Trevor John Morgan (born November 26, 1986) is an American actor. He has appeared in the films ''

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'', '' The Patriot'', '' A Rumor of Angels'', ''

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'', '' The Glass House'', '' Chasing 3000'', '' Mean Creek'', ''

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'' (based on the popular children's television series), '' Local Color'', '' Family Plan'', and '' Uncle Nino''.

Early life

Morgan was born in

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He has three older half siblings and a younger brother, actor Joey Morgan, who died in 2021. His parents are Lisa Morgan and Joe Borrasso of MbM Studios, a talent development and production company. When Morgan was five, the family relocated to

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, where Trevor appeared in various commercials. In 1997, the family moved to

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, so that he could pursue an acting career.

Career

Morgan first appeared in several commercials for

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and

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and was featured on a Life cereal box. He got his first break as Alec Mackenzie in the feature film '' Family Plan'', which led him to appear in ''

''. Morgan was given the lead role of Duke Cooper in '' I'll Remember April''. His co-star Haley Joel Osment was given the lead role of Cole Sear in ''

'', while Morgan played Cole's nemesis, a pretentious young actor. After the success of ''The Sixth Sense'', ''I'll Remember April'' was rushed to video due to Osment's role as Pee Wee Clayton. Morgan's picture was replaced by Osment's on the box for

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purposes. Actor/director

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, who was looking for several child actors to play his seven children in '' The Patriot'', saw Morgan and asked him to audition for the movie. Morgan landed the role, playing son Nathan Martin. He went on to appear in ''

'' and '' The Glass House'' (2001). Among his other credits are '' Empire Falls'', '' Mean Creek'', '' Off the Black'' and '' Local Color'', and the baseball flick '' Chasing 3000''. Morgan appeared on the NBC series '' ER'', where he played cancer victim Scotty Anspaugh for five episodes. For this role he garnered a 1998 SAG Award along with the main cast members of the show. He also appeared on ''

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''. Additional television credits include ''Genius'' (

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Telefilms), ''In the Dog House'' ( Viacom/ Showtime), ''Fire Co. 132'' (

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), ''Missing Persons'' ( ABC), and

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music video for " Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" (as a young Dexter Holland).

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Trevor 1986 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male child actors American male film actors American male television actors Living people Male actors from Chicago Male actors from Orange County, California