# Jarrett Maier
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{{short description|American actor}}
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| caption = Jarrett Maier 2017
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| birth_place = [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois), [United States](/source/United_States)
| occupation = Actor
| website = www.jarrettmaier.me
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'''Jarrett Maier''' (born July 11, 1998) is an [American](/source/Americans) actor known for playing Hugh Hefner as a [teenager](/source/teenager) in the [Amazon Studios](/source/Amazon_Studios) series ''[American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story](/source/American_Playboy%3A_The_Hugh_Hefner_Story)''.[{{cite web|title=American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story Cast|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5968748/|website=IMDb.com|publisher=IMDb.com}}]
==Early life==
Maier was born in [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois), but grew up in the city of [Lafayette, Indiana](/source/Lafayette%2C_Indiana). He attended [McCutcheon High School](/source/McCutcheon_High_School) where he began to show interest in the performing arts. He returned to [Chicago](/source/Chicago) to continue his acting career in 2016.[{{cite news|last1=Tokarzewski|first1=Derek|title=Jarrett Maier interview with World Class Movie Stars Magazine|url=https://worldclassmoviestarsmagazine.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/jarrett-maier-interview-with-world-class-movie-stars/|work=Worldclass Magazine|publisher=Worldclass Magazine|archive-date=2018-01-05|access-date=2018-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105123103/https://worldclassmoviestarsmagazine.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/jarrett-maier-interview-with-world-class-movie-stars/|url-status=dead}}]
==Career==
Maier made his official screen debut in 2014's [Holocaust](/source/Holocaust) [drama film](/source/drama_film) ''Your Ever After'' which formed his partnership with [director](/source/Film_director) [Tre Manchester](/source/Tre_Manchester). "Your Ever After" went on to screen at the 2015 River Bend Film Festival,[{{cite web|title=River Bend Film Festival Program|url=https://riverbendfilmfest.com/previous-festivals/2015-festival/2015-lineup/|website=River Bend Film Festival}}] at that point located in [South Bend, Indiana](/source/South_Bend%2C_Indiana) before the festival moved to [Goshen, Indiana](/source/Goshen%2C_Indiana).
Jarrett went on to star[{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Nikita|title=Movie premieres at Lafayette Theater on Saturday|url=https://www.purdueexponent.org/features/article_ace0e367-d32c-54c2-a0b1-43b33a397d5f.html|work=Purdue Exponent|publisher=Purdue Exponent}}] in the 2017 [drama](/source/drama) film ''[The Things We've Seen (2017 film)](/source/The_Things_We've_Seen_(2017_film))'', opposite actors [Randy Ryan](/source/Randy_Ryan) and [Jordon Hodges](/source/Jordon_Hodges). He portrayed the fictional character of Reagan Boem,[{{cite news|last1=Bongiovanni|first1=Domenica|title=McCutcheon student lands lead role in film|url=http://www.jconline.com/story/entertainment/movies/2015/07/19/mccutcheon-student-lands-lead-role-film/30378585/|work=Lafayette Journal & Courier|publisher=Lafayette Journal & Courier}}] who sets off to find his fugitive father in an economically depressed, [Midwestern United States](/source/Midwestern_United_States) town.[{{cite news|last1=Molina|first1=Alex|title=The Things We've Seen's Gritty Drama|url=http://www.microfilmmaker.com/2017/08/thingsseen_retro/|publisher=Microfilmmaker Magazine}}] ''The Things We've Seen'' would go on to screen around the [United States](/source/United_States), winning seven awards and four nominations at multiple [film festival](/source/film_festival)s.
For his work in the film,[{{cite news|last1=Bongiovanni|first1=Domenica|title=Film starring McCutcheon grad premieres in Lafayette|url=http://www.jconline.com/story/entertainment/movies/2017/01/05/film-starring-mccutcheon-grad-premieres-lafayette/96122696/|work=Lafayette Journal & Courier|publisher=Lafayette Journal & Courier}}] Maier was awarded the ''Rising Star Award'' at the 50th Worldfest Houston International Film Festival.[{{cite web|title=The 50th WorldFest Houston " Best Actor Nominations" and more|url=https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/worldfest_houston/the_50th_worldfest_houston_best_actor_nominations_and_more|website=FilmFestivals.com|publisher=Worldfest Houston}}] The Houston Critics Choice Society also nominated him for "Best Supporting Actor".[{{cite news|title=WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival Wraps 50th Season ~ Where Indie Films Take Off…!|url=http://stylemagazine.com/news/2017/may/03/worldfest-houston-international-film-festival-wrap/?page=2|work=Houston Style Magazine|publisher=Houston Style Magazine}}] At the MayDay Film Festival, Maier was awarded "Best Actor" for his role as Reagan.[{{cite web|title=MayDay Film Festival Program|url=https://www.maydayfilmfestival.com/|publisher=MayDay Film Festival}}]
In 2017, he also appeared in the [Docudrama](/source/Docudrama) [American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story](/source/American_Playboy%3A_The_Hugh_Hefner_Story), produced by Stephen David Entertainment and distributed by [Amazon Studios](/source/Amazon_Studios), where he portrayed [Hugh Hefner](/source/Hugh_Hefner) as a teenager, before he built the [Playboy](/source/Playboy) empire.[{{cite news|last1=Fienberg|first1=Daniel|title='American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story': TV Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/american-playboy-hugh-hefner-story-review-991923|work=Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Hollywood Reporter}}]
==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2014
| ''Your Ever After''
| Franz
|
|-
| 2017
| ''Beware of the Klowns''
| Clown Boy
|
|-
| 2017
| ''[The Things We've Seen](/source/The_Things_We've_Seen_(2017_film))''
| Reagan Boem
|
|-
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Episodes
|-
|2017
|''[American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story](/source/American_Playboy%3A_The_Hugh_Hefner_Story)''
|Teen Hugh Hefner
|"Before the Bunny: Marilyn Monroe"
"My Way"
|}
== Awards ==
* "Best Actor" | MayDay Film Festival
* "Rising Star Award" | 50th Worldfest Houston International Film Festival
== Nominations ==
* "Best Supporting Actor" | Houston Critic's Choice Society
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|6570867|Jarrett Maier}}
==References==
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Category:Living people
Category:American male film actors
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:Male actors from Indiana
Category:People from Lafayette, Indiana
Category:1998 births
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