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Carter Jenkins

American actor (born 1991)

Summary

American actor (born 1991)

Field	Value
name	Carter Jenkins
image	Carter Jenkins 2012 Shankbone.JPG
caption	Jenkins in 2012
birth_date
occupation	Actor
years_active	2001–present

Carter Jenkins is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Aliens in the Attic (2009), Valentine's Day (2010), and Struck by Lightning (2012) and the After film series. On television, Jenkins was part of the main cast of Surface (2005–06), Viva Laughlin (2007), and Famous in Love (2017–2018).

Early life

Jenkins is the son of Mary and Eric Jenkins. He grew up in Carrollwood, Florida, where he attended Independent Day School. His family later moved to Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. He has an older brother, Renneker Jenkins, who is also an actor, and an older sister, Tiffany. Like his character in Keeping Up with the Steins, Jenkins is Jewish, and attended Hebrew school.

Career

Jenkins began performing in community theatre, and then on local and national commercials. He played lead roles in the television series Surface (2005–06) and Viva Laughlin (2007), and guest starred in episodes of CSI: Miami, House, CSI: NY, Without a Trace, The Bernie Mac Show, and Unfabulous. He has also starred in feature films such as Bad News Bears and Keeping Up with the Steins, and starred in the television film Life Is Ruff.

In 2009, Jenkins appeared in the film Aliens in the Attic, playing the lead role Tom Pearson. In 2010, he appeared in the romantic-comedy Valentine's Day, playing Alex Franklin, the boyfriend of Emma Roberts' character. Jenkins had a supporting role in the 2012 coming-of-age comedy-drama Struck by Lightning, which starred Chris Colfer, who also wrote the screenplay. In 2015, Jenkins portrayed one of the main roles in the supernatural thriller film Nightlight. He starred as Rainer Devon on Freeform's Famous in Love from 2017 to 2018. In 2020, he joined the cast of the After film franchise.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2005	Bad News Bears	Joey Bullock
2006	Think Tank	Young Dex
Keeping Up with the Steins	Zachary Stein
2009	Aliens in the Attic	Tom Pearson
2010	Valentine's Day	Alex Franklin
Arcadia Lost	Sye
2012	The Nevsky Prospect	David
Struck by Lightning	Nicholas Forbes
2014	Heavy Water	River
2015	Nightlight	Chris
Circle	The College Guy
A Light Beneath Their Feet	Jeremy
2016	Summer of 8	Jesse
2021	After We Fell	Robert Freeman
2022	After Ever Happy
2023	After Everything

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Without a Trace	Kyle	Episode: "Fallout: Part 1"
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Kid	Episode #1.134
2003	Run of the House	Young Kurt Franklin	Episode: "Just Like Mom"
2003–2004	The Bernie Mac Show	Michael	2 episodes
2004	Joint Custody	Nate	Unsold The WB pilot
2004	Scrubs	Young Todd Quinlan	Episode: "My Tormented Mentor"
2004	Oliver Beene	Boy	Episode: "Babysitting"
2004	Everwood	David Beck	Episode: "Staking Claim"
2004–2005	Unfabulous	Eli Pataki	Recurring role, 9 episodes
2005	Surface	Miles Barnett	Main role
2005	CSI: NY	Will Galanis	Episode: "Tri-Borough"
2005	Lost	Young Tom Brennan	Episode: "Born to Run"
2005	Life is Ruff	Preston Price	Television film
2006	The 4400	Todd Barstow	Episode: "Graduation Day"
2006	House	Mark McNeil	Episode: "Meaning"
2006	CSI: Miami	Raymond Caine Jr.	Episode: "Rio"
2007	Viva Laughlin	Jack Holden	Main role
2009–2010	Lie to Me	Rick Massey	2 episodes
2014	Chosen	Reid	Episode: "Downward Spiral"
2014	The Following	Preston Tanner	4 episodes
2015	Mad Men	Andy	Episode: "The Milk and Honey Route"
2015	Tales from the Darkside	Carter	Unsold The CW pilot
2015	Any Tom, Dick, or Harry	JJ Hale	Television film; also writer
2016	Aquarius	William Garretson	Episode: "Everyone's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
2016	Sweet/Vicious	Will Powell	2 episodes
2017–2018	Famous in Love	Rainer Devon	Main role
2020	Doom Patrol	Johnny Bills	Episode: "Wax Patrol"
2020	Kappa Kappa Die	Stewart	CW Seed Halloween special
2022	Women of the Movement	Roy Bryant	Main role

Podcasts

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020–2021	The Shadow Diaries	Cooper Rose	Voice role

References

"Schools in Tampa". IDSYES.com.
Belcher, Walt. (July 28, 2009). "Former Tampa teen shares big screen with CGI critters". [[The Tampa Tribune]].
Belcher, Walt. (February 9, 2010). "Tampa actor has role in star-studded 'Valentine's Day'". [[The Tampa Tribune]].
(September 4, 2007). "Mentioned Fall TV Preview: Carter Jenkins". American Jewish Life Magazine.
(May 8, 2006). "Mentioned at the premiere of ''Keeping Up with the Steins'' in an interview". WireImage.
"Carter Jenkins – Bio 2007". CarterJenkins.com.
(March 25, 2015). "Exclusive clip: The "NIGHTLIGHT" reveals a frightening presence". [[Fangoria]].
Fuentes, Tamara. (2021-02-14). "Everything We Know About "After We Fell"".
"Kappa Kappa Die (2020) on CW Seed".
Petski, Denise. (October 27, 2020). "The Shadow Diaries' Podcast Starring Madelaine Petsch & Kara Hayward In The Works From Studio71 & Snarled Entertainment". Deadline.

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