Biography
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Jeremy Merton Sisto (born October 6, 1974 in Grass Valley, California, USA) is an American actor who has had many prominent roles in movies and television, though he is probably best known for his performance as Billy Chenowith on the HBO series Six Feet Under. Some of his memorable movies include Clueless, Suicide Kings, Thirteen, and Jesus (as the title character). When he was young he appeared in the Twisted Sister video "We're Not Gonna Take It."
Jeremy was born to Richard Sisto and Reedy Gibbs; he has an older sister, Meadow, who got him involved in acting. His birthplace is in California but he grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the progressive Francis W. Parker School and appeared in the movie Grand Canyon while attending high school at Parker. After studying at UCLA he started acting full time.
At this point, Jeremy has played various different characters in a quite impressive and still expanding number of movies. He played, for instance, a killer in Hideaway, a rich spoiled brat in Clueless and White Squall, Jesus and Julius Caesar in the eponymous mini-series, a patient diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder in Inside, and, a former drug addict in Thirteen. Furthermore, Jeremy made a name as Billy, the brother of Brenda Chenowith, in the HBO series Six Feet Under.
Besides acting, Jeremy discovered a new interest in working behind the scenes. In 1998, he produced the (unreleased) movie Taken, together with his friend Ethan Embry. Additionally, he made movies such as Three Women of Pain and Paranoia 1.0. In April 2003, he started his own production company, Dima Entertainment.
He was married to actress Marisa Ryan but they were divorced in 2002.
Jeremy Sisto also plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games. He plays for the Hollygrove House charity.
Partial filmography
- Kidnapped (2006) (TV series) (2006)
- A Lot Like Love (2005)
- Dead & Breakfast (2004)
- Paranoia 1.0 (2004) (a.k.a. One Point O)
- The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)
- Punk'd (TV series, one episode) (2003)
- Wrong Turn (2003)
- The Movie Hero (2003)
- Thirteen (2003)
- Julius Caesar (2002)
- Six Feet Under (2001) (TV series) (2001)
- Angel Eyes (2001)
- Don's Plum (2001)
- Dead Dog (1999)
- Jesus (1999)
- Trash (1999)
- The 60's (1999)
- Bongwater (1998)
- Suicide Kings (1997)
- White Squall (1996)
- Clueless (1995)
- Moonlight and Valentino (1993)
- Hideaway (1994)
- The Shaggy Dog (1994)
- The Crew (1993)
- Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992)
- Grand Canyon (1991)
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