Date of Birth

7 September 1978, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Birth Name

Devon Edward Sawa

Nickname

Dev

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Mini Biography

Devon Edward Sawa was born on September 7, 1978, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His love of acting began when he starred in a school play in kindergarten, and since then, he has had many roles on TV and in movies.

A few years ago, he landed a part on the Canadian TV show "KidZone" (1992), on which all of the characters used their real names. The show lasted for a season. He also appeared as Yudo on another Canadian show titled "The Odyssey" (1992). This show also starred Ashleigh Aston Moore, who would later become his co-star in the movie Now and Then (1995). Playing Casper as a real boy in Casper (1995) was Devon's big break. Although he only had about five minutes of screen time, it was his biggest role to date. "Casper" took so long to release (due to the special effects that were needed) that Devon had time to complete another movie, Little Giants (1994), before it came into theaters. In that film, he played Junior Floyd, the quarterback for the title team. In "Now and Then," Devon played Scott Wormer, the town bully. In this film, he was reunited with his "Casper" co-star, Christina Ricci, and they share a second on-screen kiss in the movie. Devon Sawa's acting career is just beginning, and you can expect to see him in many more movies in the years to come.

Trivia

Name pronounced DEH-vuhn SAH-wa.

Mom: Joyce, dad: Ed, brother: Brandon, sister: Stephanie.

Has two tattoos--a cartoon devil on one arm, and a cross on the other arm.

May 2003 - Engaged to marry girlfriend Jessica, a make-up artist.

He got the part of Stan in the Eminem video of the same name because Dr. Dre saw him in Final Destination (2000) and loved it.

Did his own stunts in Extreme Ops (2002), including the part where he is under the train filming his friends.

Was originally cast to play Neil Lawrence in Chasing Holden (2001).

Mother Joyce is a production coordinator.

Personal Quotes

"Live long, play hard.... Oh, wait, that's Nike"

"I don't know if I have ever been in love."

"My fans made me, but sometimes there's some weird stories about me, my favorite color, the kind of girls I like, all of that stuff that's just not true and I never said it. All I ask is that my fans don't believe everything they read."

"There are tons of things that have been written about me on the Internet that are total crap. I'll go on to these fan sites and think, where the hell did that come from? All of a sudden I have two gerbils and four goldfish? I mean, really, two gerbils? And they're named Coke and Pepsi or something like that? Come on!"

~ Updated: 2008-09-02 ~