12 Facts About Jimmy Bennett

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James Michael Bennett was born on February 9,1996 and is an American actor.

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Jimmy Bennett 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.

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Jimmy Bennett starred on the ABC series No Ordinary Family as JJ Powell, a teenager gifted with vast intelligence after a plane crash.

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Jimmy Bennett was born on February 9,1996, 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.

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Jimmy Bennett plays guitar and sings on his official YouTube channel.

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Jimmy Bennett wrote and performed the song "Summer Never Ends", which can be heard at the end of Shorts.

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Jimmy 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.

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Jimmy Bennett had smaller roles in the films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Arthur Hailey's Detective, and appeared in Judging Amy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Everwood, and lent his voice to characters in the animated films The Polar Express, The Jungle Book 2, Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo and I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown.

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Jimmy Bennett has been nominated for Young Artist Awards five times.

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Jimmy Bennett said that after the encounter he began to feel "extremely confused, mortified, and disgusted".

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Jimmy Bennett's lawyer wrote that in the years after the incident, Jimmy Bennett was so traumatized that his job performance, income, and mental health declined.

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Argento countered that Jimmy Bennett "sexually attacked" her, and that her partner Anthony Bourdain had arranged to pay $380,000 as part of the settlement.