Christian Convery
Christian Convery
Overview
Christian Convery is an American/Canadian child actor, living in Vancouver, BC. He began his career at the age of 6 with a role in Hallmark's' 'Hearts of Spring’ (2016) for which he won a Joey Award for 'Best Young Actor in a Supporting Role'.[1] In just two years he has acted in 13 feature-length films and 5 television series.[2] He is best known for a lead on ‘My Christmas Dream’[3] and a lead in ‘Beautiful Boy’.[4]
Career
Convery's first film and television appearance was Hallmark Channel’s 'Hearts of Spring' (2016) where in a memorable scene 6- year-old Convery squirted mustard all over the face of Michael Shanks.
In his short career, Convery has delivered a high degree of flexibility across his roles. He has played a ghost in 'Supernatural' (2016) a vampire on ‘Van Helsing’ (2016).[5] and the younger version of the lead character in 'Legion' (2017),[4] a mutant named David. In the third and final 'Descendants' (2018) film[6], Convery plays the twin son alongside Luke Roessler to the Disney Channel's established character Smee.[7]
Hallmark Channel has included Convery in several TV movies including his 1st lead role in ‘My Christmas Dream'(2016)[8][4], for which he won a Young Entertainer Award for Best Performance as a Leading Young Actor.[9] Since that time he has been welcomed back to the Hallmark Channel's television movies: 'My Christmas List' (2016), 'Christmas at Holly Lodge' (2017),[10] and 'Coming Home for Christmas' (2017)[11] where he returned to act with former co-star Danica McKellar.
Convery’s dramatic debut in Amazon Studio's ‘Beautiful Boy’ (2018) is his biggest role to date casting him alongside Steve Carell.[12] Convery plays youngest son[4] [13], Jasper Sheff, a dedicated little brother to Timothee Chalamet's troubled character, Nic Scheff, who must deal with the serious effects of methamphetamines drug addiction. ‘Beautiful Boy’ is adapted from best-selling pair of memoirs, “Beautiful Boy: a Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction” as well as Nic Scheff's “Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines” and is produced by Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment banner.
Other notable roles have included Eric Allbright in NBC Universal's 'Aliens Ate My Homework'[14], The Package' (2018)[15], Sony Picture's ‘Venum'(2018)[16] as well as Lifetime’s VC Andrews adaptation, ‘Heaven’.[17]
Convery's second lead role is expected in 2019 for the Lifetime Channel ‘A Twist of Christmas'; (2018){{Citation needed| in post-production, IMDB |October 2018}} co-starring Vanessa Lachey and Brendan Zub.
Filmography[18]
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2018 | Beautiful Boy | Jasper Sheff | Amazon Studios, Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment, Lead Role |
| Venom | Joey-8 Year Old Boy (uncredited) | Sony Pictures | |
| William | Young William | post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | Hearts of Spring (TV Movie) | Conner | Hallmark |
| Christmas List (TV Movie) | David Anthony Owens | Hallmark | |
| Van Helsing (TV Series) | Vampire Child | Syfy | |
| My Christmas Dream (TV Movie) | Cooper | Hallmark, Lead Role | |
| 2016 Supernatural (TV Series) | Lucas Kellinger | The CW | |
| 2017 | Legion (TV Series) | Young David | Fx |
| Deceptive Little Parasite (2017) | |||
| Lucifer (TV Series) | Ethan | Fox | |
| Coming Home for Christmas (TV Movie) | Paul | Lifetime | |
| Christmas at Holly Lodge (TV Movie) | |||
| 2018 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Travelled (TV Movie) | Danny | |
| Aliens Ate My Homework (Video) | Eric Allbright | NBC Universal | |
| The Package | Jake Floyd | ||
| V.C. Andrews' Heaven (TV Movie) | Keith Casteel | Lifetime | |
| It's Christmas, Eve (TV Movie) | Wyatt James | ||
| Santa's Boots (TV Movie) | Todd | Post-production | |
| A Twist of Christmas | Elliot Hewitt | Post-production, Lead Role | |
| 2019 | Descendants 3
( TV Movie) |
Squeaky | Post-production |
Awards and Nominations
Convery has been recognized with several young actor awards and even more nominations.[2]
Joey Awards[19]
| 2017 | Winner
Joey Award |
Best Leading Actor in a TV Movie
My Christmas Dream (2016) |
| Nominee
Joey Award |
Best Principal or Supporting Actor in a TV Movie Feature Age 6-10 Years
Christmas List (2016) | |
| Best Featured Actor in a TV Series 3-8 Years
Supernatural (2005) | ||
| Best Recurring Principal or Guest Star Actor in a TV Series Age 6-9 Years
Legion (2017) | ||
| Best Leading Actor in a TV Movie
My Christmas Dream (2016) | ||
| 2016 | Winner
Joey Award |
Young Actor in a Feature Film, Made for Television/Straight to Video Feature Principal or Supporting Role
Hearts of Spring (2016) |
| Nominee
Joey Award |
Young Actor in a Feature Film, Made for Television/Straight to Video Feature Principal or Supporting Role
Hearts of Spring (2016) |
Young Artist Awards[20]
| 2018 | Nominee
Young Artist Award |
Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actor
Legion (2017) |
| Best Performance in a TV Movie or Special - Supporting Young Actor
Coming Home for Christmas (2017) | ||
| 2017 | Winner
Young Artist Award |
Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actor
Christmas List (2016) |
| Nominee | Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actor
Supernatural (2005) | |
| Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actor
Christmas List (2016) |
Young Entertainer Awards[9]
| 2018 | Winner
Young Entertainer Award |
Best Young Actor - TV Movie, Mini Series or Special
Christmas at Holly Lodge (2017), Christmas List (2016) |
| Nominee
Young Entertainer Award |
Best Young Actor - TV Movie, Mini Series or Special
Christmas at Holly Lodge (2017) | |
| Best Guest Starring Young Actor 10 and Under - Television Series
Lucifer (2015) | ||
| Best Guest Starring Young Actor 11 and Under - TV Series
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| 2017 | Winner
Young Entertainer Award |
Best Performance as a Leading Actor Aged 11 and under in a TV Movie or Special
My Christmas Dream (2016) |
| Nominee
Young Entertainer Award |
Best Guest Starring Young Actor 11 and Under - TV Series
Supernatural (2005) | |
| Best Performance as a Leading Actor Aged 11 and under in a TV Movie or Special
My Christmas Dream (2016) |
References
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- ↑ "Joey Awards". youthinfilm.homestead.com. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "IMDB Christian Convery". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
- ↑ My Christmas Dream (2016), retrieved 2018-10-15
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 McNary, Dave (2017-04-03). "Steve Carell's Drama 'Beautiful Boy' Casts Christian Convery". Variety. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
- ↑ "Child star Christian Convery set to star in 'Beautiful Boy' film". Blasting News. 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
- ↑ "The kids are up to no good in exclusive 'Descendants 3' first-look pic". EW.com. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
- ↑ "Everything We Know About Disney's "Descendants 3"". Seventeen. 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
- ↑ "'My Christmas Dream' On Hallmark: 'Suddenly Santa' Movie Sends Gal To Paris, Stars Danica McKellar, Deidre Hall, And Christian Convery". www.inquisitr.com. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Young Entertainer Awards". youngentertainerawards.org. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
- ↑ "Christmas at Holly Lodge & Christmas in Evergreen Hallmark Christmas Movies Start Filming in BC". What's Filming?. 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
- ↑ "Countdown to Christmas 2017: Marry Me at Christmas & More Movies Filmed in BC". What's Filming?. 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
- ↑ Strauss, Bob (October 2018). "CineplexMagazine_October 2018" (PDF). CineplexMagazine_October 2018 Page 33.
- ↑ "SF Bay Area movie openings: Steve Carell's 'Beautiful Boy' and more". The Mercury News. 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
- ↑ "Rent Aliens Ate My Homework (2017) on DVD and Blu-ray - DVD Netflix". dvd.netflix.com. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
- ↑ The Package, retrieved 2018-10-15
- ↑ Venom, retrieved 2018-10-15
- ↑ V.C. Andrews' Heaven, retrieved 2018-10-15
- ↑ "Actor's page Christian Convery, watch free movies: Lucifer - Season 3, Venom (2018)! - Tornado Movies". www1.tornadomovies.co. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
- ↑ "The Joey Awards". www.joeyawards.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
- ↑ Tech, Simon. "Winners - Young Artist Awards". www.youngartistawards.org. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
