Brady Corbet
Birth name	Alexander Brady Corbet
Born	August 17, 1988 (1988-08-17) (age 19) Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

Brady James Monson Corbet (17 August 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona) is an American actor.

Corbet is perhaps best known for playing Mason Freeland in the film Thirteen, and Brian Lackey in the film Mysterious Skin, and Alan Tracy in the 2004 film Thunderbirds. He has also made several guest appearances on many American television shows.

His most recent role was in Fox TV's award wining drama series 24, playing Derek Huxley, the son of Jack Bauer's (Kiefer Sutherland) new girlfriend. Brady appeared in the first 6 episodes of the 5th season.

Brady is currently filming writer-director Michael Haneke's English-language remake of the 1997 Austrian thriller, Funny Games, scheduled for fall of 2007 release.

Biography

Early life

On August 17, 1988, Brady James Monson Corbet was born in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Career

2000â€"2005

At 12 years old, Brady Corbet began his acting career with a guest spot in an April 2000 episode of CBS' The King of Queens and followed it up with voice work in the English version of Japanese anime series NieA under 7. Over the next few years, he was a regular on another anime series, "I My Me! Strawberry Eggs" (2001), and guest starred in a May 2002 episode of the WB's sitcom "Greetings from Tucson." He was also spotted as a guest in a May 2003 episode of Fox's sitcom "Oliver Beene."

In 2003, Brady landed his first big break when he was cast opposite Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed and Jeremy Sisto in director Catherine Hardwicke's semi-autobiographical film based on Reed's experiences, Thirteen.

Following his big screen debut, Brady immediately secured his first starring role as Alan Tracy, the youngest son of billionaire and ex-astronaut (played by Bill Paxton) who finally saves the world in Jonathan Frakes' live-action movie based on the British mid-1960s TV series, Thunderbirds (2004).

In 2004, California filmmaker Gregg Araki cast him opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the director's eighth film, Mysterious Skin. In the film, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Scott Heim, Brady portrayed Brian Lackey, a troubled teen who is plagued by nightmares and believes that he may have been abducted by aliens. The film debuted in that year's Venice Film Festival and had its semi-wide release in 2005.

2006â€"present

In 2006, Brady returned to the small screen with a recurring role as Derek Huxley, son of the son of Jack Bauer's (played by Kiefer Sutherland) new girlfriend (played by Connie Britton) in the fifth season of Fox's Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning show, "24."

Meanwhile, he has appeared in the indie rock band Bright Eyes' music video "At The Bottom Of Everything" (2005). In October 2006 he was also featured in the Ima Robot video for "Lovers in Captivity" which was produced independently of their Virgin record label and was featured in an Out Magazine[1] article.

Brady has completed director Matthew Buzzell's upcoming comedy movie, Sunny & Share Love You, and is currently filming writer-director Michael Haneke's English-language remake of the 1997 Austrian thriller, Funny Games. In the forthcoming film, which also stars Naomi Watts and Tim Roth, Brady will team with Michael Pitt playing the two malevolent young men who take a family hostage in their cabin. Funny Games is scheduled for fall of 2007 release.

Filmography

TV Work

External link

• Brady Corbet at the IMDB

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