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Jared Breeze

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Jared Breeze
BornOctober 2005 (age 19)
California
NationalityAmerican and German
OccupationActor
Years active2013–2019

Jared Breeze (born 2005)[1] is an American child actor. He starred in the title role of the 2015 film, The Boy.[2]

Career

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Breeze's first film appearance was in 2014, in Cooties,[3] and his performance brought him to the attention of the producers of The Boy (2015).[4] Breeze was one of the first children to audition for the title role.[5] Craig William Macneill, the director, cited Breeze's "quiet curiosity" as to why he was cast.[6] His performance was well received.[7]

Breeze has also appeared in TV shows, including We Are Men (2013), Your Family or Mine (2015) and Another Period (2018), and he played Max Rayburn in the TV soap opera, The Young and the Restless (2016).

Partial filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 We Are Men Toby TV series (1 episode)
2014 Cooties Safety Helmet Boy Film
2015 The Boy Ted Henley Film
2015 Your Family or Mine Dougie TV series (2 episodes)
2015 Ominous Logan TV movie
2016 The Young and the Restless Max Rayburn TV series (33 episodes)
2017 Dances with Werewolves Neumann as Little Boy Film
2018 Another Period Adolf Hitler TV series (1 episode)

References

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  1. ^ Webster, Andy (20 August 2015). "Review: In 'The Boy,' an Unnerving 9-Year-Old Makes His Move". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ^ Baumgarten, Marjorie (18 March 2015). "SXSW Film Review: The Boy". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  3. ^ McNary, Dave (2014-01-17). "Sundance: Elijah Wood Producing Serial-Killer Origin Trilogy 'The Boy'". Variety. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  4. ^ Brown, Todd (2014-01-17). "THE BOY Begins Production In February". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  5. ^ Erbland, Kate (2015-08-21). "Springboard: How 'The Boy' Filmmaker Craig William Macneill Cast His Unsettling New Feature". Indiewire. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  6. ^ Nemiroff, Perri (2015-08-19). "'The Boy': Director Craig William Macneill Talks Exploring the Childhood of a Future Serial Killer". Collider. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  7. ^ Sheck, Frank (25 March 2015). "'The Boy': SXSW Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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