Alexander Ferris (born April 23, 1997) is a

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actor. He is best known for playing Billy Gornicke in the road film '' RV'' (2006), Victor Newton in the thriller film '' The Invisible'' (2007), Young Henry DeTamble in the drama film ''

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'' (2009), and Collin Lee in the comedy film ''

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'' (2010). Ferris is also the voice of

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in ''

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'' from 2008 to 2010, T.D. Kennelly in the PBS Kids animated TV series ''

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'' and Paulie the Pliosaurus in the PBS Kids computer-animated TV series ''

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''.

Early life

Ferris was born in

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. He began acting at the age of seven after meeting another child actor on a family vacation, and writing to the actor's agent.

Career

He appeared in the movie '' RV'' as Billy Gornicke, '' The Invisible'' as Victor Newton, ''

'' as Collin Lee and ''

'' as Young Henry DeTamble. He played in the Showtime Network's ''

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'' as Wilson Mann-Peabody, son of Helena. He also played Young

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in the TV series ''

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'', episode "Something Wicked". In 2009, he appeared in an episode of ''Smallville'' entitled "Eternal" as a young Davis Bloome. Ferris was the voice of T.D. Kennelly in the first four seasons of the television series ''

'', Paulie the

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in ''

'', Dreamfish in the Barbie animated movie ''

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'', and

in ''

'' in 2008. In 2016, he starred as Astrov in Timothy Koh's production of ''

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'' at the 440 Studios Black Box.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * 1997 births Living people Canadian male child actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Male actors from Vancouver {{Canada-actor-stub