Early life

Zegers was born in Woodstock, Ontario to James Zegers (a quarry worker) and Mary Ellen (soon-to-be school teacher). He grew up in Woodstock, Ontario, graduating from St. Mary’s High School in 2002. He has two younger sisters: Krista and Katie, who are actresses. Zegers started acting at the age of 6. He has been in over 30 commercials, and also did some modeling in London. Aside from his acting career, Zegers works off-and-on as a model. He is 5′ 9″ (1.75 m) tall.

Acting career

Zegers began his performing career at an early age, appearing in commercials. His first film role was at the age of 7, in a small role in Michael J. Fox comedy Life With Mikey (1993). Subsequently, he appeared in many supporting roles, including a guest appearance on the TV series, The X-Files, playing a young stigmatic child. He had the starring role in Air Bud (1997), about a basketball-playing dog. In the years following, Zegers appeared in three of the film’s sequels, as well as a similar genre film, MVP: Most Valuable Primate, which featured a hockey-playing chimp.

Between 1997 and 2004, Zegers had starring or co-starring roles in many low-budget Canadian and horror films including Komodo (1999). He also appeared in the short-lived American television series, Titans co-starring Yasmine Bleeth, in 2000, for which he was personally chosen by producer Aaron Spelling. Zegers also worked with Bleeth in the 1999 movie It Came From the Sky.

After appearing in the remake of Dawn of the Dead, he had a major role in the Academy Award-nominated independent film, Transamerica (2005), co-starring Felicity Huffman. Zegers’s performance as a street hustling son of a male-to-female transsexual was praised by several critics, and he won the 2006 Cannes Film Festival Chopard Award, which is given to promising young actors.

Zegers’ body-swap comedy It’s a Boy Girl Thing opened in the UK on December 29, 2006.

Personal life

In his acting career, Zegers is often cast as an athlete. This is because he is very active in sports, especially basketball, ice hockey, and golf. In school, he played on the football and basketball teams, and still plays on a local hockey team. He lifted weights through much of his teen years. In February 2002, he played on the Hollywood Knights celebrity basketball team in California.

He became very good friends with Backstreet Boy Nick Carter after meeting him during the filming of The Hollow (2004), in which both starred. Zegers currently resides in Los Angeles. He has dated Kaley Cuoco and Marisa Coughlan. He is currently single after breaking up with ex girlfriend Marisa Coughlan.

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