Seth AdkinsBirth Place: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Date of Birth: October 30, 1989 Heritage: American Contact Seth Adkins | 
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...First Do No Harm Background: A child actor who has made a successful transition to an adult performer, Seth Adkins debuted on television at age 7, and won his first Young Artist Award for his guest stint on “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” (1996). He went on to receive three more Young Artist Awards thanks to his performances in the ABC TV film “...First Do No Harm” (1997), the TV series “The Pretender” (1998) and the film “Bad News Bears” (2005), as well as Young Artist nominations for his work on the TV films “The Promise” (1999) and “When Andrew Came Home” (2000) and the TV shows “CSI: Miami” (2002) and “The West Wing” (1999). He was awarded a YoungStar Award for the 2000 Emmy Award nominating TV movie “Geppetto.” Adkins' more recent credits include “Becoming Eduardo” (2009), “Privileged” (2010) and “Let Me In” (2010). Currently, Adkins lives in Los Angeles, CA. His favorite sports are golf, basketball, skiing and football, and mentions Ed McCaffery as his favorite player. His favorite actors are Drew Carey and Meryl Streep.
Childhood and Family: Seth Elijah Adkins was born on October 30, 1989, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is the son of a principal and a former teacher, and has two older brothers, Zach (born 1979) and Josh (born 1982). His family moved to Los Angeles when Seth was five years old. He attended the Public Academy for Performing Arts and graduated in 2008.
Career: Seth Adkins started his acting career at age 3 in local commercials and theatrical productions in his native Albuquerque, New Mexico. After family's relocation to Los Angeles, young Adkins made his television debut in the television game show “Small Talk” (1996), as panelist #3, and in an episode of ABC's hit sitcom, “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” called “ A Girl and Her Cat” (1996), where he played Rex. Adkins' performance in “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” earned him a 1997 Young Artist for Performance in a TV Comedy - Guest Starring Young Performer. Adkins made an unforgettable film debut in the blockbuster “Titanic” (1997), in which he appeared as a crying Slovakian 3 year old boy rescued by Leonardo DiCaprio. The same year, he also was cast as Matthew Bekins in the independent thriller movie “Stir,” directed by Rodion Nahapetov and written by Eric Lee Bowers. On the small screen, Adkins gave a notable turn as Robbie Reimuller, a child stricken with epilepsy, in the ABC drama “...First Do No Harm” (1997), opposite Meryl Streep and Fred Ward. The role brought him a Young Artist for Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series - Young Actor Age Ten or Under and a YoungStar nomination for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Miniseries/Made-for-TV Movie. Adkins continued to guest star in television series such as “ER” (1997, as Benny Miles), “C-16: FBI” (1997, as Daniel Rooney), “Touched by an Angel” (1998, as Nick Beringer) and “The Pretender” (1998, as Nicky Parks), from which he netted a 1999 Young Artist for Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor. In 1998, he appeared as Tiny Anthony in “Jane Austen's Mafia!,” a comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Lloyd Bridges, Jay Mohr, Olympia Dukakis and Christina Applegate. In the following year, he provided the voice of Duby in the family oriented comedy film “Baby Geniuses,” starring Kathleen Turner and Christopher Lloyd, was cast as Billy Stoller in the made for television film “The Promise,” from which he received a Young Artist nomination for Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot - Young Actor Age Ten or Under, and had the leading role of Bobby, an 8 year old boy with an active imagination, in the independent family/adventure film “Pirates of the Plain,” opposite Tim Curry. Entering the new millennium, Adkins was cast as Pinocchio in “Geppetto” (2000), a made for television remake of the popular children’s book “The Adventures of Pinocchio” starring Drew Carey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The production was nominated for four Emmy Awards in the categories of Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special, Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special, Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries and Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special, and Adkins won a 2000 YoungStar Award for Best Young Actor/Performance in a Miniseries/Made-For-TV Film for his performance. He also played Andrew in the Lifetime film “When Andrew Came Home” (2000), opposite Park Overall and Jason Beghe. He was nominated for a 2001 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie (Drama) - Leading Young Actor for the film. He stated, “Making 'When Andrew Came Home' was hard because I had to be so sad. When I had to do the crying scenes, after a while I just ran out of tears. I had to think of sad things, like when I'm gone working and my dad's in Albuquerque and I miss him and stuff.” Adkins next worked with Sasha Barrese, Angela Sarafyan and Eric Lively in the TV film “Paranormal Girl” (2002), co-starred with Ashley Johnson and Chad Lindberg in the comedy/romance film “The Failures” (2003), helmed by Tim Hunter, played young Hendrix in “Wuthering Heights” (2003), a modern day TV adaptation of the classic novel, directed by Suri Krishnamma and scripted by Max Enscoe and Annie deYoung, and was cast as a genius boy named Michael in the family movie “Funky Monkey” (2004), starring Matthew Modine and Roma Downey. In 2003, Adkins was nominated for a Young Artist Award in the category of Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor for his role as Conner on “Losing Face” (2002), an episode of “CSI: Miami.” He also appeared in episodes of “Touched by an Angel” (2003, as Sam), “Judging Amy” (2005, as Charley Dane), “The West Wing” (2005, as Cody Zucker), from which he earned a 2006 Young Artist nomination for Best Performance in a Television Series (Comedy or Drama) - Guest Starring Young Actor, and “NCIS” (2006, as Sean Hodges). In 2005, Adkins appeared as Jimmy in “Bad News Bears,” a remake of the 1976 comedy film of the same name, directed by Richard Linklater and starred Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden. The film received mixed reviews and was not a box office success. Adkins shared a 2006 Young Artist in the category of Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast for his performance. The actor followed it up two years later with a starring role in the family movie “Pirate Camp” (2007), directed by Michael Kastenbaum. Adkins next played Lorenzano in two episodes of the television drama series “Cash” (2009), starred with Julian Alcaraz and Cassandra Ayers Smith in the drama film “Becoming Eduardo” (2009), written and helmed by Rod McCall, portrayed Nick Webber in the drama film “Privileged” (2010) and co-starred in Matt Reeves' drama film, “Let Me In” (2010). Adkins will play Jimmy in the upcoming comedy/drama film “This Must Be the Place,” which is set to be released in US in December 2011. the film will star Sean Penn, Frances McDormand and Judd Hirsch. He has completed filming a supporting role in the film adaptation of Pete Fromm's novel, “As Cool as I Am” (2012), directed by Max Meyer. Co-stars in the film will include Claire Danes, James Marsden, Jeremy Sisto, Sarah Bolger, Peter Fonda, William Peltz and Anika Noni Rose.
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