Daeg Faerch
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Daeg Faerch | |
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San Diego, California , U.S. | |
Occupation(s) | Actor, rapper |
Years active | 2004–present |
Daeg Neergaard Faerch (
Career
Halloween
As a
Other projects
Faerch has a comedic role as a character named Michel in
Faerch's other projects include the thriller Sebastian in the title role, which also features his mother;
A serious, near-fatal head injury and emergency surgery put Faerch's career on hold in 2012.[citation needed] In April 2013, Faerch and Kimberly J. Brown were attached to star in a science fiction thriller entitled Out There..., to be directed by writer and Colorado native Bonné Bartron. It was to be filmed in Bartron's home state, and was originally to be funded through Kickstarter, but failed to meet its $200,000 goal.[15] Bartron then posted an update on Kickstarter, stating that she was taking the project to Indiegogo with flexible funding. According to Bartron, the campaign would be launched "in the coming days."[16] However, this never happened, but the film has a page on FilmBreak The current status of the film is unknown as of June 2024.
In August 2014, Faerch's mother announced on Facebook that he would be taking a break from rapping to film a role "in the coming month". The project was later revealed to be Ditch Party by the film's official Facebook page.[17] The film was met with negative consensus. Filmthreat.com describes his role as "he's an invisible presence for most of the first two acts, much-discussed but rarely encountered. That turns out to be for the better, because when he does finally cross paths with the holed-up main characters, he has a tendency toward monologues that wouldn't pass muster for a third-rate Walking Dead villain."[18]
In 2015, Faerch's planned films were to include the Christian
In June 2015, writer-director Edward Burney Jr. launched an unsuccessful Kickstarter campaign for Peterson Park, along with an official website.[20]
In 2016, Faerch had a minor voice role in Ben Affleck's The Accountant.
Faerch is featured in Blondie's music video for "Fun" from their 2017 album Pollinator.[21]
In 2018, Faerch co-starred with Sophie Turner in the independent film, Josie.
Acclaim
Faerch was named best minor character in Miami Herald's 2008 Movie Yearbook for his role in Hancock.[citation needed]
HorrorNews.net ranks Fearch in the all-time Top Ten Kids in Horror.[22] Similarly, Fear Fragments.com ranks his Young Michael Myers as the No. 2 greatest "evil kid" performance in horror.[23] 411Mania.com ranks Michael Myers as portrayed by Faerch and Tyler Mane as #5 on its list of the Top 8 Asylum Inmates.[24]
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Seafood Heaven | Boy | |
Jill | Little Joshua | ||
Earl's Your Uncle | Ratt | ||
2005 | Frank's First Love | Frank | |
Andrew the Pirate | Tom | ||
Life Ride | Billy | ||
Lovin' Scoopful | Bully #1 | ||
Blind Doll | Mute Child | ||
2006 | A Bullet Beyond Redemption | Young Daniel | |
Pedoefylé | Elvis Boy | ||
Angry Ghost | Bernard | ||
Waiting Room | Punk Kid | ||
Coming to Town | Alasdair Romer | ||
Interminal | Little Boy | ||
2007 | Front | Jason | |
Lucky Numbers: A Musical | Junior | ||
Dark Mirror | Neighbor Kid | ||
Halloween | Michael Myers (age 10) | a.k.a. Rob Zombie's Halloween | |
2008 | The Liar | Andy | |
Wreck the Halls | Charles | ||
Digits | Matthew | ||
Villa Nova | Brian | ||
Hancock | Michel | a.k.a. "Hidden from Earth" in the Philippines | |
Delaney | Hercules | ||
Pushing Daisies | Ingmar Todd | TV series, 2 episodes, "Comfort Food" & "Dim Sum Lose Some" | |
2009 | Family of Four | Joshua | |
Necromance | David | ||
Run! Bitch Run! | Tommy | ||
2010 | Sebastian | Sebastian | Premiered April 14, 2012 in Los Angeles[25][26] |
Mental | Jesse | ||
2015 | Ditch Party[17] | The shooter | Released and available on Amazon.com and Tubi[27] |
2016 | The Accountant | French bully | Voice only, uncredited |
2017 | American Vandal | Tank Top Todd Watford | Episode, "Premature Theories" |
2018 | Josie | Gator | Available on Amazon.com and Blu-ray[28] |
2019 | Now Apocalypse | Pink haired guy | Episode, "The Downward Spiral" |
Killer Therapy[29] | Blake Corbin | ||
2020 | The Bay | Adam Kenway | Episode, "A Bolt from the Blue" |
2021 | American Horror Story: Double Feature | Joey (as Daeg N. Faerch) | Episode "Pale" |
2022 | Euphoria | Mitch | TV series, episode, "Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door" |
References
- ^ Faerch says that his name is pronounced Day (dā) with a 'G' at the end of it. Thus Day-g F-air-k. It is pronounced this way on the Halloween commentary and special features; it was also pronounced as this way on the 2007 Spike Scream Awards, on which Faerch was a presenter.
- ^ "Daeg Neergaard Faerch, Born 09/27/1995 in California". Californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ "FamilySearch.org". Familysearch.org. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ "Daeg Faerch". Coronado Playhouse.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2007. Retrieved June 13, 2007.
- ^ "Official Michael Myers Casting Confirmed!". Bloody Disgusting I. December 19, 2006. Archived from the original on February 1, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2007.
- ^ a b "Interview: Daeg Faerch & Tyler Mane for Halloween". The Hollywood News. September 28, 2007. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved October 26, 2007.
- ^ "Scary Revealing: Rob Zombie's Halloween Premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre". The Last Place. August 22, 2007. Retrieved February 1, 2008.
- ^ "KPBS Movie Reviews >> Blog Archive >> Halloween". KPBS. August 31, 2007. Archived from the original on September 23, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2007.
- ^ The scene appears in the movie pretrailer shown on Entertainment Tonight(see YouTube clip) and the newly released teaser trailer (Youtube clip).
- ^ Mr. Disgusting (March 3, 2009). "A New Young Michael Myers Arrives in Haddonfield". Bloody-Disgusting. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
- ^ "Will Smith Plays a homeless, flip-flop-wearing superhero in Hancock". MTV News. September 3, 2007. Archived from the original on September 18, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2007.
- ^ "Sebastian – My new film". DaegFaerch.com. Retrieved October 30, 2009.
- ^ "Mental - Dramatic short film". Eightenmovie.com. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ^ "Los Angeles, April 2012 Awards". independentfilmquarterly.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ^ Pat Hill (April 19, 2013). "Bartron to film in Colorado". ourcoloradonews.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
- ^ Bonné Bartron (April 30, 2013). "From the ashes rise a new opportunity". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ^ a b "Ditch Party (official Facebook)". Facebook.com. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
- ^ "Ditch Party - Film Threat". filmthreat.com. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ^ "Strong Image Films (official Twitter)". Twitter.com. December 26, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "Peterson Park - Official Site". petersonparkthemovie.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ^ "Blondie - Fun (official video)". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Top 10 Performances from a child star in Horror". Horronews.net. August 3, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ Stacey (October 25, 2009). "Evil Kid Movies". Fear Fragments. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
- ^ Jeremy Thomas (March 13, 2012). "The Top 8 Movie Asylum Inmates". 411mania.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
- ^ "IFQ: Sebastian". TicketWeb.com. April 2, 2012. Archived from the original on January 20, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
- ^ "April 11-19, 2012 Press Release". IndependentFilmQuarterly.net. April 10, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ "DITCH PARTY has just been added to @Tubi, a free streaming service that provides more than 8,500 titles, including #movies and TV shows coming from studios!". Ditch Party Movie Official Twitter. January 13, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ "Josie (2017)". Blu-ray.com. June 3, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ "Thom Matthews Returns to Acting With "Killer Therapy"". Rue-Morgue.com. August 31, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
External links
- Daeg Faerch at IMDb