Jon Heder

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Nationality: American
Birthdate: 10/26/1977
Birthplace: Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

biography

With his first-ever feature role as the titular, gaping über-nerd lead in “Napoleon Dynamite” (2004), actor Jon Heder became a cult hero overnight – one who would be forever canonized on celluloid and DVD. The film did more than just propel the young actor into celebrity, however – it also galvanized an entire generation of nerds, geeks and dweebs who could relate to being shoved into lockers, playing lonely games of tetherball or having a pocketful of Tater-Tots smashed by the class bully. The rabid fandom that arose from “Napoleon Dynamite” turned weird, however, when accounts of Heder’s Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2008-2008
Joel
2008
Voice of Chicken Joe
2007
Jimmy MacElroy
2007
Voice of Reginald "Skull" Skulinski
2006
Clark
2006
Darryl
2005
(TV Show)
2005-2005
Napoleon Bonamite
2005
Napoleon Dynamite
2004
Orlick "Orlie" Prescott Hope
Jeffrey Mannus

milestones

Year
Milestone
2003 
Made his debut as the lead in the award-winning short film "Peluca," which was written and directed by Jared Hess
2004 
Played the titular opinionated outsider with an oddly-cadenced speech in "Napolean Dynamite" written and directed by fellow BYU student Jared Hess
2005 
Co-starred with Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo in "Just Like Heaven"
2006 
Co-starred in the comedy "Benchwarmers," with Rob Schneider and David Spade
 
Set to play the title role in "Mama's Boy," as an arrogant pseudo-intellectual who lives at home with his mom in Texas (lensed 2006)
Continued

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