Kerr Hewitt, also credited professionally as Kjartan Hewitt, is a Canadian actor and writer. He won the Best Actor award at the Sicily Web Festival for his performance in the YouTube web series Clusterfuck (2018).

Career

Acting

Hewitt began working in the entertainment industry as a teenager, on television series for the CBC and YTV. When he was 17, he began writing plays and musicals. He then went on to study a BA in English literature. He made an appearance in Edgar Wright's[1] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) as Jimmy.[2] Jimmy was the boyfriend of Scott Pilgrim's sister before being seduced by Pilgrim's roommate Wallace at a "Crash and the Boys" (a fictional version of Toronto band Broken Social Scene)[3] concert and appearing in recurring gags with Wallace.[4] Hewitt starred in a larger role in another feature film in 2010, This Movie Is Broken, playing Blake, the best friend of a young Toronto man who tries to impress a girl by taking her to a Broken Social Scene concert with them.[5] The concert in the film was the real 2009 Harbourfront Centre concert, around which part of the plot revolves.[5]

In 2018, he starred in the YouTube web series Clusterfuck, which follows the lives of millennials in downtown Toronto. Hewitt won the Best Actor award for his role at the Sicily Web Festival, where the series was given a premiere,.[6]

Hewitt has starred most prominently in works with a strong Toronto identity: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, This Movie Is Broken, and Clusterfuck.[7][5][6]

Writing

He studied the Features program at Canadian Film Centre, turning one of his old plays – Claire, From the Bus – into a film and completing the course in 2017 at the age of 30.[1] Claire, From the Bus had debuted on the Toronto theatre circuit in 2013, starring Bryn McAuley as Claire,[8][9] with positive reception for Hewitt's writing.[10] The film, directed by Jordan Canning, was released in 2016.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Capote Danny Burke
2008 Max Payne Kid
2010 This Movie Is Broken Blake
2010 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Jimmy
2013 Nurse Orderly
2014 Debug Mel
2015 Anxietyville Mr. Nobody
2015 Cold Deck Ben
2017 Molly's Game Player
2017 Clusterf*ck Brian
2019 Goalie Cal Gardiner
2019 Demons Inside Me Toby Hunter
2020 Learning to Love Again Chris

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Children of My Heart Nikolai Television film
2003 2030 CE Dr. Manno Susik 3 episodes
2003 More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story High School Boy Television film
2004 The Winning Season Program Boy
2004 Category 6: Day of Destruction Tad
2009 The Listener Baggy Episode: "Lisa Says"
2009 The Future Life of Jake Aaron Television film
2009 Being Erica Martin Episode: "Papa Can You Hear Me?"
2010 Unnatural History Milo Pheiffer Episode: "Public School Enemies"
2010 Rookie Blue Dale Episode: "Hot and Bothered"
2011, 2015 Murdoch Mysteries Matthew Trent / Corporal Young 2 episodes
2012 Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Peter Pupkins Television film
2012 King Stephen Ennis Episode: "Justice Calvin Faulkner"
2013 Bomb Girls Karl Episode: "Guests of Honour"
2013 Cracked Damian Episode: "The Light in the Black"
2013 State of Syn Gabriel Episode #1.5
2014 Darknet Darren Episode: "Darknet 2"
2014 Reign Eduard 2 episodes
2015 Saving Hope Graeme Episode: "All the Pretty Horses"
2015 Dark Matter Sergeant Voss Episode: "Pilot - Part 2"
2015 Swept Under Dennis Television film
2016 Houdini & Doyle Reverend Farley Episode: "The Pall of LaPier"
2017 The Beaverton Brice Larson Episode #1.7
2017 The Strain Jeremiah 3 episodes
2018 Condor Harold Floros
2018–2019 Blackout Ethan Reed 9 episodes
2019 Killjoys Sylas Robbel 3 episodes
2020 The Umbrella Academy Hal Episode: "The Frankel Footage"

References

  1. 1 2 "Kjartan Hewitt". cfccreates.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Episode 16: Kjartan Hewitt". www.iheart.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Dombal, Ryan. "Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning Talks Scott Pilgrim Soundtrack". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Every Musical Performance (feat. Sex Bob-Omb & The Clash at Demonhead). Universal Pictures. Event occurs at 00:49–01:50. Retrieved 10 August 2020 – via YouTube.
  5. 1 2 3 "This Movie Is Broken". Shedoesthecity. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Mississauga Director Launches Gritty and Exciting New Web Series". www.insauga.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  7. ↑ Sacks, Rebecca. "Exactly How Canadian Is Scott Pilgrim vs. the World?". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Claire, From the Bus". The Toronto Theatre Database. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  9. ↑ Torontoist (15 February 2013). "Urban Planner: February 15, 2013". Torontoist. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  10. ↑ Mooney, Sam (18 February 2013). "Review: Claire, From the Bus (Liars Theatre co.)". Mooney on Theatre. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "CLAIRE, FROM THE BUS". www.cfccreates.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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