Jonathan Bennett
Born	Jonathan D. Bennett June 10, 1981 (1981-06-10) (age 28) Rossford, Ohio, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present

Jonathan D. Bennett (born June 10, 1981) is an American actor best known for his work in the 2004 film Mean Girls and portraying the role as Casey Grant in the 2004 television series Veronica Mars .

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Early life

Bennett was born in Rossford, Ohio.^[1] He has a brother and sister, Brent and Lisa Bennett and is the cousin of actress Lori Moegling.^[1] His first try at acting was in a play in the seventh grade while living in North Carolina. Shortly after that, he moved to Rossford, Ohio, where he attended Rossford High School. He graduated in 1999 and went to Otterbein College, where he was a student of the theatre program. After dropping out of college he moved to New York to pursue acting.

[edit] Career

After moving to New York, he was cast in a role on the soap opera All My Children as J.R. Chandler from 2001-2002. Since then, he has had guest roles on various television dramas, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Deception, Smallville, and Veronica Mars. He played Aaron Samuels, Lindsay Lohan's love interest, in the hit movie Mean Girls, and subsequently appeared in the films Cheaper by the Dozen 2 co-worked with Hilary Duff and Lovewrecked worked with Amanda Bynes. Bennett's most recent film is the direct-to-video prequel, The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning, in which he plays Bo Duke.

Bennett posed for a bondage-themed print advertising campaign by Declare Yourself, a campaign encouraging voter registration among youth for the 2008 United States presidential election. In the ads by photographer David LaChapelle, Bennett has three screws through his upper and lower lips, symbolically pinning his mouth shut. The ads drew some media attention.^[2]

In 2009, Bennett starred in National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year which was released straight to DVD.

[edit] Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	Eastwick	Simon	TV film
2003	Season of Youth	Taylor	Palm Beach International Film Festival Award for Best Actor
2004	Mean Girls	Aaron Samuels	Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Chemistry (shared with Lindsay Lohan) Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Breakout Movie Star - Male
2005	Love Wrecked	Ryan Howell	also known as Temptation Island
	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Bud McNulty
2006	Bachelor Party Vegas	Nathan
2007	The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning	Bo Duke
2009	The Assistants	Zack Cooper
	National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year	Van Wilder
2010	Slightly Single in L.A.	Seven	pre-production
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Dad		"Habadadery"
1998	The Bill	Youth	"Racer"
2001-2002	All My Children	JR Chandler	Two episodes
2002	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Kyle Fuller	"Deception"
2003	Boston Public	Ethan Guest	"Chapter Sixty-Three"
2004	1/4life	Shane	Pilot
2005	Smallville	Kevin Grady	"Blank"
2004-2005	Veronica Mars	Casey Grant	Two episodes
2007	Cane	Brad	"Time Away"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jonathan Bennett at the Internet Movie Database
• Jonathan Bennett at Allmovie