Reece Thompson

Reece Thompson is a Canadian actor who broke into the business as a child, lending his voice to animated series and taking small television parts before moving into film. His childhood was spent in a small community outside Vancouver, British Columbia, and after sixth grade he left regular school and attended an acting school. His first major film role came as Hal Hefner in Rocket Science (2007), a coming of age movie in which a stuttering teenager joins his school debate team, and it earned a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. He went on to appear in Assassination of a High School President (2008), Afterwards (2008), Daydream Nation (2010), Ceremony (2010), and Bloodworth (2010), and played Craig in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012). Earlier credits include Dreamcatcher (2003), The Sandlot 2 (2005), the 2002 television mini-series Living With the Dead, plus roles on I Love Mummy, Stargate Atlantis, and Smallville.