Shedrack Anderson III facts for kids

Shedrack Anderson III (born February 4, 1977) is an American actor. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He is married to Kathryn Hunt.

Career

He got his big break as a lost boy in the Steven Spielberg film Hook, then starred in the NBC teen series Just Deal as Jermaine Green. He then appeared in Fat Albert as Rudolph "Rudy" Davis. He starred as Tommy in Lifetime's Gracie's Choice. He starred in Warriors of Virtue 2, and has guest starred on many television series including Boston Public, The Parkers, Hollywood Lives, Hip Hop Massive and The Division. Anderson was a recurring star on Disney's Phil of the Future. Anderson attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where he won the Ahmanson Scholarship and Emerging Artist of the Year Award from PBS. After high school, he attended the Juilliard School in New York, where he became interested in dance. He was a principal dancer of Ballet Hispanico of New York and became an assistant choreographer for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Shedrack wrote, directed, and starred in the film Blood River with fellow lost boy Dante Basco. He was also a lead in The Rookie, a spin-off of 24. Shedrack began his own production company in 1999 to produce his own films. He married Pilates instructor Kathryn Hunt in 2010 and has one daughter.

Filmography

• Hook (1991) as Lost Boy
• Boston Public as Bernie
• Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao (2002) as Chucky
• Just Deal (2000-02) as Jermaine
• Gracie's Choice (2004 TV film) as Tommy
• Fat Albert (2004) as Rudy
• Drive-Thru (2007) as Chuck Taylor
• Greekshow as Ryan Jackson
• Behind the Camera: Diff’rent Strokes as Todd Bridges