Life and career

Bennett was born in Seal Beach, California, and now lives with his parents and sister in Huntington Beach, California, where the family runs a hard rock-themed crepe restaurant. When not acting, Bennett plays guitar and sings on his official YouTube channel. He also wrote and performed the song Summer Never Ends which can be heard at the end of Shorts.

Bennett appeared in nearly 30 adverts, as well as in episodes of the television series The Guardian and Strong Medicine, before being cast in the role "Tony", the boy who wants to be The Flash, in the Eddie Murphy comedy Daddy Day Care. He had smaller roles in the films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Arthur Hailey's Detective. He has also appeared in Judging Amy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Everwood, and lent his voice to characters in the animated films The Polar Express, Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo and I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown. He has been nominated for Young Artist Awards five times.

In 2005, Bennett appeared in the film Hostage, where he starred with Bruce Willis, and The Amityville Horror remake, where he played the role of the middle child of a family moving into a haunted house. The films were released in March and April, respectively. He was called "Jimmy Two-Takes" on the set of "Hostage", because of his ability to deliver his lines perfectly.

In February 2006, Bennett appeared in the thriller Firewall, where he played the son of Harrison Ford's character. He also played an abused boy named Jeremiah (aged 7) sharing the role with Dylan and Cole Sprouse playing the older Jeremiah (aged 11) in The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, an independent film that was released a month after Firewall. Also in 2006, he voiced Roo in the Disney/Square-Enix video game Kingdom Hearts II and appeared in Poseidon, a remake of the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure. His 2007 roles included South of Pico, an independent film, and Evan Almighty, a sequel to the 2003 film Bruce Almighty. He appeared as a young James T. Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek. He also starred in the 2009 film Orphan and the TV series No Ordinary Family.

Bennett also starred in the film Bones, featuring him alongside famed Ozzy Osbourne guitarist and Black Label Society frontman Zakk Wylde. Bones is described as a "heartbreaking coming-of-age story of four teens growing up in 1989 blue-collar Long Island, New York, and the bond that would tie them together for life." It is noteworthy that in 2009, Jimmy Bennett starred in the leading role of the film Alabama Moon.

In August 2011, Bennett released his debut single "Over Again" and the accompanying music video.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Jungle Book 2, TheThe Jungle Book 2	Hathi Jr. (voice)	Uncredited
2003	Daddy Day Care	The Flash/Tony
2004	Springtime with Roo	Roo (voice)
2004	Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, TheThe Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things	Young Jeremiah
2004	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Tommy	Uncredited
2004	Polar Express, TheThe Polar Express	Billy the Lonely Boy (voice)
2005	Hostage	Tommy Smith
2005	Amityville Horror, TheThe Amityville Horror	Michael Lutz
2005	Detective	Ivan Tempone	Television film
2005	Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie	Roo (voice)	replaced Nikita Hopkins
2006	Firewall	Andy Stanfield
2006	Poseidon	Conor James
2006	Shark Bait	Young Pi (voice)
2007	Evan Almighty	Ryan Baxter
2007	South of Pico	Mark Weston
2008	Diminished Capacity	Dillon
2008	Snow Buddies	Buddha (voice)
2008	Trucker	Peter
2009	Star Trek	Young James T. Kirk
2009	Orphan	Daniel "Danny" Coleman
2009	Shorts	Toby "Toe" Thompson
2009	Alabama Moon	Moon Blake
2009	Stolen	John Wakefield
2010	Bones	Bones White
2011	Ghild	Ralph Gullivan	Short film
2013	Movie 43	Nathan	Segment: "Middleschool Date"
2014	Camouflage	Kevin
2015	Bad Asses on the Bayou	Ronald
2015	Girl Like Her, AA Girl Like Her	Brian Slater

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Strong Medicine	Willy	Episode: "Admissions"
2002	Guardian, TheThe Guardian	Matty Butler	Episode: "Monster"
2003	Judging Amy	Cory Sinkler	Episode: "Just Say Oops"
2003	I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown	Rerun van Pelt (voice)	Television special
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Henry Turner	Episode: "Paper or Plastic?"
2004-05	Everwood	Sam Feeney	3 episodes
2006	He's a Bully, Charlie Brown	Rerun van Pelt (voice)	Television special
2007	Gilmore Girls	Macon	Episode: "Santa's Secret Stuff"
2010-11	No Ordinary Family	James "JJ" Powell, Jr.	Main cast; 20 episodes
2011	Breaking In	N/A	Episode: "21.0 Jump Street"
2012	Perception	Alex Willingham	2 episodes
2014	Garfunkel and Oates	Braden	Episode: "Maturity"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Polar Express, TheThe Polar Express	Billy the Lonely Boy	Voice
2006	Kingdom Hearts II	Roo	Voice (English version)
2007	Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+	Roo	Voice (English version)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2004	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actor Age Ten or Younger	Daddy Day Care	Nominated
2004	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast	Daddy Day Care	Nominated
2005	Young Artist Award	Outstanding Young Ensemble in a New Medium	Polar Express, TheThe Polar Express	Won
2007	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actor Age Ten or Younger	Firewall	Nominated
2008	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor (Comedy or Musical)	Evan Almighty	Nominated
2010	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor	Alabama Moon	Nominated
2010	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast	Shorts	Won

[ Source: Wikipedia ]