Occupation Actor Years active 1983-1997 | Name Jason Presson Role Actor | |
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Movies Explorers, Lady in White, The Stone Boy, Saturday the 14th Strikes B, Busted Similar People Bobby Fite, River Phoenix, Joe Dante, Amanda Peterson, Bradley Gregg | ||
Jason Presson (born August 31, 1971) is an American ex-child actor, best known for his role of Darren in the 1985 movie Explorers, alongside Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix.
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His debut came in 1984 with the film The Stone Boy performing with Robert Duvall and Glenn Close. The following year, he was selected to play Darren Woods in Joe Dante's big budget movie, Explorers, alongside with Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix. This movie was not a blockbuster, but earned nominations to the three protagonists at the Young Artist Award in the category for 'Best Young Actor'. The winner was his co-star and friend, River Phoenix.
In 1990 he had a minor role in the movie Gremlins 2: The New Batch, returning to work with the director Joe Dante after five years. His last role was on the TV series In the Heat of the Night as Jimmy Millar.
