Personal life

Zegers was born in Woodstock, Ontario, the son of Mary-Ellen (Veldman), a teacher, and Jim Zegers, a quarry worker. He has two sisters, Krista and Katie. He is of Dutch descent; all four of his grandparents were born in The Netherlands. He attended St Mary's Catholic High School in Woodstock. In August 2013, Zegers married Jaime Feld, an agent. The couple had twin girls in August 2015: Zoë Madison and Blake Everleigh.

Career

Zegers began his performing career at the age of 6, appearing in about 30 TV commercials. His first film appearance was at the age of 7, in a small role in the Michael J. Fox comedy Life with Mikey (1993). Subsequently, he appeared in many supporting roles, including a guest appearance on the television series The X-Files, playing a stigmatic child. He had the starring role in Air Bud (1997), a film about a sports-playing dog. In the years following, Zegers appeared in three sequels, as well as a similar genre film, MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000), which featured a hockey-playing chimp.

Between 1997 and 2004, Zegers had starring or costarring roles in many low-budget Canadian and horror films, including Nico the Unicorn (1998), Komodo (1999), and Wrong Turn (2003). He also appeared in the short-lived American television series Titans (2000), for which he was chosen by producer Aaron Spelling. Zegers had previously worked with co-star Yasmine Bleeth in the 1999 film It Came from the Sky.

After appearing in the remake of Dawn of the Dead, he had a major role in the Academy Award-nominated independent film Transamerica (2005), co-starring Felicity Huffman. Zegers' performance as the street-hustling bisexual son of a male-to-female transsexual was praised by several critics, and he won the Trophée Chopard for Male Revelation at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Also in 2005 he appeared in Felicity: An American Girl Adventure based on the American Girl book series, as Benjamin "Ben" Davidson in Williamsburg Virginia 1775. Zegers starred in the 2006 romantic comedy It's a Boy Girl Thing. In 2009, Zegers signed to play the role of Clyde Barrow in the remake of The Story of Bonnie and Clyde, with Hilary Duff. The two roles have since been recast due to scheduling conflicts for both actors. He also guest-starred as Damien Dalgaard in Gossip Girl from 2009 until 2010, and returning again in late 2010 for multiple episodes throughout season 4. He appeared in Rock Mafia's 2010 music video "The Big Bang", and in 2012, played the male protagonist in the television series Titanic: Blood and Steel.

He portrayed Alec Lightwood in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013).

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Life with Mikey	Little Mikey
1994	In the Mouth of Madness	Kid
1996	Specimen	Bart
1997	Air Bud	Josh Framm
1998	Shadow Builder	Chris Hatcher
1998	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Josh Framm
1998	Nico the Unicorn	Billy Hastings
1999	Treasure Island	Jim Hawkins
1999	Four Days	Simon "the kid"
1999	Komodo	Patrick Connally
2000	Acting Class, TheThe Acting Class	Lou Carpman
2000	Air Bud: World Pup	Josh Framm
2000	MVP: Most Valuable Primate	Steven Westover
2002	Virginia's Run	Darrow Raines
2002	Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch	Josh Framm	Direct-to-video
2003	Wrong Turn	Evan
2003	Incredible Mrs. Ritchie, TheThe Incredible Mrs. Ritchie	Charlie
2004	Dawn of the Dead	Terry
2004	Hollow, TheThe Hollow	Ian Cranston
2004	Some Things That Stay	Rusty Murphy
2005	Transamerica	Toby
2006	Zoom	Connor Shepard/Concussion
2006	It's a Boy Girl Thing	Woody Deane
2007	Jane Austen Book Club, TheThe Jane Austen Book Club	Trey
2007	Normal	Jordie
2007	Stone Angel, TheThe Stone Angel	John Shipley
2008	Gardens of the Night	Frank
2008	Narrows, TheThe Narrows	Mike Manadoro
2008	Fifty Dead Men Walking	Sean
2009	Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll, TheThe Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll	Spyder
2010	Frozen	Dan
2011	Vampire	Simon
2011	Girl Walks into a Bar	Billy
2011	Entitled, TheThe Entitled	Paul Dynan
2013	Colony, TheThe Colony	Sam
2013	Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, TheThe Mortal Instruments: City of Bones	Alec Lightwood
2013	All the Wrong Reasons	Simon Brunson
2015	Curse of Downers Grove, TheThe Curse of Downers Grove	Chuck
2016	478		Filming

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Street Legal	Jeremy Morris	Episode: "It's a Wise Child"
1993	Tales from the Cryptkeeper	6X (voice)	Episode: "Grounds for Horror"
1994, 1996	Magic School Bus, TheThe Magic School Bus	Caller (voice)	2 episodes
1994	Free Willy	Einstein (voice)	Episode: "Cry of the Dolphin"
1994	Tales from the Cryptkeeper	Jeremy (voice)	Episode: "Uncle Harry's Horrible House of Horrors"
1994	Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story	Larry (1954)	Television film
1995	Road to Avonlea	Gordon Bradley	Episode: "A Time to Every Purpose"
1995	X-Files, TheThe X-Files	Kevin Kryder	Episode: "Revelations"
1995	Silence of Adultery, TheThe Silence of Adultery	Steven Harlett	Television film
1996	Goosebumps	Noah Thompson	Episode: "Let's Get Invisible!"
1996	Cold Heart of a Killer, TheThe Cold Heart of a Killer	Matthew Arnold	Television film
1996-2000	Traders	Sean Blake	Recurring role; 72 episodes
1997	Rose Hill	Cole Clayborne at 13	Television film
1997	Call to Remember, AA Call to Remember	Ben Tobias	Television film
1999	Twice in a Lifetime	Young Flash Jericho	Episode: "Blood Brothers"
1999	So Weird	Ryan Ollman	Episode: "Second Generation"
1999	It Came from the Sky	Andy Bridges	Television film
2000	Time Share	Thomas Weiland	Television film
2000-01	Titans	Ethan Benchley	Main cast; 11 episodes
2001	Sex, Lies & Obsession	Josh Thomas	Television film
2002	Fear of the Dark	Dale Billings	Television film
2003	Smallville	Seth Nelson	Episode: "Magnetic"
2004	House	Brandon Merrell	Episode: "Occam's Razor"
2005	Felicity: An American Girl Adventure	Benjamin "Ben" Davidson	Television film
2009-11	Gossip Girl	Damien Dalgaard	Recurring role; 10 episodes
2012	Titanic: Blood and Steel	Mark Muir/Marcus Malone	Main cast; 12 episodes
2014	Gracepoint	Owen Burke	Main cast; 10 episodes

Music video roles

Year	Title	Artist
2010	"The Big Bang"	Rock Mafia

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1998	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor	Air Bud	Won
1998	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series: Supporting Young Actor	A Call to Remember	Nominated
1998	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Movie or Feature Film: Young Ensemble	Rose Hill	Nominated
1998	YoungStar Award	Best Young Actor in a Comedy Film	Air Bud	Nominated
1999	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Nominated
2001	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor	MVP: Most Valuable Primate	Nominated
2006	Cannes Film Festival	Trophée Chopard - Male Revelation	Transamerica	Won

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