Fugit was born October 27, 1982 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His mother, Jan Clark-Fugit, is a dance teacher and his father, Bruce is an electrical engineer. Fugit is the oldest of three children, he has a younger sister, Jocelyn and a younger brother, Colin. Fugit attended East High School, where he was diagnosed with ADHD. Fugit appeared in a school production of The Twelve Dancing Princesses as the shoemaker, while he was at grade seven. He has been a skateboarder since he was fifteen.
Career
Fugit and his best friend, David Fetzer, formed a folk/rock band "Mushman", in which Fugit plays the guitar and sometimes sings. Fugit studies flamenco guitar, which he played on the Cavedoll song "MAYDAY" and his song "Brennan's Theme" for the ending scene in Wristcutters: A Love Story.
Fugit played a young rock-fan-turned-reporter in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous and claimed that his knowledge of 1970s rock music was nil ("I actually thought Led Zeppelin was one person"). Jake Gyllenhaal replaced him for the title role for Donnie Darko. Fugit played a sweetly geeky, aspiring comic book artist in White Oleander (2002) and a naive drug addict in the indie dark comedy Spun (2003). His next film, Saved! (2004), was a satirical look at the religious right in high school. Fugit's character, a cool young pastor's son named Patrick Wheeler, was originally supposed to be a surfer, but he was changed to a skateboarder due to Fugit's skateboarding experience.
In 2005, he co-starred in The Amateurs, about a sleepy town that comes together to film a porno. Fugit and Olivia Wilde starred in Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas and House, M.D.. In 2007, he starred with Shannyn Sossamon in Wristcutters: A Love Story, and played Evra Von in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009).
Fugit currently stars in the television series, Outcast.
Filmography
Actor
2023
Love & Death (TV Mini Series) as
Pat Montgomery
- Ssssshh (2023) - Pat Montgomery
- The Big Top (2023) - Pat Montgomery
- The Arrest (2023) - Pat Montgomery
- Do No Evil (2023) - Pat Montgomery
- Stepping Stone (2023) - Pat Montgomery
- Encounters (2023) - Pat Montgomery
- The Huntress (2023) - Pat Montgomery
2022
Babylon as
Officer Elwood
2020
The Last of Us: Part II (Video Game) as
Owen
2020
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To as
Dwight
2019
Treadstone (TV Series) as
Stephen Haynes
- The Cicada Covenant (2019) - Stephen Haynes
- The McKenna Erasure (2019) - Stephen Haynes
- The Hades Awakening (2019) - Stephen Haynes
- The Kentucky Contract (2019) - Stephen Haynes
- The Berlin Proposal (2019) - Stephen Haynes
- The Kwon Conspiracy (2019) - Stephen Haynes
2019
Robert the Bruce as
Will
2019
A Name Without a Place as
Samuel Sussicran
2018
First Man as
Elliot See
2017
Alex & The List as
Alex Buckingham
2016
Outcast (TV Series) as
Kyle Barnes
- To the Sea (2017) - Kyle Barnes
- This Is How It Starts (2017) - Kyle Barnes
- Mercy (2017) - Kyle Barnes
- Alone When It Comes (2017) - Kyle Barnes
- Fireflies (2017) - Kyle Barnes
- The Common Good (2017) - Kyle Barnes
- The One I'd Be Waiting For (2017) - Kyle Barnes
- Not My Job to Judge (2017) - Kyle Barnes
- The Day After That (2017) - Kyle Barnes
- Bad Penny (2017) - Kyle Barnes
- This Little Light (2016) - Kyle Barnes
- Close to Home (2016) - Kyle Barnes
- What Lurks Within (2016) - Kyle Barnes
- The Damage Done (2016) - Kyle Barnes
- From the Shadows It Watches (2016) - Kyle Barnes
- The Road Before Us (2016) - Kyle Barnes
- A Wrath Unseen (2016) - Kyle Barnes
- All Alone Now (2016) - Kyle Barnes
- (I Remember) When She Loved Me (2016) - Kyle Barnes
- A Darkness Surrounds Him (2016) - Kyle Barnes
2015
Rita Mahtoubian Is Not A Terrorist (Short) as
Agent (voice)
2015
Full Circle (TV Series) as
Paulie Parerra
- Bud & Jimmy (2015) - Paulie Parerra
- Phil & Ellen (2015) - Paulie Parerra
- Paulie & Phil (2015) - Paulie Parerra
- Katie & Paulie (2015) - Paulie Parerra
- Richie & Shelly (2015) - Paulie Parerra
2015
Queen of Earth as
Rich
2015
The Strongest Man as
Guru Fred
2014
You're a Natural (Short) as
Evan
2014
Gone Girl as
Officer James Gilpin
2013
A Night with Little Richard (Short) as
The Douche
2013
Reckless (TV Movie) as
David Harrison
2013
Isip the Warrior (Short) as
Simon
2012
Thanks for Sharing as
Danny
2011
We Bought a Zoo as
Robin Jones
2011
Cinema Verite (TV Movie) as
Alan Raymond
2009
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant as
Evra the Snake Boy
2009
Horsemen as
Corey
2007
The Good Life as
Andrew
2006
House M.D. (TV Series) as
Jack Walters
- Whac-A-Mole (2006) - Jack Walters
2006
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas as
Bickford Shmeckler
2006
Wristcutters: A Love Story as
Zia
2005
The Amateurs as
Emmett
2004
Dead Birds as
Sam
2004
Saved! as
Patrick
2003
ER (TV Series) as
Sean Simmons
- A Thousand Cranes (2003) - Sean Simmons
- A Boy Falling Out of the Sky (2003) - Sean Simmons
- No Strings Attached (2003) - Sean Simmons
2002
White Oleander as
Paul Trout
2002
Spun as
Frisbee
2001
Mad TV (TV Series) as
William Miller
- Episode #6.19 (2001) - William Miller
2000
Almost Famous as
William Miller
1999
Stray Dog (TV Movie) as
Duncan
1997
Touched by an Angel (TV Series) as
Joey / Boy #1
- Only Connect (1998) - Joey (uncredited)
- Nothing But Net (1997) - Boy #1 (uncredited)
1998
Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! (TV Movie) as
Scott Blount
Producer
2020
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (producer)
2019
A Name Without a Place (producer)
2013
How to Speak Clearly (Short) (producer)
2012
Must Come Down (producer)
Camera Department
2006
Wristcutters: A Love Story (still photographer)
Thanks
2017
How to Live Forever (Short) (very special thanks)
2013
Supermensch (Documentary) (special thanks)
2008
Behind the Scenes with 'the Amateurs' (Video documentary short) (thanks)
Self
2023
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #42.195 (2023) - Self
2023
IMDb on the Scene (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Love, Death, & Disco: Elizabeth Olsen's New Series (2023) - Self - Guest
