Kelly Steven Blatz (born June 16, 1987) is an American actor,
director, writer, producer, editor and musician. He is best known for
playing the lead role in Aaron Stone.Blatz made his acting debut in
Simon Says (2006), then appeared in The 7 (2006), then in the 2008
remake of Prom Night with Brittany Snow and Idris Elba. The same year
he went on to play the psychopathic son of a preacher in Phedon
Papamichael's intense thriller From Within with Thomas Dekker and
Jared Harris, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2009,
Blatz played the lead in the independent feature film April Showers,
based on the Columbine shootings. He has since become known for his
role as Aaron Stone in the Disney XD television show. In 2010, TBS
cast him as the lead in their first hour-long comedy, Glory Daze. In
2012 he starred in the film Lost Angeles, where he played a homeless
convict who gets caught up in the world of paparazzi.In 2014, he was
cast as the lead role in Marcus Nispel's Exeter. Following that, he
starred in Charles Olivier Michaud's drama 4 Minute Mile alongside
Richard Jenkins, Kim Basinger, and Analeigh Tipton. He played Drew
Jacobs, a talented high school runner who is mentored by his neighbor
(Jenkins) to escape a life of drugs alongside his brother (Cam
Gigandet).. Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times called Blatz's
performance "so deep and affecting it often evokes Timothy Hutton's
Oscar-winning turn in "Ordinary People". The film premiered at the
Seattle International Film Festival in June, 2014.He was cast as the
role of Brandon in the second season of AMC's Fear the Walking Dead in
2016. He also played John Wilkes Booth in NBC's new series Timeless.
director, writer, producer, editor and musician. He is best known for
playing the lead role in Aaron Stone.Blatz made his acting debut in
Simon Says (2006), then appeared in The 7 (2006), then in the 2008
remake of Prom Night with Brittany Snow and Idris Elba. The same year
he went on to play the psychopathic son of a preacher in Phedon
Papamichael's intense thriller From Within with Thomas Dekker and
Jared Harris, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2009,
Blatz played the lead in the independent feature film April Showers,
based on the Columbine shootings. He has since become known for his
role as Aaron Stone in the Disney XD television show. In 2010, TBS
cast him as the lead in their first hour-long comedy, Glory Daze. In
2012 he starred in the film Lost Angeles, where he played a homeless
convict who gets caught up in the world of paparazzi.In 2014, he was
cast as the lead role in Marcus Nispel's Exeter. Following that, he
starred in Charles Olivier Michaud's drama 4 Minute Mile alongside
Richard Jenkins, Kim Basinger, and Analeigh Tipton. He played Drew
Jacobs, a talented high school runner who is mentored by his neighbor
(Jenkins) to escape a life of drugs alongside his brother (Cam
Gigandet).. Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times called Blatz's
performance "so deep and affecting it often evokes Timothy Hutton's
Oscar-winning turn in "Ordinary People". The film premiered at the
Seattle International Film Festival in June, 2014.He was cast as the
role of Brandon in the second season of AMC's Fear the Walking Dead in
2016. He also played John Wilkes Booth in NBC's new series Timeless.
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