Calum Worthy (born January 28, 1991) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles as Dez Wade on the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally, Alex Trimboli in the Netflix series American Vandal, Nicholas Godejohn in the Hulu series The Act, and himself in The Coppertop Flop Show. He has won two Young Artist Awards in the Leading Young Actor category for his performances in the comedy film National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion (2003) and the science fiction television series Stormworld (2009). He also won the Leading Actor award at the 2010 Leo Awards for his performance in Stormworld.

Worthy has guest-starred in numerous television series, including ABC Family's Kyle XY, The CW's Supernatural and Smallville, CTV's Flashpoint, The Hub's R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series, Disney Channel's Good Luck Charlie, and Disney XD's Zeke and Luther.

Life and career Worthy was born January 28, 1991, to Sandra Webster Worthy and David Worthy in Victoria, British Columbia. He made his screen debut at the age of 9, guest-starring in Fox's Night Visions (directed by Bill Pullman). At the age of 10, he starred in the three-episode British miniseries I Was a Rat. He has since completed more than 50 film and TV projects, and has worked in five countries—Canada, United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Singapore. He won two Young Artist Awards for Leading Young Actor in 2004 and 2010, while receiving a nomination for Best Performance in a Short Film – Young Actor for When Jesse Was Born in 2006. He also won a Leo Award for Best Performance in a Youth or Children's Program or Series in 2010.

Worthy resided in Los Angeles, California, while a series regular on the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally, of which he wrote one episode. In 2013, he created, wrote, and executive produced—along with Derek Baynham and Kelly May—the sketch comedy series The Coppertop Flop Show, which was picked up by Disney Channel to air in late 2013.

Worthy stated that when he had free time from filming Austin & Ally, he attended university. He also stated that when he has free time, he enjoys making sketches with friends.

In July 2017, Worthy was cast as Robbie Baldwin / Speedball in Freeform's New Warriors television series. The series, however, was ultimately not picked up.

In 2018, Worthy played Alex Trimboli in the first season of Netflix's American Vandal. In 2019, he played Nicholas Godejohn in the first season of The Act.

In February 2021, it was announced that Worthy had been cast as Jasper in the Netflix thriller series Pieces of Her, which is adapted from the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name.

He is co-founder and head of business development at 2wai, an AI education company.

Filmography Film Year Title RoleNotes 2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Kid on bike 2006 Dr. Dolittle 3 Tyler 2007 Teenage cyborg 2008 Mulligans Felix 2009 What Goes Up Blastoff! chorus 2010 Daydream Nation Craig2011 Berry Lipke Colin Debs 2013 Rapture-Palooza Clark Lewis 2014 Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? Colin Doyle2015 All She Wishes Drake Blackburn Ryan 2016 The Thinning Kellan Woods 2017 Bodied Adam Merkin 2018 The Thinning: New World Order Kellan Woods2019 Corporate Animals Aidan Assimilate Randy Foster Originally titled Replicate 2024 Sew Torn Joshua Armitage

Television Year Title RoleNotes2001 Mysterious Ways Alien / Kid clown Episode: "Do You See What I See?" Night Visions Prairie boy Episode: "A View Through the Window" I Was a Rat Roger/Ratty 3 episodes 2002 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Randy Episode: "The Mandarin's Bowl"2003 Out of Order Young Mark Miniseries Bunshiro and Fuku Young Yonosuke Television miniseries; voice role (English version) National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion Danny Snider Television film2004 Keenan 2 episodes Stargate Atlantis Hunter kid Episode: "Childhood's End" 2005 Reunion Henry Episode: "1989"2006 Kyle XY Toby Neuworth Episode: "This Is Not a Test" Psych Malone Breyfogle Episode: "Shawn vs. the Red Phantom"2007 Psych Shockley Episode: "If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?" Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness Kip Television film Second Sight Young Victor Kaufman Television film 2008 Supernatural Denny Episode: "Wishful Thinking"2009 Smallville Garth Ranzz / Lightning Lad Episode: "Legion" Stormworld Lee Main role Flashpoint Billy Dresden Episode: "Perfect Storm" Living Out Loud Henry Television film2010 Tower Prep Don Fincher 2 episodes Caprica Cass Episode: "Blowback" Bond of Silence Shane Batesman Television film; uncredited2011 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series Kelly Episode: "Game Over" Good Luck Charlie Lewis Episode: "A L.A.R.P. in the Park" Zeke and Luther Teddy Episode: "Zeke and Lu's New Crew" Best Player Zastrow Television film 2011–2016 Austin & Ally Dez Wade Main role; writer: "Eggs & Extraterrestrials" 2012 Longmire Zac Nunn Episode: "8 Seconds" Jessie Dez Wade Episode: "Austin & Jessie & Ally All Star New Year" 2013–2014 Himself Lead role; also writer and executive producer 2014 Some Assembly Required Caden Clark Episode: "Pop Superstar"2015 Backstrom Joshua Larimer Episode: "Love Is a Rose and You Better Not Pick It" I Didn't Do It Dez Wade Episode: "Bite Club" Wander Over Yonder Teen leader Voice role; episode: "The Black Cube"2016 Motive Derek Holstadt Episode: "Foreign Relations" Aquarius Steven Parent 2 episodes 2016–2017 Bizaardvark Victor 2 episodes2017 American Vandal Alex Trimboli Recurring role (season 1) Wisdom of the Crowd Jake Episode: "Trade Secrets" 2018 New Warriors Robbie Baldwin / Speedball Unsold TV pilot 2019 The Act Nick Godejohn Main role 2020 Utopia Ethan Recurring role 2021 Pacific Rim: The Black Taylor Travis Main voice role2022 Pieces of Her Jasper Recurring role Reboot Zack Jackson Main role 2023 Party Down Stuart Gluberd Episode: "First Annual PI2A Symposium"

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result 2004 Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special – Leading Young Actor National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion 2006 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Short Film – Young Actor When Jesse Was Born 2008 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actor Psych 2010 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actor Stormworld Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor 14 and Over Flashpoint Young Artist Award Outstanding Young Ensemble Performers in a TV Series Stormworld Leo Award Best Performance in a Youth or Children's Program or Series Stormworld

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