Devon Alan

Biography

At six years old Devon won a role in the feature film _Simon Birch (1998)_ (qv). The following year, he was cast in his first major role playing 'Reba McEntire' (qv)'s son in the CBS Movie Special _Secret of Giving (1999) (TV)_ (qv). Some of his credits include the role of "Max" in 'Stephen King (I)' (qv)'s miniseries, _"Firestarter 2: Rekindled" (2002)_ (qv); guest-starring in _"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)_ (qv), _"Blind Justice" (2005)_ (qv), _"Family Law" (1999)_ (qv), and _"General Hospital" (1963)_ (qv) plus roles in _"ER" (1994)_ (qv) and _"Dharma & Greg" (1997)_ (qv). At the age of nine, Devon was cast in an independent film, _Throttle (2002)_ (qv), and shortly thereafter, he won the lead role in _It's Better to Be Wanted for Murder Than Not to Be Wanted at All (2003)_ (qv), a 20th Century-Fox Searchlab's short film, for which he received a Young Artists Award nomination for "Best Actor in a Short Film". At eleven, he flew to Russia, where he played opposite 'Anne Archer (I)' (qv), as a mysterious Russian street boy, in the dramatic thriller, _The Iris Effect (2005)_ (qv). Six months later, Devon was cast from a nationwide search, to co-star as Tim Munn in United Artists' suspense-thriller, _Undertow (2004)_ (qv), winning the 2005 Young Artists Award for his amazing performance as a sickly Southern boy with eating disorders. Devon is a Film major in college. When not studying or working, Devon enjoys outdoor sports, such as backpacking, hiking, archery, and river rafting.