Jeffrey Kenton Duty (born May 12, 1995) is an American actor, singer,
and dancer. He is best known for his recurring role as "Young Jacob"
on the final season of the ABC primetime drama, Lost, and for his
co-starring role as the flamboyant European exchange student, Gunther
Hessenheffer on the Disney Channel comedy series, Shake It Up and Matt
Prylek in the anti-bullying movie, Contest.Duty was born on May 12,
1995 and raised in Plano, Texas. He attended Carlisle Elementary
School. He has two younger siblings, twin sisters, Jessica and
Rebecca, born in 1999. Duty first began studying acting at the age of
9, when his parents suggested he attend a musical theatre workshop to
help him feel comfortable in front of an audience for school
presentations. It was at the summer workshop that he discovered he had
a love for musical theatre, and it was there that he would also meet
the casting director who would ask him to audition for his first play,
A Christmas Carol.In 2004, Duty began his acting career in Dallas,
Texas at the age of 9, playing "Young Scrooge" in the Dallas Theater
Center's musical stage production of A Christmas Carol. He appeared
on-stage again the following year with a principal role in the Denton
Community Theatre production of Ragtime. Duty began auditioning for
roles in Los Angeles after he was discovered at a showcase performance
at the Young Actors Studio in Dallas, Texas by Hollywood talent agent,
Cindy Osbrink and she invited him to come to California to audition
for pilot season. He has appeared in numerous national commercials for
McDonald's, Wal-Mart, Pizza Hut, and Mattel.In 2007, after several
appearances in comedy sketches on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Duty
landed his first featured role as Michael in the Lifetime television
movie, Christmas in Paradise. Over the next two years, he appeared in
guest-starring roles on Cold Case and The Jay Leno Show, as well as a
co-starring role in the popular web series Ctrl.
and dancer. He is best known for his recurring role as "Young Jacob"
on the final season of the ABC primetime drama, Lost, and for his
co-starring role as the flamboyant European exchange student, Gunther
Hessenheffer on the Disney Channel comedy series, Shake It Up and Matt
Prylek in the anti-bullying movie, Contest.Duty was born on May 12,
1995 and raised in Plano, Texas. He attended Carlisle Elementary
School. He has two younger siblings, twin sisters, Jessica and
Rebecca, born in 1999. Duty first began studying acting at the age of
9, when his parents suggested he attend a musical theatre workshop to
help him feel comfortable in front of an audience for school
presentations. It was at the summer workshop that he discovered he had
a love for musical theatre, and it was there that he would also meet
the casting director who would ask him to audition for his first play,
A Christmas Carol.In 2004, Duty began his acting career in Dallas,
Texas at the age of 9, playing "Young Scrooge" in the Dallas Theater
Center's musical stage production of A Christmas Carol. He appeared
on-stage again the following year with a principal role in the Denton
Community Theatre production of Ragtime. Duty began auditioning for
roles in Los Angeles after he was discovered at a showcase performance
at the Young Actors Studio in Dallas, Texas by Hollywood talent agent,
Cindy Osbrink and she invited him to come to California to audition
for pilot season. He has appeared in numerous national commercials for
McDonald's, Wal-Mart, Pizza Hut, and Mattel.In 2007, after several
appearances in comedy sketches on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Duty
landed his first featured role as Michael in the Lifetime television
movie, Christmas in Paradise. Over the next two years, he appeared in
guest-starring roles on Cold Case and The Jay Leno Show, as well as a
co-starring role in the popular web series Ctrl.
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