Cameron Bright

Cameron Bright
Bright in 2011
Born	Cameron Douglas Crigger (1993-01-26) January 26, 1993 (age 33) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Other names	Cameron Crigger
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present

Cameron Bright (born Cameron Douglas Crigger; January 26, 1993) ^[1] is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in the films The Butterfly Effect , Godsend , Birth , Running Scared , Ultraviolet , X-Men: The Last Stand , Thank You for Smoking and three installments of The Twilight Saga .

Life and career

Bright was born in Victoria, British Columbia, the son of Anne Bright and James Crigger. ^[2] He was given his middle name "Douglas" after his maternal grandfather. His first acting job was in a commercial for Telus, which was soon followed by a guest appearance on the television series Higher Ground . ^[1] 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 .

After a supporting part in The Butterfly Effect , Bright's first major role was in Godsend , a horror film co-starring Robert De Niro; the film was released in April 2004 to mixed reviews. In his next 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 film 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. ^[1]

Bright was cast in several Hollywood films released from 2004–2006, including Thank You for Smoking , Ultraviolet , and the action-thriller Running Scared .

He starred in X-Men: The Last Stand , where he played the mutant Leech, who has the mutant antibody. ^[3] 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 film. ^[4]

Bright plays the Volturi vampire Alec, twin brother to Jane who is played by Dakota Fanning, in the Twilight films New Moon ^[5] (2009), Eclipse (2010), and Breaking Dawn, Part II (2012).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The Butterfly Effect	Tommy (7-years-old)
	Godsend	Adam Duncan
	Birth	Young Sean
2005	Thank You for Smoking	Joey Naylor
2006	Running Scared	Oleg Yugorsky
	Ultraviolet	Six
	X-Men: The Last Stand	Jimmy / Leech
2007	Juno	RPG Nerd
	Normal	Brady
	Christmas in Wonderland	Danny Saunders
2008	The Talisman	Jack Sawyer	Short film
2009	An American Affair	Adam Stafford
	Walled In	Jimmy
	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Alec
2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2011	Little Glory	Shawn
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2	Alec
2013	Floodplain	Duncan	Short film
2015	Final Girl	Shane
	Outside the Lines	DJ	Short film
2016	Counter Act
2017	Pretty Outrageous	Cameron
2018	Beautiful Gun	Jesse	Short film
TBA	Suicide Disco	TBA	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Higher Ground	Young Peter	Episode: "Innocence" Credited as Cameron Crigger
	The Christmas Secret	Young Jerry	Television film Credited as Cameron Crigger
2002	Brother's Keeper	Young Ellis
	Lone Hero	Kid
	Dark Angel	Johnny	Episode: "She Ain't Heavy" Credited as Cameron Crigger
	Shadow Realm	Tim	Television film Credited as Cameron Crigger
	Night Visions	Young Tim Malone	Episode: "Voices" Credited as Cameron Crigger
2005–06	Stargate SG-1	Orlin	Episodes: "The Fourth Horseman: Parts 1 & 2"
2007	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
2013–14, 2016	Motive	Manny Flynn	9 episodes

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
2013	Beach Dream	Jets Overhead

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Award	2005	Best Young Actor	Birth	Nominated	[6]
	2007		Thank You for Smoking	Nominated	[7]
Leo Awards	2008	Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama	Normal	Nominated	[8]
	2019	Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama	Beautiful Gun	Nominated	[9]
Young Artist Award	2005	Best Supporting Young Actor in a Feature Film	Birth	Nominated	[10]
	2007		X-Men: The Last Stand	Nominated	[11]
		Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film	Running Scared	Nominated	[11]
	2008	Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor	The 4400 ("Wrath of Graham")	Nominated	[12]

References

1. Ouzounian, Richard (October 24, 2004). "Bright future". Toronto Star . p. D01.
2. "Cameron Bright Biography". Tvguide.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
3. Houlihan, Mary (September 29, 2006). "New on DVD". Chicago Sun Times . p. NC52.
4. Welsh, Greg (February 24, 2010). "7 Actors Typecast in Bizarrely Specific Roles". Cracked.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
5. "Summit Entertainment Starts Production on The Twilight Saga: New Moon" (Press release). Summit Entertainment. April 15, 2009. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
6. "Sideways tops Critics' Choice Awards". EW.com. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
7. Press, Borys Kit,The Associated (2007-01-16). "'Departed' wows b'cast critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
8. https://www.leoawards.com/past_winners/pdf/2008.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
9. "2019 LEO AWARDS, Nominees and Winners". www.leoawards.com. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
10. "26YAA". youngartistacademy.org. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
11. "28YAA". youngartistacademy.org. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
12. "29YAA". youngartistacademy.org. Retrieved 2026-01-30.

External links

• Cameron Bright at IMDb