Devon Bostick

Devon Bostick (born November 13, 1991) is a Canadian actor known for playing Rodrick Heffley in the first three Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, the lead role of Simon in the Atom Egoyan-directed film Adoration, Brent in Saw VI, and Jasper Jordan on The CW television series The 100 from 2014 to 2017.

Devon Bostick
Bostick in 2016
Born (1991-11-13) November 13, 1991
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present

Life and career

Bostick was born in Toronto, Ontario.[1] His mother, Stephanie Gorin, is a casting agent in Toronto,[2] who works in stage and screen, and his father, Joe Bostick, is an actor as well as a film fight coordinator.

His maternal grandparents are English immigrants, and his father is of part Norwegian descent.[3][4][5] Devon began acting when in grade five. He is a graduate of the Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto.[6]

He has had roles in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation, Flashpoint and in the film Citizen Duane,[7] and appeared in the series premiere of Rookie Blue. His film work has included roles in Godsend,[8] Fugitive Pieces and The Stone Angel.

Bostick in September 2008

In Adoration (2008), he played Simon, a boy who being raised by his uncle (played by Scott Speedman) after his parents' death. He also appeared in an online spoof trailer for a hoax movie called "Ice Fortress." He had roles in The Poet, a World War II drama starring Roy Scheider and Colm Feore, Saw VI as Brent and Assassin's Creed: Lineage as Ezio Auditore.

Bostick also played Erica's deceased brother Leo in CBC Television's series Being Erica, and Rodrick Heffley in the movies of Diary of a Wimpy Kid.[9] He played Alan in three episodes of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2003 The Truth About the Head Boy
2004 Godsend Zachary Clark Wells
2005 Land of the Dead Brian
2006 King of Sorrow Low Man
2006 Aruba Mark
2006 Citizen Duane Maurie Balfour
2006 American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile High school student #4 Direct-to-video
2007 The Poet Guard #1
2007 Finn's Girl
2007 Fugitive Pieces Teenager Ben
2007 The Stone Angel Young Marvin
2007 Saw IV Derek Scenes cut[10]
2008 Adoration Simon
2008 The Dreaming Boy
2009 Survival of the Dead Boy
2009 Saw VI Brent
2010 Assassin's Creed: Lineage Ezio Auditore da Firenze Short film
2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Heffley
2010 Verona Christopher Short film
2011 The Entitled Dean Taylor
2011 Hidden 3D Lucas
2011 The Sacrifice Mike Direct-to-video
2011 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Rodrick Heffley
2012 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Rodrick Heffley
2012 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Class Clown Rodrick Heffley (voice) Short film
2012 Dead Before Dawn 3D Casper Galloway[11][12]
2012 A Dark Truth Renaldo
2013 The Art of the Steal Ponch
2014 Small Time Freddy Klein
2015 Regression Roy Gray
2015 Being Charlie Adam
2017 Okja Silver
2019 Tuscaloosa Billy
2020 Pink Skies Ahead Greg
2020 Words on Bathroom Walls Joaquin

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science Son 1 episode
2002–2003 Odyssey 5 Gothic Teen 2 episodes
2003 DC 9/11: Time of Crisis Fireman's son Television film
2003 Jake 2.0 Young Kid 1 episode
2004 1-800-Missing Zack 1 episode
2004 Hustle The Kid Television film
2005 Knights of the South Bronx Darren Television film
2006–
2007		 Degrassi: The Next Generation Nic 3 episodes
2007 Stump Ryan Television series
2007 A Life Interrupted Young Bobby Television film
2007 The Altar Boy Gang Terry Television film
2008 Princess Older boy Television film
2008 Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween Drew Television film
2009 The Good Germany Dale Mackay 1 episode
2009 Guns Boy #3 2 episodes
2009 The Border Ali Jabir 1 episode
2009–2011 Being Erica Leo Strange 13 episodes
2010 Rookie Blue Martin Blentz 1 episode
2010 Flashpoint Paul 1 episode
2010 Haven Jimmy 1 episode
2011 She's the Mayor Doctor Jimmy 1 episode
2011 The Listener Bennie 1 episode
2013 Aim High Marcus Anderson Web series, 10 episodes
2014–2017 The 100 Jasper Jordan Main cast (season 1–4)
2019 Total Eclipse Tyler Rotrovski 1 episode
2019 I Am the Night Tommy Main role
2019 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Alan 3 episodes
2020 A Teacher Ryan 2 episodes

Music video
Year Song Artist Director
2015 Til It Happens to You Lady Gaga Catherine Hardwicke

References
  1. Lederman, Marsha (March 27, 2011). "Devon Bostick's not really evil – he just acts that way". The Globe and Mail.
  2. Ouzounian, Richard (March 25, 2011). "Devon Bostick: Not just another wimpy kid". Toronto Star.
  3. "Twitter". Mobile.twitter.com. March 1, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  4. Devon Bostick. IMDb
  5. Martha's Nautical News. November 2007
  6. Lacey, Liam (May 24, 2008). "Egoyan brings post-9/11 vision to Cannes". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
  7. Dinoff, Dustin (September 4, 2006). "Contemporary World Cinema: Film Diary: Citizen Duane". Playback. p. 13.
  8. Leydon, Joe (May 3, 2004). "Godsend". Variety. p. 62.
  9. Writer, Staff (February 18, 2009). "Being Erica". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  10. Caims, Bryan (May 19, 2009). "EXCLUSIVE! We Chat With 'Saw VI' Star Devon Bostick". FEARnet. Horror Entertainment. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
  11. "Official Cast Reveal number 2 | Dead Before Dawn". Deadbeforedawnthemovie.com. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  12. Vlessing, Etan (June 28, 2011). "Bostick, Sutherland to star in Dead Before Dawn » Playback". Playbackonline.ca. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
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