Devon Bostick is a Canadian actor, best known for playing the lead role in the Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan, OC is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica...

-directed film Adoration

Adoration (film)

Adoration is a 2008 Canadian drama film directed by Atom Egoyan and starring Rachel Blanchard, Scott Speedman and Devon Bostick. It is Egoyan's first feature film since Where The Truth Lies....

and Rodrick Heffley in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film series)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a series of movies based on the books by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney. Just like the books, the movies are the journals of Greg Heffley, the series' main character, who is played by Zachary Gordon....

movies.

Life and career

Bostick was born in Toronto, Ontario. His mother, Stephanie Gorin, is a casting agent in Toronto, working in stage and screen, and his father, Joe Bostick, is an actor as well as a film fight coordinator. Devon began acting when in grade five. He is a graduate of the Etobicoke School of the Arts

Etobicoke School of the Arts

The Etobicoke School of the Arts is a specialized public arts-academic high school located in Etobicoke area of Toronto, Canada. Founded on September 8, 1981, the Etobicoke School of the Arts has the distinction of being the oldest, free standing arts focused high school in Canada...

 in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

. He has had roles in the TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation

Degrassi: The Next Generation

Degrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian teen drama television series set in the Degrassi universe, which was created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1979. Degrassi is the fourth fictional series in the Degrassi franchise, and follows The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, and...

and in the film Citizen Duane

Citizen Duane

-Plot:Duane Balfour was born into a family of misfortune, in the prairie town of Ridgeburg. After losing a high school election against his enemy Chad, he decides to run for mayor against the wishes of his teacher . Chad is the grandson of Ridgeburg's mayoress, who has been the incumbent for a...

. His film work has included roles in Godsend, Fugitive Pieces

Fugitive Pieces (film)

Fugitive Pieces is a 2007 drama film directed by Jeremy Podeswa, who also adapted the film from the award-winning novel of the same name written by Anne Michaels. The film tells the story of Jakob Beer, who is orphaned in Poland during World War II and is saved by a Greek archeologist...

and The Stone Angel

The Stone Angel (film)

The Stone Angel is a 2007 Canadian drama film written and directed by Kari Skogland. The screenplay is based on the 1964 novel of the same title by Margaret Laurence.-Plot:...

. In Adoration he plays Simon, a boy who is being raised by his uncle (played by Scott Speedman

Scott Speedman

Scott Speedman is a British-born Canadian film and television actor. He is best known for playing Ben Covington in the coming-of-age drama television series Felicity and Lycan-Vampire hybrid Michael Corvin in the gothic horror/action Underworld films.-Early life:Speedman was born Robert Scott...

) after his parents' death. He also appears in an online spoof trailer for a hoax movie called "Ice Fortress".

He had roles in The Poet

The Poet (film)

The Poet is a 2007 Canadian drama film starring Colm Feore, Roy Scheider, Kim Coates and Daryl Hannah. It was written by Jack Crystal and directed by Damian Lee, with an estimated budget of CAD $11 million....

, a World War II drama starring Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

Roy Richard Scheider was an American actor. He was best known for his leading role as police chief Martin C...

 and Colm Feore

Colm Feore

Colm Feore is an American-born Canadian stage, film and television actor.-Early life:Feore was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Irish parents who lived in Ireland for several years during Feore's early life. The family subsequently moved to Windsor, Ontario, where Feore grew up.After graduating...

, Saw VI

Saw VI

Saw VI is a 2009 horror film directed by Kevin Greutert from a screenplay written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It is the sixth installment of the seven–part Saw film series and stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge, and Shawnee Smith...

as Brent and Assassin's Creed: Lineage

Assassin's Creed: Lineage

Assassin's Creed: Lineage is a series of three short films based on the Assassin's Creed II video game. The films are made by Ubisoft and the first episode was released on October 26, 2009 on YouTube...

as Ezio Auditore.

Bostick also played Erica's deceased brother Leo in CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

's series Being Erica, and Rodrick Heffley in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film series)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a series of movies based on the books by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney. Just like the books, the movies are the journals of Greg Heffley, the series' main character, who is played by Zachary Gordon....

movies.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	The Truth About the Head	Boy
2004	Godsend	Zachary Clark Wells
2005	Land of the Dead Land of the Dead For the disambiguation page on anything else on this topic, come here to Land of the Dead .Land of the Dead is a 2005 horror film written and directed by George A...	Brian
2006	King of Sorrow	Low Man
2006	Aruba	Mark
2006	Citizen Duane Citizen Duane -Plot:Duane Balfour was born into a family of misfortune, in the prairie town of Ridgeburg. After losing a high school election against his enemy Chad, he decides to run for mayor against the wishes of his teacher . Chad is the grandson of Ridgeburg's mayoress, who has been the incumbent for a...	Maurie Balfour
2006	American Pie Presents The Naked Mile	High School Student #4	Direct-to-video
2007	The Poet The Poet The Poet is a title that has been used for:*The Poet , an album by Bobby Womack*The Poet , an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson*The Poet , a 2007 motion picture*The Poet , a novel by Michael Connelly*The Poets, a band from Glasgow...	Guard #1
2007	Fugitive Pieces Fugitive Pieces (film) Fugitive Pieces is a 2007 drama film directed by Jeremy Podeswa, who also adapted the film from the award-winning novel of the same name written by Anne Michaels. The film tells the story of Jakob Beer, who is orphaned in Poland during World War II and is saved by a Greek archeologist...	Ben - Teen
2007	The Stone Angel	Young Marvin
2007	Saw IV Saw IV Saw IV is a 2007 Canadian-American horror film and midquel to 2006's Saw III. It was directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by newcomers Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan and Thomas Fenton. The film was released in North America on October 26, 2007...	Derek	Uncredited
2008	Adoration Adoration (film) Adoration is a 2008 Canadian drama film directed by Atom Egoyan and starring Rachel Blanchard, Scott Speedman and Devon Bostick. It is Egoyan's first feature film since Where The Truth Lies....	Simon
2008	The Dreaming	Boy
2009	Survival of the Dead	Boy
2009	Saw VI Saw VI Saw VI is a 2009 horror film directed by Kevin Greutert from a screenplay written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It is the sixth installment of the seven–part Saw film series and stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge, and Shawnee Smith...	Brent
2009	Assassin's Creed: Lineage Assassin's Creed: Lineage Assassin's Creed: Lineage is a series of three short films based on the Assassin's Creed II video game. The films are made by Ubisoft and the first episode was released on October 26, 2009 on YouTube...	Ezio Auditore da Firenze	Short film
2010	Diary of a Wimpy Kid Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film) Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Thor Freudenthal and based on Jeff Kinney's book of the same name. The film was released on March 19, 2010. It was released on DVD, iTunes, and Blu-ray on August 3, 2010.-Plot:...	Rodrick Heffley
2010	Verona	Christopher	Short film
2011	The Entitled	Dean Taylor	Post-production
2011	Hidden 3D	Lucas
2011	Sacrifice Sacrifice (2011 film) Sacrifice is a 2011 American/Canadian drama thriller film released direct-to-video. The film was written and directed by Damian Lee and stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Christian Slater.- Plot :...	Mike	Direct-to-video
2011	Diary of Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (film) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is a 2011 comedy film based on Jeff Kinney's book of the same name. The film stars Zachary Gordon and Devon Bostick. Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn, and Peyton List also have prominent roles...	Rodrick Heffley
2012	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days is an upcoming comedy film directed by David Bowers from a screenplay by Wallace Wolodarsky and Maya Forbes. It stars Zachary Gordon and Steve Zahn. It is the third film in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series and is based on the third and fourth book in the series,...	Rodrick Heffley	Filming
TBD	Dead Before Dawn	Casper Galloway	Post-Production

Television

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science	Son	1 episode
2002– 2003	Odyssey 5 Odyssey 5 Odyssey 5 is a Canadian science fiction series that first ran in 2002 on Showtime in the United States and on Space in Canada.In the United States, the initial run of the series ran for 14 of the 20 episodes, leaving the six remaining episodes unaired for a period of roughly two years...	Gothic Teen	2 episodes
2003	DC 9/11: Time of Crisis DC 9/11: Time of Crisis DC 9/11: Time of Crisis is a 2003 television movie which re-enacts the events of the September 11, 2001 attacks as seen from the point of view of the President of the United States and his staff. It was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and starred Timothy Bottoms as President George W...	Fireman's son	Television film
2003	Jake 2.0 Jake 2.0 Jake 2.0 is an American science fiction television series originally broadcast on UPN in 2003. The series was canceled on January 14, 2004 due to low ratings, leaving four episodes unaired in the United States. In the United Kingdom, all the episodes aired on Sky1...	Young Kid	1 episode
2004	1-800-Missing 1-800-Missing Missing is a Canadian-American crime drama television series based on the 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU book series by Meg Cabot...	Zack	1 episode
2004	Hustle	The Kid	Television film
2005	Shania: A Life in Eight Albums Shania: A Life in Eight Albums Shania: A Life in Eight Albums is a Canadian television movie, which aired on CBC Television on 8pm on November 7, 2005. It is a biopic of Canadian country star Shania Twain, that was originally scheduled to air in October, but was delayed by the CBC labour dispute...	Mark, 14 yrs.	Television film
2005	Knights of the South Bronx Knights of the South Bronx Knights of the South Bronx is a 2005 TV film about a teacher who helps students at a tough inner-city school to succeed by teaching them to play chess.-Plot summary:...	Darren	Television film
2006– 2007	Degrassi: The Next Generation Degrassi: The Next Generation Degrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian teen drama television series set in the Degrassi universe, which was created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1979. Degrassi is the fourth fictional series in the Degrassi franchise, and follows The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, and...	Nic	3 episodes
2007	Stump	Ryan	TV series
2007	A Life Interrupted A Life Interrupted A Life Interrupted is a 2007 Lifetime Television film directed by Stefan Pleszczynski and starring Lea Thompson. It was nominated in 2008 for the Best TV Movie Gemini Award...	Young Bobby	Television film
2007	The Altar Boy Gang The Altar Boy Gang The Altar Boy Gang was a satirical half hour comedy developed for CBC Television. Although two episodes were shot and four more were commissioned to be written, the show was not picked up as a regular series....	Terry	Television film
2008	Princess	Older boy	Television film
2008	Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween is the fourth edition to the Roxy Hunter movies, and is a direct sequel to the previous movie Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid. The movie was first released on The N's Halloween Block in October 2008. This movie was instead aired on The N, but not the...	Drew	Television film
2009	The Good Germany	Dale Mackay	1 episode
2009	Guns Gun (TV series) "Gun" was a television anthology series that lasted six episodes in 1997. Each episode involved the same semi-automatic handgun as an important part of the plot. The characters each episode were completely different and appeared unrelated to those who appeared in other episodes...	Boy #3	2 episodes
2009	The Border The Border (TV series) The Border is a Canadian drama airing on CBC Television and 20 other TV networks worldwide. It was created by Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole of White Pine Pictures. The Executive in Charge of Production is Janice Dawe. Episodes in the first season were directed by...	Ali Jabir	1 episode
2009	Being Erica	Leo Strange	13 episodes
2010	Rookie Blue	Martin Blentz	1 episode
2010	Flashpoint Flashpoint (TV series) Flashpoint is a Canadian police drama television series that debuted on July 11, 2008, on CTV in Canada and ran on CBS in the United States for its first three and a half seasons. In 2011, Ion Television began airing new episodes of the series in the United States...	Paul	1 episode
2010	Haven Haven (TV series) Haven is a supernatural drama television series loosely based on the Stephen King novel The Colorado Kid. The show, filmed on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, is an American/Canadian co-production. The one-hour drama premiered on July 9, 2010, on Syfy...	Jimmy	1 episode
2011	She's the Mayor She's the Mayor She's the Mayor is a Canadian television sitcom, scheduled to start on Vision TV from October 4, 2011. The show will star Janet-Laine Green as Iris Peters, a woman in her 60s who is newly elected as the mayor of the fictional city of Fairfax....	Doctor Jimmy	1 episode
2011	The Listener The Listener (TV series) The Listener is a Canadian science fiction drama set in Toronto about a young paramedic named Toby Logan with the ability to listen to people's minds. The series premiered on Fox International Channels beginning with the Arabic-speaking area of northern Africa and south-western Asia on March 1, 2009...	Bennie	1 episode

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