Jeremy London
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| Jeremy London | |
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| Born | November 7, 1972 San Diego, California |
| Years active | 1991 - Present |
Jeremy Michael London (born November 7, 1972) is an American actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
London was born in San Diego, California, the son of Debbie (née Osborn), a waitress, and Frank London, a sheet metal worker.[1] He was raised mainly in DeSoto, Texas. After divorcing their father, his mother moved the family 13 times in six years. His identical twin brother, Jason, is older by 27 minutes and is also an actor. Jeremy has worked mostly in television while Jason has opted for a career in feature films. The two have only acted alongside each other once - in the February 3, 2003 episode of the WB's 7th Heaven, entitled "Smoking". They have also competed for the same role - Jeremy's first audition was for a part in the 1991 film The Man in the Moon, which Jason got, leaving Jeremy the part of his brother's stunt double.
London's younger sister Deidre was killed in a car accident in 1992, leaving behind a baby son. Following the loss of family members to cancer of the lungs, he directed a documentary about the hazards of smoking. He was arrested in the spring of 2004 for allegedly driving with a suspended license and for carrying controlled substances.
He currently resides in West Hills, California and is married to Melissa Cunningham with child Lyric London.
[edit] Career
London's first major television role was playing Nathan on the critically acclaimed 1991-1993 drama series I'll Fly Away. His brother Jason stepped in for Jeremy for the final episode of the show.
In 1997, he joined the cast of the hit FOX series Party Of Five, playing Griffin for two seasons. He then went on to play a young minister named Chandler Hampton on 7th Heaven from 2002 to 2004. His 7th Heaven character had a father with lung cancer, much like Jeremy's real-life family members. He has since been in many TV serials, TV movies and feature films.
He is also well known for playing T.S. Quint in Kevin Smith's second film Mallrats. He is also notable for never having appeared in another Smith movie, which is unusual for an actor who plays a main character in a Kevin Smith movie. When asked about this, Smith replied that he "just never had another use for him".[2] However, rumor has it that it was London's unreliability that prevented further collaborations. During the 10th anniversary Q&A of Mallrats, in which the two reunited, London admitted on being under the influence of marijuana throughout the filming of the movie, a fact that is also mentioned on the DVD commentary of the film. It is also said that London had much trouble memorizing his lines.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film/TV Show | Character Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Hollywood & Wine | Jean-Luc Marceau | |
| 2008 | Chasing the Green | Adam Franklin | |
| Strokes | TV | Wade Hamilton | |
| Under the Knife | Ralph | ||
| The Fallen | |||
| 2006 | Basilisk: The Serpent King | TV | Dr. Harrison 'Harry' McColl |
| Kiss Me Again | Julian | ||
| What I Did for Love | TV | James | |
| 2004 | Crossing Jordan (2004) | TV | Louis Jeffries |
| 7th Heaven (2002-2004) | TV | Chandler Hampton | |
| 2003 | Descendant | Ethan Poe/Frederick Usher | |
| Gods and Generals | Capt. Alexander 'Sandie' Pendleton | ||
| 2001 | The Outer Limits (2001) | TV | Chris |
| Romantic Comedy 101 | TV | Patrick | |
| 2000 | Party of Five (1995-2000) | TV | Griffin Holbrook |
| 1999 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | TV | Jonas Lytton |
| 1998 | The Defenders: Taking the First | TV | Wyman James |
| Get a Job | Tony Thompson/Philip | ||
| 1997 | Bad to the Bone | TV | Danny Wells |
| "Perversions of Science" (1997) | TV | Billy Rabe | |
| Happenstance | Jeff | ||
| Levitation | Bob | ||
| 1995 | Mallrats | T.S. Quint | |
| The Babysitter | Jack | ||
| A Mother's Gift | TV | John Deal as an adult | |
| A Season of Hope | TV | Mickey Hackett | |
| Breaking Free | Rick Chilton | ||
| White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild | Mason | ||
| 1993 | "Angel Falls" (1993) | TV | Sonny Snow |
| 1991 | "I'll Fly Away" (1991) | TV | Nathaniel 'Nathan' Bedford |
| A Seduction in Travis County | TV | Delivery Boy | |
| In Broad Daylight | TV | Teenager 1 |
