Jeremy Sisto Biography (3)

At 25, Jeremy Sisto demonstrates an acting range and depth beyond his years. He recently toplined the CBS mini-series Jesus, joined by an all-star cast including Gary Oldman and Armin Mueller-Stahl, and won accolades from audiences and critics alike for his powerful performance. Bringing in almost 50 million viewers, Jesus was the most-watched mini-series of the season.

His flair for creating compelling yet charming characters attracted award-winning director Alan Ball, who created a role for Sisto in his new HBO series, Six Feet Under, currently airing.

Sisto also starred in the NBC mini-series The Sixties, for producer Lynda Obst, with Jerry O'Connell and Josh Hamilton.

In 1998, he portrayed Olympic athlete Frank Shorter opposite Billy Crudup in Without Limits, directed by Robert Towne. He then starred in the independent feature This Space Between Us, with Poppy Montgomery and Vanessa Marcil, followed by Artisan Entertainment's black comedy/thriller Suicide Kings, with Christopher Walken and Denis Leary. Sisto was the romantic lead in Some Girl, with Juliette Lewis and and Marissa Ribisi. In 1996 he starred opposite Jeff Bridges and Scott Wolf in Ridley Scott's dramatic adventure, White Squall. Among his other film credits are a starring role in the summer hit Clueless, with Alicia Silverstone, and Moonlight and Valentino, in which he played Gwyneth Paltrow's love interest.

A Chicago native, Sisto began appearing in local theater at age 11 and by the time he was 16 had landed his first feature film, Lawrence Kasdan's Academy Award-winning Grand Canyon. Upon finishing high school, Sisto relocated to Los Angeles to pursue acting full time and soon won the lead in the independent feature The Crew. Sisto was then seen playing opposite Jeff Goldblum and Christine Lahti in the thriller The Hideaway. He went on to star opposite Reese Witherspoon in the NBC Movie of the Week, Solomon's Choice, and opposite Ed Beagley Jr., in Disney's remake of The Shaggy Dog for ABC.

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