Booboo Stewart Biography

Nils Allen "Booboo" Stewart, Jr. (born January 21, 1994) is an American actor, dancer, model, and singer, best known for playing Seth Clearwater, a werewolf in The Twilight Saga, and his role as Jay in Descendants.

Early life

Nils Allen Stewart, Jr. was born in Beverly Hills, California. His father, Nils Allen Stewart, is a professional stuntman. He has Japanese, Chinese, and Korean ancestry on his mother's side along with Scottish, Russian, and Blackfoot ancestry on his father's side. Stewart was in a band named "Echoes of Angels" and toured with his mother and grandmother, who were known as "TSC" (The Stewart Clan).

Career

During 2006-2010 Stewart appeared or starred in several independent, direct-to-video, or TV films. He also hosted six episodes of the children's show Blue Dolphin Kids in Hawaii, and did stunt work on several films including the 2006 film Zoom and the 2007 film Beowulf. He has had roles on episodes of Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge, ER, Dante's Cove, Everybody Hates Chris and "RL Stine's The Haunting Hour". Stewart toured with Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus on her Best of Both Worlds Tour featuring the Jonas Brothers and appeared in the Target commercials with the same band and Miley Cyrus Danimals, and also toured in the Camp Rock Freestyle Jam concert series. He recorded the opening theme for the Disney Channel Games 2008 titled "Let's Go!", and in 2010 "Under the Sea (from The Little Mermaid)" for the Disney recompilation disc DisneyMania 7. He could also be seen in various magazines and billboards promoting clothes, as well as promoting Wii Fit and Hot Wheels. In 2010, he appeared in the movie Logan. In 2012, he starred in the movie White Frog. In 2013, Stewart played the lead role in Running Deer, an award-winning short film produced and directed by Brent Ryan Green through Toy Gun Films. Also, he starred in the 2015 Disney Channel original movie Descendants as Jay, the son of Jafar.

During 2006-2008, he was a member of the musical group T-Squad.

2010: Theatrical debut

In 2010 he portrayed Seth Clearwater in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third installment of The Twilight Saga film series. Stewart's character played a more important role in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Part 2. Stewart also appeared in 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past acting as Warpath.

Philanthropic activities

In 2010, he was named a Celebrity Ambassador by the Muscular Dystrophy Association. In his role, Stewart is helping raise awareness in the fight against muscle diseases. He is also part of MDA's "Make a Muscle, Make a Difference" PSA campaign, being featured in print and TV advertisements. He also travelled to Perth, Australia for the Channel 7 Telethon, raising money for the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children. Stewart and Fivel also hosted free concerts on behalf of the national non-profit organization Childhelp.

He appeared in a PETA campaign, encouraging people to adopt animals rather than to buy them from pet stores. He is also involved in Four Green Steps, an environmental organization based in Canada.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	Yard Sale	Little Boy
2005	Pit Fighter	Vendor	Uncredited
2006	18 Fingers of Death!	Young Buford
	The Conrad Boys	Ben Conrad
	666: The Child	Donald
2007	The Last Sentinel	Young Tallis
	Uncle P	Bike Kid
2008	The Fifth Commandment	Young Chance
2009	American Cowslip	Cary
	How I Survived the Zombie Apocalypse	Son	Short film
2010	Dark Games	Jake Wincott
	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Seth Clearwater
	Logan	Ben	Also producer
	Smitty	Peabo
2011	Jake Stevens: The Last Protector	Jake Stevens
2011-12	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn	Seth Clearwater	Release date: Part 1 - 18 November 2011 (USA) Part 2 - 16 November 2012 (USA)
2012	White Frog	Nick Young
2013	Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft	Jonah (Hansel)
2013	Running Deer	Tyler	Short Film
2014	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Warpath
	An Evergreen Christmas	Angel
2014	The Last Survivors	Dean
2015	Hope Bridge	Jackson
	He Never Died	Jeremy
2016	Honeyglue	Bailey
2016	American Satan	Vic Lakota
Film made for television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Skeleton Man	Child Warrior	Sci Fi Pictures original film
2013	Space Warriors	Conway	Sci Fi Pictures original film
2015	Descendants	Jay, son of Jafar	Disney Channel Original Movie
Television guest appearances
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Big Time	Martial artist	Unknown episodes
2004-06	Dante's Cove	Stephen	5 episodes, 1 episode credit only Unaired pilot as Boo Boo Torra
2005	ER	Power Ranger	Episode: "Man with No Name"
2006	Everybody Hates Chris	Kid / Ping	2 episodes
	Blue Dolphin Kids	Himself / Host	11 episodes, 3 episodes as Actor
2010	CSI: Miami	Kenny Turner	Season 8: Episode 13: "Die by the Sword"
2011	Good Luck Charlie	Kai	2 episodes ("Sun Show Part 1", "Sun Show Part 2")
	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Kai	1 episode ("Pool Shark")
2012	Kickin' It	Carson	1 episode ("New Jack City") season 2 episode20
2014	Hawaii Five-0	Tommy Fa'aloa	1 episode ("Ma Lalo o ka 'ili") season 4 episode17
2015	Grimm	Simon George	1 episode ("Mishipeshu") season 4 episode 18
	CSI:Cyber	Owen Campbell	1 episode (URL, Interrupted) season 1 episode 7
	Descendants: Wicked World	Jay	Voice role
	Blue Peter	Himself	1 episode
2016	Lab Rats: Elite Force	Roman	Recurring role
Music videos
Year	Music video	Artist(s)	Notes
2004	Just Lose It	Eminem
2005	Keep It Goin' On	Daichi Miura
2008	Kung Fu Fighting	Cee-Lo Green and Jack Black	From the DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda

Discography

Soundtrack albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US	US OST
Descendants Soundtrack	Released: July 31, 2015 Formats: CD, digital download Label: Walt Disney	1	1
""?" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		US
"Rotten to the Core" (with Cameron Boyce, Dove Cameron and Sofia Carson)	2015	38	Descendants
"Set It Off" (with Cameron Boyce, Dove Cameron, Sarah Jeffery, Mitchell Hope and Sofia Carson)		"?

Other appearances

Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album
"Under the Sea"	2010	rowspan="1"	Disneymania 7
"Just So Right"	2012	Fivel Stewart	White Frog Soundtrack
"So Good So Strange"		Frequency 5	Don't Ring My Doorbell
"Run Away"	2013	Fivel Stewart	Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft Soundtrack

Footnotes

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