Caleb Landry Jones
Caleb Landry Jones | |
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 Jones at the Toronto International Film Festival, September 9, 2012 | |
| Born | December 7, 1989 Garland, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Musician |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
- Not to be confused with Landry Jones
Caleb Landry Jones (born December 7, 1989) is an American actor and musician.
He is best known for his performances in The Last Exorcism, as Banshee in X-Men: First Class, and as Andy in Baltasar Kormákur's thriller film Contraband for Universal opposite Mark Wahlberg.[1] He was then in Antiviral, an official selection of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and was directed by Brandon Cronenberg. He has recently been cast in the lead role in director John Boorman's science fiction romance, Broken Dream.[2] His music career includes bands such as Robert Jones.[3]
Early life
Jones was born in Garland, Texas.[4] As a child, his family relocated to the nearby city of Richardson, where he was raised, and where he would later meet Robert Hudson and form the experimental folk rock band, Robert Jones. After finding some success as an actor, having appeared as recurring character Jimmy Adler in Friday Night Lights and starred as Caleb Sweetzer in Daniel Stamm's The Last Exorcism, a performance praised by the New York Times,[citation needed] Jones relocated to Los Angeles to further pursue his career in film.
Career
He went on to co-star opposite James MacAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult in Fox’s summer blockbuster X-Men: First Class and was opposite Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Giovanni Ribisi and Ben Foster in Contraband (Universal), the English-language remake of award-winning Icelandic film Reykjavic-Rotterdam, which was released in January 2012.
Jones was in Antiviral, Brandon Cronenberg’s directorial debut, in which he starred opposite Sarah Gadon and Malcolm McDowell. Antiviral revolves around a salesman for a clinic that replicates celebrities’ diseases. He becomes obsessed with a celebrity (Sarah Gadon) and injects himself with her disease, then must figure out how to cure it.
He was also in Neil Jordan’s Byzantium opposite Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton and Sam Riley, in which Calebs played a young man dying of leukemia and struggling with his mortality.
Jones was featured in the 'Young Hollywood' issues of both VMAN and Teen Vogue.
He continues to produce music as a solo artist and will soon release a vinyl LP of Robert Jones’ 'Men and Their Horses.'
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Boy on Bike | as Caleb Jones |
| 2007 | Superbad | Boy at Party | Uncredited |
| 2008 | The Longshots | Jonesy | as Caleb Jones |
| 2010 | The Last Exorcism | Caleb Sweetzer | |
| 2010 | The Social Network | Fraternity Boy | as Caleb Jones |
| 2011 | Summer Song | Jack | |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class | Sean Cassidy / Banshee | |
| 2012 | Contraband | Andy | |
| 2012 | Byzantium | Frank | |
| 2012 | Antiviral | Syd March | |
| 2014 | God's Pocket | Leon Scarpato | |
| 2014 | Queen and Country | Percy | |
| 2014 | Heaven Knows What | Ilya | |
| 2014 | Low Down | Cole | |
| 2015 | Stonewall | Orphan Annie | |
| 2016 | War on Everyone |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Breaking Bad | Louis | |
| 2010 | Friday Night Lights | Jimmy Adler | 2008–2010 |
References
- ^ Fleming, Mike (December 9, 2010). "For Young Thesps, It's All About Locking Roles Before Holidays". Deadline. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ^ "Caleb Landry Jones Set For Lead Role In 'Broken Dream'". Deadline. June 21, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
- ^ "Robert Jones".
- ^ "23 HEARTTHROB: CALEB LANDRY JONES". VMAN. 1989-12-07. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
http://ca.myspace.com/robertjonesrocks http://caleblandryjones.net/bio.html
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