Jimmy Bennett (Actor) Bio, Age, Height, Net Worth, Movies, TV Shows

Jimmy Bennett Biography

Jimmy Bennett (James Michael Bennett) is an American actor and musician known for his roles in Daddy Day Care as a child actor and also in Hostage, Poseidon, Evan Almighty, Orphan, Shorts and also in the 2009 film Star Trek as young James T. Kirk. Bennett also starred as JJ Powell on the ABC series No Ordinary Family, a teenager gifted with vast intelligence after a plane crash.

Jimmy Bennett Age

Bennett was born on February 9, 1996 in Seal Beach, California, U.S. He is 23 years old as of 2018.

Jimmy Bennett Height

He stands at a height of 1.7 m.

Jimmy Bennett Net Worth

Bennett has an estimated net worth of $1 million. 

Jimmy Bennett Life and Career

Bennett plays guitar and sings on his official YouTube channel. Bennet wrote and performed the song “Summer Never Ends”, which can be heard at the end of Shorts. He appeared in nearly 30 television advertisements and also in episodes of the television series The Guardian and Strong Medicine.

Jimmy Bennett Daddy Day Care

Bennet played the role of “Tony”, the boy who wants to be The Flash, in the Eddie Murphy comedy Daddy Day Care. Daddy Day Care is a 2003 American family comedy film starring Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Regina King, Steve Zahn and Anjelica Huston. The film is Written by Geoff Rodkey and directed by Steve Carr and it marks Murphy and Carr’s second collaboration after Dr. Dolittle 2 in 2001. The plot follows two fathers who start a child day care out of their home after they are laid off from their cooperate jobs.

Bennett had smaller roles in the films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Arthur Hailey’s Detective and also appeared in Judging Amy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Everwood, and lent his voice to characters in the animated films The Polar Express, Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo and I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown. Bennett has been nominated for Young Artist Awards five times. Bennett released his debut single “Over Again” and the accompanying music video.

Jimmy Bennett Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Bennett’s ex-girlfriend, who was 17 at the time that they dated, filed a temporary restraining order against him on July 17, 2015, accusing him of stalking, statutory rape and exploiting her for child pornography. The complaint was dismissed one month later.

Jimmy Bennett Asia Argento

According to documents obtained by The New York Times, a $380,000 settlement was made between Bennett and Asia Argento after Bennett claimed that Argento sexually assaulted him in 2013 in a California hotel room, when he was 17. Bennett stated that after the encounter he started to feel “extremely confused, mortified and disgusted”. Bennett’s lawyer wrote that in the years after the incident, Bennett was so traumatized that his job performance, mental health and income declined.

They first met in 2004 when Bennett played Argento’s son in the film The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things when Bennett was seven years old. In November 2017, Bennett notified Argento that he intended to sue, shortly after she went public with rape accusations against Harvey Weinstein. Argento countered that Bennett “sexually attacked” her and that her partner Anthony Bourdain had arranged to pay $380,000 as part of the settlement. Bennett and his lawyer, Gordon Sattro, are working with a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigation regarding the claims of sexual assault against Argento.

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Jimmy Bennett Awards and Nominations