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Jarrett Maier

b. 1998

American actor

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Born 1998. Jarrett Maier is an American actor.

Jarrett Maier (born July 11, 1998) is an American actor known for playing Hugh Hefner as a teenager in the Amazon Studios series American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story.

Early life Maier was born in Chicago, Illinois, but grew up in the city of Lafayette, Indiana. He attended McCutcheon High School where he began to show interest in the performing arts. He returned to Chicago to continue his acting career in 2016.

Career Maier made his official screen debut in 2014's Holocaust drama film Your Ever After which formed his partnership with director Tre Manchester. "Your Ever After" went on to screen at the 2015 River Bend Film Festival, at that point located in South Bend, Indiana before the festival moved to Goshen, Indiana.

Jarrett went on to star in the 2017 drama film The Things We've Seen (2017 film), opposite actors Randy Ryan and Jordon Hodges. He portrayed the fictional character of Reagan Boem, who sets off to find his fugitive father in an economically depressed, Midwestern United States town. The Things We've Seen would go on to screen around the United States, winning seven awards and four nominations at multiple film festivals.

For his work in the film, Maier was awarded the Rising Star Award at the 50th Worldfest Houston International Film Festival. The Houston Critics Choice Society also nominated him for "Best Supporting Actor". At the MayDay Film Festival, Maier was awarded "Best Actor" for his role as Reagan.

In 2017, he also appeared in the Docudrama American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story, produced by Stephen David Entertainment and distributed by Amazon Studios, where he portrayed Hugh Hefner as a teenager, before he built the Playboy empire.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 Your Ever After Franz 2017 Beware of the Klowns Clown Boy 2017 The Things We've Seen Reagan Boem

Television

Awards "Best Actor" | MayDay Film Festival "Rising Star Award" | 50th Worldfest Houston International Film Festival

Nominations "Best Supporting Actor" | Houston Critic's Choice Society

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McCutcheon High School

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American actor

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Jarrett Maier was born on 11 July 1998 in Chicago.

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