Devon Gearhart is an American

United States

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 teen actor.

Gearhart was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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, and began acting at the age of seven, landing national commercials with Burger King

Burger King

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, PBS

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, Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut

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 and The Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network (United States)

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. Gearhart's movie debut came in 2004 when he landed the role of Young Bobby in Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius. He currently lives in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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.

Gearhart appeared in the television movies The Brooke Ellison Story directed by Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve

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 and Warm Springs

Warm Springs (film)

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, playing the son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Gearhart landed lead roles in two independent films, with the stories of each film being told through the eyes of his characters. The first of the films was Canvas, in which he starred opposite Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden

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 and Joe Pantoliano

Joe Pantoliano

Joseph Peter "Joe" Pantoliano is an American film and television actor. He played the character of Ralph Cifaretto on The Sopranos, Bob Keane in La Bamba, Cypher in The Matrix, Teddy in Memento, Francis Fratelli in The Goonies, Guido "the Killer Pimp" in Risky Business, and Jennifer Tilly's...

. The second film was Dog Days of Summer

Dog Days of Summer (film)

Dog Days of Summer is a 2008 American independent feature film directed by Mark Freiburger and shot on location in Edenton, North Carolina. It is based on an original screenplay by screenwriters Travis Beacham and Christopher J. Waild....

in which he starred opposite Will Patton

Will Patton

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 and Colin Ford

Colin Ford

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. That same year Gearhart starred as Jake in the Life Is My Movie

Life Is My Movie Entertainment

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 production Little Men.

Gearhart portrayed Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts

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' and Tim Roth

Tim Roth

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's son in Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke

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's Funny Games, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

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. Gearhart also appeared in Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

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's Changeling

Changeling (film)

Changeling is a 2008 American drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. Based on real-life events in 1928 Los Angeles, the film stars Angelina Jolie as a woman who is reunited with her missing son—only to realize he is an impostor. She confronts the city...

in 2008.

In 2009, he appeared in the Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez

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 film, Shorts

Shorts (film)

Shorts is a 2009 family comedy/adventure film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It was released in the United States on August 21, 2009...

. In addition to films, Gearhart has appeared in television shows including Lost

Lost (TV series)

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and Law & Order: SVU.

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role	Notes
2004	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	Young Bobby
	The Brooke Ellison Story	Young Reed Ellison
2005	Warm Springs Warm Springs (film) Warm Springs is a 2005 television film about American President Franklin D. Roosevelt's struggle with polio, his discovery of the Warm Springs, Georgia spa resort and his work to turn it into a center for the aid of polio victims, and his resumption of his political career...	Elliot Roosevelt
2006	Canvas	Chris Marino
2008	Funny Games	Georgie
	Changeling Changeling (film) Changeling is a 2008 American drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. Based on real-life events in 1928 Los Angeles, the film stars Angelina Jolie as a woman who is reunited with her missing son—only to realize he is an impostor. She confronts the city...	Mike Spencer
	Dog Days of Summer Dog Days of Summer (film) Dog Days of Summer is a 2008 American independent feature film directed by Mark Freiburger and shot on location in Edenton, North Carolina. It is based on an original screenplay by screenwriters Travis Beacham and Christopher J. Waild....	Phillip Walden
2009	Shorts Shorts (film) Shorts is a 2009 family comedy/adventure film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It was released in the United States on August 21, 2009...	Colbert "Cole" Black

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2009	Lost Lost (TV series) Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...	Young Ethan	Episode: "Dead is Dead Dead Is Dead "Dead Is Dead" is the 12th television episode of the fifth season of ABC's Lost. The 98th episode of the show overall, "Dead Is Dead" aired on April 8, 2009 on ABC in the United States and aired on April 12, 2009 on Sky1 in the United Kingdom. The episode was written by editor Brian K... "
2010	Law and Order SVU	Micah Holbart	Episode: "Merchandise Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 12) The 12th season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered on September 22, 2010 on NBC and concluded on May 18, 2011. The timeslot was moved from 10 p.m. to 9 p.m. for the NBC broadcast in 2010... "

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