |editor1-last=Lewis |editor1-first=Tommi |title=How Does A 12 Year Old Actor Feel |magazine=Disney Adventures Magazine |date=August 1991 |volume=1 |issue=10 |page=20}}</ref>

<ref name="cotter">{{cite book |last1=Cotter |first1=Bill |title=The Wonderful World of Disney Television: A Complete History |date=1997 |publisher=Hyperion |location=New York |isbn=0-7868-6359-5 |page=104 }}</ref>

<ref name="rotten">{{cite web |title=Chris Demetral |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/christopher_demetral |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>

<ref name="allmovie">{{cite web |title=Chris Demetral |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/chris-demetral-vn15733288/filmography |website=AllMovie}}</ref>

<ref name="tvguide">{{cite web |title=Chris Demetral {{!}} Credits |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chris-demetral/credits/3030537736/ |website=TV Guide}}</ref>

<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |title=Chris Demetral |url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/chris-demetral/ |website=Metacritic}}</ref>

<ref name="paley">{{cite web |title=ABC Afterschool Special: Private Affairs (TV) |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=all&p=548&item=B:20297 |website=The Paley Center For Media}}</ref>

<ref name="ign">{{cite web |author1=Ken P. |title=An Interview With Chris Demetral |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/02/05/an-interview-with-chris-demetral |website=IGN |date=February 5, 2003}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0218394}}

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