Cam Gigandet facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cam Gigandet
Gigandet at WonderCon 2011
Born	(1982-08-16) August 16, 1982 (age 42) Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Spouse(s)	Dominique Geisendorff ​ ​ (m. 2008; sep. 2022)​
Children	3

Cam Gigandet (/ˈkæm ʒɪˈɡɑːndeɪ/; born August 16, 1982) is an American actor whose credits include a recurring role on The O.C. and appearances in feature films Twilight, Pandorum, Never Back Down, Burlesque, Easy A, Priest, and The Magnificent Seven. He also starred in the CBS legal drama series Reckless. From 2016 to 2018, Gigandet starred in the Audience Network drama series Ice.

Early life

Gigandet was born in Tacoma, Washington to Kim and Jay Gigandet, a co-owner of The Rock pizza franchise. His sister Kelsie is a hair stylist. After graduating from Auburn Senior High School in Auburn, Washington, in 2001, he moved to California, where he attended Santa Monica College.

Career

In 2003, Gigandet made his acting debut with a guest appearance in the crime television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 2004 and 2005 Gigandet continued his television career with recurring roles in television shows such as The Young and the Restless and Jack and Bobby.

In 2005–06, Gigandet was cast as Kevin Volchok on the Fox teen drama television series The O.C., appearing in 15 episodes. Gigandet portrayed the role of Kevin, a bad boy and rebellious competitive surfer who develops a casual relationship with rich socialite Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton). In August 2007, Gigandet was cast in the Summit Entertainment/Mandalay Pictures action drama film Never Back Down. He portrayed the role of villainous bad boy and fighting champion Ryan McCarthy, who sets out to take down the film's protagonist. Gigandet and co-star Sean Faris shared an award for "Best Fight" at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards. In December 2007, Summit Entertainment cast Gigandet in the planned film adaptation of the best-selling vampire book series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. He signed on to portray the role of the film's "tracker" vampire James. Gigandet received his second "Best Fight" award win at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards with Robert Pattinson.

In 2008, Gigandet won the award for "One to Watch" at the 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards. In August 2008, Gigandet signed on to the Screen Gems supernatural horror film The Unborn, portraying the role of the protagonist's love interest. Also in 2009, Gigandet starred as Corporal Gallo in the sci-fi thriller Pandorum. In 2009, Gigandet was cast alongside Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly in the thriller film The Roommate.

Gigandet in October 2008

In 2010, Gigandet portrayed Micah, a Christian high-school student, in Easy A. That same year, Gigandet starred as the villainous prison guard Chase in the psychological straight-to-DVD thriller The Experiment. In 2010, Gigandet was cast in the film Burlesque. The film was written and directed by first-time director Steve Antin and starred Cher, Christina Aguilera and Stanley Tucci.

In 2011, Gigandet portrayed Jonah in the psychological thriller Trespass. Gigandet had a supporting role in the 2011 vampire thriller Priest.

Personal life

Gigandet married Dominique Geisendorff in 2008. They have two daughters and a son. Geisendorff filed for divorce in August 2022.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Mistaken	Joe	Short film
2007	Who's Your Caddy?	Mick
2008	Never Back Down	Ryan McCarthy	MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (shared with Sean Faris)
	American Crude	Kip Adams
	Twilight	James Witherdale	MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (shared with Robert Pattinson) Nominated – Best Villain Award – 2009 Scream Awards
2009	Unborn, TheThe Unborn	Mark Hardigan
	Pandorum	Gallo
2010	Easy A	Micah
	Burlesque	Jack Miller
	Experiment, TheThe Experiment	Chase
2011	Five Star Day	Jake Gibson
	Roommate, TheThe Roommate	Stephen Morterelli
	Priest	Hicks
	Trespass	Jonah Collins
2012	Tin Star, TheThe Tin Star	Jake Flynn
	Making Change	Bishop
	Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden	Stunner
2013	Turbo	Snail 1
	Plush	Carter
	Free Ride	Ray
2014	Red Sky	Butch Masters
	In the Blood	Derek Grant
	4 Minute Mile	Wes Jacobs
	Bad Johnson	Rich Johnson
	Nanny Cam	Mark
2016	Broken Vows	Michael
	The Magnificent Seven	McCann
2017	Black Site Delta	Jake
	The Shadow Effect	Gabriel Howarth
2019	Assimilate	Josh Haywood
2020	Dangerous Lies	Mickey Hayden
2021	Without Remorse	Keith Webb
	Last Shoot Out	Sid
2022	9 Bullets	Tommy
	Blowback	Nick
	Violent Night	Morgan Steele
	Black Warrant	Anthony
2023	Righteous Thieves	Bruno
	Two Sinners and a Mule	Elden Gallup
	Shrapnel	Max Vohden
	Til Death Do Us Part	Best Man
2024	Outlaw Posse	Caprice
2025	Love Hurts		Post-production
TBA	The Tower
	Desert Dawn
	72 Hours
	Final Invasion	Navy Seal Sam Sheppard	Pre-production
	Violence of Action	Jonah Dekker	In development

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Television

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Cam Gigandet para niños