Carson MacCormac
Born
Oakville, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Years active2017–present

Carson MacCormac is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles in the films Giant Little Ones (2018), Luckiest Girl Alive (2022), Shazam! (2019), and its sequel, Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).

Early life

MacCormac grew up in Oakville, Ontario. Although he began taking acting courses in 2011, his passion as a teenager was for baseball.[1] He played for the Oakville A's, a youth league team run by the Oakville Minor Baseball Association. Carson began acting professionally in about 2016,[2] and in 2017 was a provincial finalist in Senior Music Theatre – Group B of the Ontario Music Festivals Association.[3]

Career

MacCormac made his professional and television acting debut on April 10, 2017, in the episode "You Don't Understand Me at All" of the CBC Television series Bellevue. He made his motion picture debut a few weeks later in the 2017 short film Cold Hands, where he played a teenage boy coming to terms with his sexual assault.[4]

Carson made his feature film debut in the independent drama Giant Little Ones[5] in September 2018, where he played a bullied teenager named Michael.[5][6] He later appeared in the Lifetime cable network film Zombie at 17 and in eight episodes of the TVO Kids television series Big Top Academy.

MacCormac appears in the 2019 superhero film Shazam! as Brett Bryer. He has also appeared in the 2019 dystopian science fiction film Riot Girls, and makes appearances in the 2020 Netflix original horror series, October Faction and in the second season of the Netflix series Locke & Key as Benjamin Locke in 2021.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Cold Hands Lucas Short
2018 Giant Little Ones Michael
2019 Shazam! Brett Breyer
2019 Riot Girls Spit
2020 Thinly Veiled Tyler Short; also producer and writer
2020 East of Middle West Chris
2022 Luckiest Girl Alive Young Dean
2023 Shazam! Fury of the Gods Brett Breyer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Bellevue Adam - 16 Years Old Episode: "You Don't Understand Me at All"
2018 Zombie at 17 Connor Foster TV film
2018-2019 Big Top Academy Young Nicky Zolta 8 episodes
2020 October Faction Rob 3 episodes
2021-2022 Locke & Key Benjamin Locke 3 episodes

References

  1. ^ Armstrong Acting Studios (December 20, 2016). "As the year comes to an end..." Facebook. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  2. ^ Durham Region International Film Festival (November 13, 2017). Interview with Carson MacCormac (Video). YouTube. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "2017 Results - Music Theatre". Ontario Music Festivals Association. 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  4. ^ Babiera, Angelica (February 8, 2018). "This short film will give you 'Cold Hands'". Excalibur. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  5. ^ a b van Hoeij, Boyd (September 11, 2018). "'Giant Little Ones': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  6. ^ Harvey, Dennis (September 13, 2018). "Toronto Film Review: 'Giant Little Ones'". Variety. Retrieved February 8, 2019.

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