Devon Sawa
Encyclopedia
Devon Edward Sawa is a Canadian
actor
. Although he appears in independent films, he is best known for portraying the part of Alex Browning in the 1999 movie Final Destination
(and again in a cameo in the 2011 movie Final Destination 5
). He also portrays the character Owen Elliot in the 2011 TV series Nikita
.
, British Columbia
to Joyce, a television producer, and Edward Sawa, a refrigeration mechanic. He has two siblings. His father is Polish, and his mother is "a little bit of everything".
, Casper
, Now and Then, Wild America
, Idle Hands
, and Final Destination
. In 2000, he portrayed the role of Stan in an Eminem
music video "Stan
" alongside singer Dido
who played Stan's girlfriend. He then became a voice actor, portraying the voice of Flash Thompson
in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
. Sawa has continued to work steadily on independent films in recent years, including Extreme Dating, Shooting Gallery
, Devil's Den
, Creature Of Darkness, Endure and Sibling. In 2011, Sawa guest-starred on the CW television drama Nikita
as Owen. He also joined the cast of two horror films, 388 Arletta Avenue and Sibling.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. Although he appears in independent films, he is best known for portraying the part of Alex Browning in the 1999 movie Final Destination
Final Destination
Final Destination is a 2000 supernatural slasher film written and directed by James Wong. The film was co-written by Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick, both of them having previously worked with Wong in the TV series The X-Files. The film stars Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith and Tony Todd...
(and again in a cameo in the 2011 movie Final Destination 5
Final Destination 5
Final Destination 5 is a 2011 supernatural horror film written by Eric Heisserer and directed by Steven Quale. It is the fifth installment in the Final Destination film franchise and stars Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, David Koechner, and Tony Todd .The motion...
). He also portrays the character Owen Elliot in the 2011 TV series Nikita
Nikita (TV series)
La Femme Nikita is a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Brothers. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow...
.
Early life
Sawa was born in VancouverVancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
to Joyce, a television producer, and Edward Sawa, a refrigeration mechanic. He has two siblings. His father is Polish, and his mother is "a little bit of everything".
Career
Sawa started his career in 1992 as a children's action toy spokesperson and his acting career rapidly developed throughout the 1990s. He has appeared in lead roles in the films Little GiantsLittle Giants
Little Giants is a 1994 family comedy film, starring Rick Moranis and Ed O'Neill as brothers in a small Ohio town, coaching rival Pee-Wee Football teams.-Synopsis:...
, Casper
Casper (film)
Casper is a 1995 American comedy fantasy film starring Bill Pullman and Christina Ricci, based on the Casper the Friendly Ghost animated cartoons and comic books. The ghosts featured in the film were created through computer-generated imagery...
, Now and Then, Wild America
Wild America (film)
Wild America is a 1997 adventure comedy film directed by William Dear, written by David Michael Wieger, and starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Devon Sawa and Scott Bairstow.-Plot:...
, Idle Hands
Idle Hands
Idle Hands is a 1999 horror comedy film directed by Rodman Flender, written by Terri Hughes and Ron Milbauer, and starring Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Jessica Alba, and Vivica A. Fox...
, and Final Destination
Final Destination
Final Destination is a 2000 supernatural slasher film written and directed by James Wong. The film was co-written by Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick, both of them having previously worked with Wong in the TV series The X-Files. The film stars Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith and Tony Todd...
. In 2000, he portrayed the role of Stan in an Eminem
Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition...
music video "Stan
Stan (song)
"Stan" is the third single from The Marshall Mathers LP, by rapper Eminem featuring Dido. It peaked at number one in the United Kingdom and Australia. It is also included on Curtain Call: The Hits, performed with Eminem and Dido as well track 17 on Curtain Call: The Hits as a live Performance from...
" alongside singer Dido
Dido (singer)
Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong , known as Dido, is an English singer-songwriter.Dido shot to worldwide success with her debut album, No Angel...
who played Stan's girlfriend. He then became a voice actor, portraying the voice of Flash Thompson
Flash Thompson
Eugene "Flash" Thompson is a supporting character in Marvel Comics’s Spider-Man series. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 ....
in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series is an animated series featuring the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man, which ran for one season, 13 episodes, starting on July 11, 2003...
. Sawa has continued to work steadily on independent films in recent years, including Extreme Dating, Shooting Gallery
Shooting Gallery (film)
Shooting Gallery is a 2005 film directed by Keoni Waxman starring Freddie Prinze, Jr.. The plot consists of a young hustler who meets his match in a veteran pool player and small-time gangster ....
, Devil's Den
Devil's Den (film)
Devil's Den is a 2006 horror film directed by Jeff Burr. It stars Kelly Hu and Devon Sawa.-Plot:A group of pleasure-seeking twenty-somethings enter a strip club and discover that it is a satanic establishment that requires them to check their souls at the door...
, Creature Of Darkness, Endure and Sibling. In 2011, Sawa guest-starred on the CW television drama Nikita
Nikita (TV series)
La Femme Nikita is a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Brothers. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow...
as Owen. He also joined the cast of two horror films, 388 Arletta Avenue and Sibling.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Yudo | Episode: "The Believers" | |
| 1993 | Sherlock Holmes Returns Sherlock Holmes Returns Sherlock Holmes Returns is a 1993 American television movie about the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, that stars Anthony Higgins as Holmes. It was written and directed by Kenneth Johnson.-Plot:... |
Dillon Burns | TV movie |
| 1994 | Yudo | Episodes: "Hall of Darkness", "The Prophecy" | |
| Little Giants Little Giants Little Giants is a 1994 family comedy film, starring Rick Moranis and Ed O'Neill as brothers in a small Ohio town, coaching rival Pee-Wee Football teams.-Synopsis:... |
Junior Floyd | ||
| 1995 | Casper Casper (film) Casper is a 1995 American comedy fantasy film starring Bill Pullman and Christina Ricci, based on the Casper the Friendly Ghost animated cartoons and comic books. The ghosts featured in the film were created through computer-generated imagery... |
Casper on Screen | |
| Action Man Action Man (TV series) Action Man may refer to:*Action Man *Action Man *A.T.O.M.... |
Additional Voices | TV series | |
| Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years Lonesome Dove Lonesome Dove is a 1985 Pulitzer Prize–winning western novel written by Larry McMurtry. It is the first published book of the Lonesome Dove series, but the third installment in the series chronologically... |
Lynn Tangredi | Episode: "The Hanging" | |
| Now and Then | Scott Wormer | ||
| 1996 | Night of the Twisters Night of the Twisters Night of the Twisters is a film directed by Timothy Bond, released by MTM Enterprises, and distributed by PorchLight Entertainment about a family's struggle to survive a night with a bizarre and terrible storm passing over their town. The TV movie is based on the novel by Ivy Ruckman, which centers... |
Dan Hatch | TV movies |
| Robin of Locksley | Robin McAllister | TV movies | |
| 1997 | Eric | ||
| Wild America Wild America (film) Wild America is a 1997 adventure comedy film directed by William Dear, written by David Michael Wieger, and starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Devon Sawa and Scott Bairstow.-Plot:... |
Mark Stouffer | ||
| 1998 | SLC Punk! SLC Punk! # "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" - The Suicide Machines # "Sex and Violence" - The Exploited# "I Love Livin' in the City" - Fear# "1969" - The Stooges# "Too Hot" - The Specials# "Cretin Hop" - Ramones... |
Sean | |
| A Cool, Dry Place A Cool, Dry Place A Cool, Dry Place is a 1999 movie adapted by Matthew McDuffie from the novel Dance Real Slow by Michael Grant Jaffe. It was directed by John N. Smith... |
Noah Ward | ||
| Around the Fire | Simon Harris | ||
| 1999 | Idle Hands Idle Hands Idle Hands is a 1999 horror comedy film directed by Rodman Flender, written by Terri Hughes and Ron Milbauer, and starring Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Jessica Alba, and Vivica A. Fox... |
Anton Tobias | |
| 2000 | Final Destination Final Destination Final Destination is a 2000 supernatural slasher film written and directed by James Wong. The film was co-written by Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick, both of them having previously worked with Wong in the TV series The X-Files. The film stars Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith and Tony Todd... |
Alex Browning | |
| Nathan Corrigan | |||
| Eminem: E | Stan | segment "Stan" | |
| 2002 | Slackers | Dave Goodman | |
| Extreme Ops Extreme Ops Extreme Ops is a 2002 action thriller film directed by Christian Duguay, written by Michael Zaidan, Timothy Scott Bogart, and Mark Mullin, and starring Devon Sawa, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Rupert Graves, and Rufus Sewell.-Premise:... |
Will | ||
| 2003 | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Spider-Man: The New Animated Series is an animated series featuring the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man, which ran for one season, 13 episodes, starting on July 11, 2003... |
Flash Thompson Flash Thompson Eugene "Flash" Thompson is a supporting character in Marvel Comics’s Spider-Man series. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 .... (voice) |
Episode: "Flash Memory" |
| 2004 | Extreme Dating | Daniel Roenick | |
| 2005 | Shooting Gallery Shooting Gallery (film) Shooting Gallery is a 2005 film directed by Keoni Waxman starring Freddie Prinze, Jr.. The plot consists of a young hustler who meets his match in a veteran pool player and small-time gangster .... |
Paul the Pawn | |
| 2006 | Devil's Den Devil's Den (film) Devil's Den is a 2006 horror film directed by Jeff Burr. It stars Kelly Hu and Devon Sawa.-Plot:A group of pleasure-seeking twenty-somethings enter a strip club and discover that it is a satanic establishment that requires them to check their souls at the door... |
Quinn | |
| 2009 | Creature of Darkness | Andrew | |
| 2010 | NCIS: Los Angeles | LAPD Detective Matt Bernhart | Episode: "The Bank Job" |
| Endure | Zeth Arnold | ||
| Random Walk | Brent | ||
| Nikita Nikita (TV series) La Femme Nikita is a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Brothers. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow... |
Owen Elliot | 5 episodes: "The Guardian", "Resistance", "Dark Matter", "Into The Dark", and "Falling Ash" | |
| 2011 | 388 Arletta Avenue | Bill | |
| The Sibling The Sibling The Sibling is an upcoming American horror-thriller film written and directed by Matt Orlando. The film stars Mischa Barton, Devon Sawa and Michael Clark Duncan. The film shot for 20 days, mainly at the former Knoxville Middle School in Pittsburgh... |
Travis | ||
| 2012 | The Philly Kid | Jake | |
Awards
| Year | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn>Awards | |||
| 2000 | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | "Idle Hands" (1999) | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | "Final Destination" (2000) | Winner |
| Blockb>ster Entertainment Award | |||
| 2001 | Favorite Actor – Horror | "Final Destination" (2000) | Nominated |
| Young >rtist Awards | |||
| 1997 | Best Performance in a TV Movie/Mini-Series – Young Actor | "Night of the Twisters" (1996) | Nominated |