Reece Thompson

Reece Daniel Thompson (born 22 November 1988) is a Canadian actor. He started his acting career as a child actor by voice acting in several animated television series and minor roles on television shows before transitioning to films. His first major role came in the 2007 film Rocket Science. Thompson appeared in 2009's Assassination of a High School President, Afterwards, and 2010's Daydream Nation. He appeared as Craig in The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Early life Thompson grew up in a small town near Vancouver, British Columbia. He had always expressed an interest in becoming an actor to his parents and at a young age, Thompson, along with the rest of his family, began taking background roles in productions in Vancouver.

After the sixth grade, Thompson decided that he didn't want to continue going to school and convinced his mother to homeschool him. Soon after Thompson began attending an acting school. Thompson signed with an agent he was introduced to through the school and began attending auditions. In 2006, Thompson made a guest appearance on an episode of Smallville and had a recurring role in the short-lived ABC Family series Three Moons Over Milford.

Thompson landed his first major film role as Hal Hefner, the protagonist in 2007's Rocket Science, a coming of age film about a stuttering boy who joins the high school debate team. The film was well-received, earning a Grand Jury Prize nomination at the Sundance Film Festival. Along with this, he started acting as Aero in the Geotrax animated series during this time.

Thompson's next film, Assassination of a High School President, was released straight to DVD on 6 October 2009. Along with this, he stars in the last Geotrax episode, "Steamer and Samuel save the day", which was released along with the 3 other Geotrax episodes on DVD. Thompson is also featured in Afterwards, a French-Canadian film production released in Europe in 2009.

In 2010, Thompson played a small-town stoner in Daydream Nation. That same year, Thompson appeared as the sensitive Marshall in Ceremony. In 2011, Thompson featured in the film Bloodworth.

In 2012, Thompson appeared in the film The Perks of Being a Wallflower, based on the popular novel of the same name.

Personal life He currently lives part-time in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The other half of his time is spent living in Los Angeles, California.

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