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Daeg Faerch

Daeg Faerch (born September 27) is a Danish-Canadian actor. His credits include a cameo in Will Smith's Hancock (2008), the thriller style="font-style : italic;">Dark Mirror (2007) and most notably, the horror remake Halloween (2007), in which he plays Michael Myers at ten years old.

Faerch has also played in theatrical productions of "Grapes of Wrath", "Marat/Sade", "Waiting for Godot", "Shakespeare Unabridged" and several Shakespeare productions including "Coriolanus", "The Merry Wives of Winsor", and "Hamlet" and a comedy theatrical production of The Nerd in which he played the character, Thor Waldgrave.

Faerch, the son of actress Mickey Faerch, began screenwriting as early as age eight when he wrote a 15-page script entitled "Duel". The movie, directed and edited by Faerch himself, involves pirates and vampires. Daeg recently sold his latest short script to a film production company for their film/TV series.

He is a Boy Scout, speaks French, and dances several dance styles including Salsa, Tango and tap; he also drums and plays some guitar.

Film career

Short films

Faerch claims to have been wanting to act "since before [he] was even born." His short films include:

Frank's First Love: his favorite
Duel : Faerch's 15 minute short that he wrote and directed at age 8 and 9 years
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Coming to Town: HBO comedy award winner

Faerch appeared as Howard Stern's grandson in a short film entitled Howard Stern 2040, which was among the films entered into the Howard Stern Film Festival. Faerch and his mother run a myspace together http://www.myspace.com/daegfaerch , and they often answer personally. mickeyfaerch also maintains a select collection of his work on youtube.

Halloween

On December 19, 2006, Rob Zombie confirmed that Faerch had been cast in the rock musician's Halloween remake as a young Michael Myers. Daeg performed his own stunts in the role and said it was a fun movie to play in, but that he wouldn't see the whole movie yet.. His mother said that he will see the film later.. Daeg did all his own stunts in "Halloween" and he did all his own stunts in "Hancock" too. He was lifted up by crane both on location and at greenscreen.

Faerch's performance as the murderous young Myers was met with positive reviews. KPBS said of the young actor:

Daeg Faerch is key in making these early scenes work. He delivers a truly chilling performance as a surprisingly sweet, soft and feminine looking ten-year-old Myers. His physical appearance contrasts with his brutal actions and it’s only in his eyes that you perceive his true nature. ... Faerch’s Myers can be like a normal kid one minute and a monster the next.
-- Beth Accomando, KPBS

Other projects

Faerch has a cameo appearance as a character named Michel in the 2008 Will Smith film, Hancock where he plays a French punk who swears at Smith (aka Hancock) and is thrown into space by the titular superhero for insulting him. Faerch's other upcoming projects include the Christmas comedy Wreck the Halls starring Mickey Rooney as Santa Claus; the thriller Run! Bitch Run!; and the short film "Suffer the Little Children", based on a story by Stephen King, both co-starring his mother Mickey Faerch. . Daeg has worked on a couple of episodes of award winning TV's Pushing Daisies as German schoolboy 'Ingmar Todd' that will start airing in October 2008.

Daeg Faerch would like to audition for the role of "Homer" (originated by Joshua John Miller) in the remake of the 1987 vampire horror-Western Near Dark.