William James Cuddy is a Canadian actor who has starred in notable projects such as The Russell Girl and Breakfast with Scot

Breakfast with Scot

Breakfast with Scot is a 2007 Canadian comedy film. It is adapted from the novel by Tufts University professor Michael Downing.The screenplay was adapted by Sean Reycraft from the book by Michael Downing, and the film was directed by Laurie Lynd...

. William also had a supporting role in the television series, Runaway, which was a Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television

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 production, and shown on The CW Television Network

The CW Television Network

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. He played the role of a young Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

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 in Amelia

Amelia (film)

Amelia is a 2009 English-language biographical film of the life of Amelia Earhart, starring Hilary Swank as Earhart along with a cast that includes Richard Gere, Christopher Eccleston and Ewan McGregor. It is directed by Mira Nair based on a script initially written by Ronald Bass...

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Cuddy was 8 years old when he started his acting career. His first U.S. television series was Runaway, in which he played Andy in the episode "There's No Place Like Home". His first feature film was Breakfast with Scot, a role at the very start of the film as the fan who caused McNally's accident, which opened in Summer 2007 at the Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...

. He then played in a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie The Russell Girl. Cuddy played the 10 year old Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal is an American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and political activist. His third novel, The City and the Pillar , outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality...

 in Amelia, which was released in 2009 and starred Hilary Swank

Hilary Swank

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, Richard Gere

Richard Gere

Richard Tiffany Gere is an American actor. He began acting in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and a starring role in Days of Heaven. He came to prominence in 1980 for his role in the film American Gigolo, which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol...

 and Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...

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His website, BionicleDepot, a small portfolio of noteworthy writings and happenings of his life, can be reached here.

External links

• William Cuddy Home Page