Trevor John Morgan (born November 26, 1986) is an American actor. He has appeared in the films Genius, The Sixth Sense, The Patriot, A Rumor of Angels, Jurassic Park III, The Glass House, Chasing 3000, Mean Creek, Barney's Great Adventure (based on the popular children's television series), Local Color, Family Plan, and Uncle Nino.
Early life Morgan was born in Chicago 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 Orange County, California, where Trevor appeared in various commercials. In 1997, the family moved to Los Angeles, California, so that he could pursue an acting career.
Career Morgan first appeared in several commercials for McDonald's and Cheerios 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 Barney's Great Adventure. 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 The Sixth Sense, 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 marketing purposes.
Actor/director Mel Gibson, 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 Jurassic Park III 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 Touched by an Angel. Additional television credits include Genius (Disney Telefilms), In the Dog House (Viacom/Showtime), Fire Co. 132 (20th Century Fox), Missing Persons (ABC), and The Offspring music video for "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" (as a young Dexter Holland).
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 Family Plan Alec Mackenzie 1998 Barney's Great Adventure Cody Newton In the Doghouse Dylan Wagner Television film 1999 I'll Remember April Duke Cooper Tommy Tammisimo Genius Charlie Boyle / Chaz Anthony Television film 2000 Nathan Martin James Neubauer 2001 Jurassic Park III Eric Kirby Rhett Baker 2002 Young Jimmy Uncredited 2003 Uncle Nino Bobby Micelli 2004 Mean Creek Rocky Merrick 2005 Bruce Ryan at 16 years old 2006 Local Color John Talia Jr. Off the Black Dave Tibbel 2008 My Mom's New Boyfriend Eddie Sanctuary Colin Hanson 2009 Fault Line 2010 Brotherhood Adam Beneath the Dark Jason 2007 Chasing 3000 Mickey 2010 Davis Short film 2011 Vampire Renfield Lodge Lake Alec Short film Munger Road Corey LaFayve 2012 The Diary of Preston Plummer Preston Plummer 2013 Abducted Dave Roberts McCanick Louis 2014 Calvin Buttwhistle Ogden Confer 2015 Magic Hour Ray 2016 The Chaplain Daniel Short film Calvin 2018 Concrete Kids Arthur
Television Year Title Role Notes 1997 Kid Episode: "Prison Story" Baywatch Timmy Episode: "Life Guardian" Touched by an Angel Stevie Sanders Episode: "An Angel by Any Other Name" 1998 ER Scott Anspaugh 5 episodes 2005 CSI: Miami Patrick Brookner Episode: "Cop Killer" Empire Falls Zack Minty Miniseries Reno 911! School guy #2 Episode: "The Prefect of Wanganui" 2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Donny Carlson Episode: "Untethered" 2009 Mental Billy Bauer Episode: "Do Over" 2010 Ghost Whisperer Danny Seitz Episode: "Blood Money" 2011 Mike Episode: "Nevada v. Wayne" 2013 Perception Jimmy Miles Episode: "Neuropositive" 2018 Faith Under Fire Michael Hill Television film
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Title of work Medium Result1999Young Artist AwardsBest Performance in a TV Drama Series - Supporting Young ActorERTelevision2000Teen Choice AwardFilm - Choice SleazebagThe Sixth SenseFilmYoung Artist AwardsBest Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot - Leading Young ActorGenius2001Young Artist AwardsBest Ensemble in a Feature FilmThe Patriot2002Young Artist AwardsBest Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young ActorThe Glass House2005Independent Spirit AwardsSpecial Distinction AwardMean Creek2006Ft. Lauderdale International Film FestivalStar on the HorizonLocal Color 2011Action On Film International Film FestivalBest ActorThe Haymaker
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