Jet Jurgensmeyer (born November 27, 2004) is an American actor. He began his career as a

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, playing the role of Spanky in the 2014 film ''

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'', and Bobby Anderson in the 2016

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television film ''

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''.

Early life and career

Jurgensmeyer was born and raised in

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, where his parents owned a live music and dinner show restaurant. Jurgensmeyer made his television debut with a guest role on the CBS television series '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' in 2010. In 2012 he was cast as Spanky, one of the lead roles, in Alex Zamm's 2014 film ''

''. He has appeared in films such as ''

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'' and '' Devil's Knot''. In 2016 he appeared in the Disney Channel film ''

'', playing Bobby the middle son of one of the sets of children being babysat. The same year Jurgensmeyer was cast in Nickelodeon's ''

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'' television film, playing Dudley the youngest of the three siblings who travel through a temple. In 2017, he provided the voice of the young version of

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's character Guapo in

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' ''

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''. From 2018 to 2020, he has portrayed Boyd Baxter on the

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comedy series '' Last Man Standing'', and from 2019 to 2021, he has been part of the cast of the

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children's television series '' T.O.T.S.'' voicing Pip the Penguin.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Official website
2004 births Living people 21st-century American male actors American male child actors American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors {{US-screen-actor-2000s-stub