# Connor Widdows

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{{short description|Canadian actor (born 1992)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Connor Widdows
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|01|27}}
| birth_place = [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada
| years_active = 1999–2011
}}
'''Connor Widdows''' (born January 27, 1992) is a Canadian former [child actor](/source/child_actor). He appeared in the second and third [film](/source/film) adaptation of the ''[X-Men](/source/X-Men_(film_series))'' franchise, ''[X2](/source/X2_(film))'' and ''[X-Men: The Last Stand](/source/X-Men%3A_The_Last_Stand)'', as Jones, a student at [Professor Xavier's](/source/Professor_Xavier) school who does not need sleep and can control television equipment by blinking. The character was not based on an existing mutant from the X-Men comics.

Widdows has previously appeared as Boxey on the [Sci Fi Channel](/source/Sci_Fi_Channel_(United_States)) television program ''[Battlestar Galactica](/source/Battlestar_Galactica_(re-imagining))''.  Widdows was slated to make several appearances as Boxey, yet never made it past the miniseries and the first few episodes.  As executive producer [Ronald D. Moore](/source/Ronald_D._Moore) put it, "Boxey died a hard nasty death on the page and in the editing room, and was last seen haunting the deleted scenes area of the [Sci Fi Channel](/source/Sci_Fi_Channel_(United_States)) website".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/ |title=Ron Moore's Blog |publisher=Blog.scifi.com |accessdate=October 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917172632/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/ |archivedate=September 17, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

In 2003, Widdows played Cody Banks' younger brother Alex Banks in the movie ''[Agent Cody Banks](/source/Agent_Cody_Banks)''. He maintained the role in the 2004 sequel, ''[Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London](/source/Agent_Cody_Banks_2%3A_Destination_London)''.

==Personal life==
Widdows has one younger sister, Sarah, who is also into acting.

His aunt is award-winning casting director and filmmaker Coreen Mayrs, who has been involved in casting many of the films in which Widdows appears.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563042/ Coreen Mayrs' IMDB page]</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2000|| ''[Beautiful Joe](/source/Beautiful_Joe_(film))'' || Anthony ||
|-
|rowspan=3| 2001|| ''[Say It Isn't So](/source/Say_It_Isn't_So_(film))'' || Boy ||
|-
|| ''[Freddy Got Fingered](/source/Freddy_Got_Fingered)'' || Andy Malloy ||
|-
|| ''[Mile Zero](/source/Mile_Zero_(film))'' || Will ||
|-
|2002|| ''[Liberty Stands Still](/source/Liberty_Stands_Still)'' || Robbie Tyson ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 2003|| ''[Agent Cody Banks](/source/Agent_Cody_Banks)'' || Alex Banks ||
|-
|| ''[X2](/source/X2_(film))'' || Jones ||
|-
|2004|| ''[Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London](/source/Agent_Cody_Banks_2%3A_Destination_London)'' || Alex Banks ||
|-
|rowspan=2| 2006|| ''[X-Men: The Last Stand](/source/X-Men%3A_The_Last_Stand)'' || Jones ||
|-
|| ''[John Tucker Must Die](/source/John_Tucker_Must_Die)'' || Freshman At Beach ||
|}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0927045}}

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Category:1992 births
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian male child actors
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Male actors from Vancouver

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