Jimmy Bennett

Jimmy Bennett is one of those child actors who genuinely had the chops to back up a packed résumé. Playing young James T. Kirk in J.J. Abrams' 2009 Star Trek reboot is the kind of role most kid actors would kill for — and he nailed it, capturing just enough cocky recklessness to make you believe Chris Pine's version was coming. But what I find more impressive is how varied his filmography was before that: creepy atmosphere in The Amityville Horror, survival tension in Poseidon, heart in Daddy Day Care. No Ordinary Family gave him a decent TV run too. He never quite crossed into adult stardom the way some child actors manage, but the body of work he put together before turning 15 is legitimately solid, and the Star Trek scene alone earned him a permanent spot in franchise lore.

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Name (English)

Jimmy Bennett

Name (Japanese)

ジミー・ベネット

Reading

じみー・べねっと

Born

February 9, 1996 (age 30)

Origin

Seal Beach, California, United States

Height

170 cm

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / child actor / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20Bennett
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4349

Tags

• California
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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