James Michael Bennett (born February 9, 1996) is an American actor and
musician. He is known for his roles as a child actor in Daddy Day
Care, Hostage, The Amityville Horror, Poseidon, Evan Almighty, Orphan,
Shorts, and as young James T. Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek. He also
starred on the ABC series No Ordinary Family as JJ Powell, a teenager
gifted with vast intelligence after a plane crash.Bennett was born in
Seal Beach, California, and lives with his parents and sister in
Huntington Beach, California, where the family runs a hard rock-themed
crepe restaurant. Bennett also 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 television advertisements, as well as in episodes of the
television series The Guardian and Strong Medicine, before being cast
in the role of "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,
and 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.
musician. He is known for his roles as a child actor in Daddy Day
Care, Hostage, The Amityville Horror, Poseidon, Evan Almighty, Orphan,
Shorts, and as young James T. Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek. He also
starred on the ABC series No Ordinary Family as JJ Powell, a teenager
gifted with vast intelligence after a plane crash.Bennett was born in
Seal Beach, California, and lives with his parents and sister in
Huntington Beach, California, where the family runs a hard rock-themed
crepe restaurant. Bennett also 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 television advertisements, as well as in episodes of the
television series The Guardian and Strong Medicine, before being cast
in the role of "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,
and 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.
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