Cameron, Kirk 1970-

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Cameron, Kirk 1970-

PERSONAL

Full name, Kirk Thomas Cameron; born October 20, 1970, in Canoga Park, CA (some sources say Panorama City, CA); son of Robert (an actor and physical education teacher) and Barbara (a business and talent manager) Cameron; brother of Candace Cameron Bure (an actress); married Chelsea Noble (an actress and model), July 20, 1991; children: Jack, Isabella, Anna, Luke, Olivia Rose, James Thomas. Religion: Christian. Avocational Interests: Playing the guitar, working out at the gym.

Addresses:

Manager—Ovation, 9255 West Sunset Blvd., Suite 727, Los Angeles, CA 90069; Mark Craig Productions, 1383 Callens Rd., Ventura, CA 93003-5602.

Career:

Actor. Appeared in advertisements; spokesperson for the Just Say No antidrug campaign. Public speaker at various venues. Camp Firefly and Firefly Foundation, founder (with Chelsea Noble).

Awards, Honors:

Young Artist Award nomination, best young supporting actor in a daytime or nighttime drama, Young Artist Foundation, 1985, for Two Marriages; Young Artist awards, best young actor starring in a new television series, 1986, exceptional performance by a young actor starring in a television comedy or drama series, 1987, and best young male superstar in television, 1988, Golden Globe Award nominations, best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, miniseries, or motion picture made for TV, 1988 and 1989, and Blimp Award, favorite TV actor, Kids' Choice awards (Nickelodeon), 1990, all for Growing Pains; Saturn Award, best performance by a younger actor, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, 1988, for Like Father, Like Son; Best Actor Award, Family Television and Film Awards Organization, 1988; People's Choice awards, favorite young television performer, Proctor and Gamble Productions, 1988 and 1989; Young Artist Award nomination, best young actor starring in a motion picture, 1990, for Listen to Me; named of the television's twenty-five greatest teen idols, TV Guide, 2005; named one of the one hundred greatest kid stars, VH1, 2005; named one of the one hundred greatest teen stars, VH1, 2006.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Eric Armstrong, Two Marriages, ABC, 1983-84.

Michael Aaron "Mike" Seaver, Growing Pains, ABC, 1985-92.

Kirk Hartman, Kirk (also known as Life Happens), The WB, 1995-96.

Cohost, The Way of the Master, various channels and online, beginning 2003.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

(In archive footage) Himself, Retrosexual: The 80s, VH1, 2004.

Himself, 100 Greatest Kid Stars (also known as The Greatest), VH1, 2005.

(In archive footage) Himself, 100 Greatest Teen Stars (also known as The Greatest), VH1, 2006.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Liam, Goliath Awaits, Operation Prime Time (syndicated), 1981.

Boy, "Beyond Witch Mountain," Disney's Wonderful World (also known as Disneyland, Disneylandia, The Disney Sunday Movie, The Magical World of Disney, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, and The Wonderful World of Disney), CBS, 1982.

Gary, Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (also known as Airport 85 and Starflight One), ABC, 1983.

Mickey Chandler, Children in the Crossfire, NBC, 1984.

Wilson "Will" Loomis, A Little Piece of Heaven (also known as Honor Bright), NBC, 1991.

Dexter Riley, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (also known as The ABC Family Movie and Disney Family Films), ABC, 1995.

Jack Morgan, You Lucky Dog, Disney Channel, 1998.

Michael Aaron "Mike" Seaver, "The Growing Pains Movie," The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 2000.

Josh, The Miracle of the Cards, PAX TV, 2001.

Michael Aaron "Mike" Seaver, "Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers," The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

(Uncredited) Neighbor boy, "The Woman Who Willed a Miracle," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1983.

Younger brother, "Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy" (also known as "Did You Hear What Happened to Andrea?"), ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1983.

Himself, Marie Osmond's Merry Christmas, 1986.

Himself, The Wildest West Show of the Stars, CBS, 1986.

Himself, Bob Hope's High-Flying Birthday Extravaganza (also known as Bob Hope's High-Flying Birthday), NBC, 1987.

Host, The Ice Capades with Kirk Cameron (also known as Kirk Cameron at the Ice Capades), ABC, 1988.

Happy Birthday, Bob! Fifty Stars Salute Your Fifty Years with NBC, NBC, 1988.

The Hollywood Christmas Parade (also known as The 57th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade), syndicated, 1988.

Super Bloopers and New Practical Jokes, NBC, 1988.

Superstars and Their Moms (also known as Superstars & Their Moms), ABC, 1988.

Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy, NBC, 1989.

Comic Relief III (also known as Comic Relief 3), HBO, 1989.

The Hollywood Christmas Parade (also known as The 58th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade), syndicated, 1989.

Host from Hollywood, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (also known as Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '90 and New Year's Rockin' Eve '90), ABC, 1990.

Host, The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy, syndicated, 1990.

America's All-Star Tribute to Oprah Winfrey (also known as All-Star Tribute to Oprah Winfrey), ABC, 1990.

The Greatest Practical Jokes of All Time, NBC, 1990.

Happy Birthday, Bugs: Fifty Looney Years (also known as Hollywood Celebrates Bugs Bunny's 50th Birthday), CBS, 1990.

Ole! It's Bob Hope's Acapulco Spring Fling of Comedy and Music, NBC, 1990.

Super Bloopers and New Practical Jokes, NBC, 1990.

Special events chairperson, Children's Miracle Network Telethon, syndicated, 1991.

Bob Hope: The First Ninety Years, NBC, 1993.

Host, The Making of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Disney Channel, 1994.

Host, Teen Spirit (documentary), ABC, 1994.

Runner Campbell, "Star Struck," CBS Sunday Afternoon Showcase, CBS, 1994.

Himself, Entertainment Tonight Presents: The Real Growing Pains, 2000.

Host, Santa's Funniest Moments, PAX TV, 2001.

Host, Night of Joy: A Holiday Celebration of Family and Faith (also known as Night of Joy), PAX TV, 2004.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 39th Annual Emmy Awards (also known as The Emmy Awards), Fox, 1987.

The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards (also known as The People's Choice Awards), CBS, 1989.

The 41st Annual Emmy Awards (also known as The Emmy Awards), Fox, 1989.

Presenter, The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Presentation (also known as The Emmy Awards and The 42nd Annual Emmy Awards), Fox, 1990.

The Fourth Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1990.

The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards (also known as The People's Choice Awards), CBS, 1990.

The Walt Disney Company Presents the American Teacher Awards, Disney Channel, 1990.

Himself, The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (also known as The People's Choice Awards), CBS, 1991.

Presenter, The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (also known as Golden Globe Awards), TBS, 1991.

The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Presentation (also known as The 43rd Annual Emmy Awards and The Emmy Awards), Fox, 1991.

Presenter, The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (also known as The People's Choice Awards), CBS, 1992.

Presenter, The 25th Annual Dove Awards, Family Channel, 1994.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Young kid, "Herbie the Matchmaker," Herbie, the Love Bug, CBS, 1982.

Himself, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (also known as The Best of Carson), NBC, 1987.

Steve (cousin), "Just One of the Guys," Full House, ABC, 1988.

Ike, "The World according to Chrissy," Growing Pains, ABC, 1990.

Himself, "The Face with Two Men," Hope & Gloria, NBC 1995.

Chuck, "The Birthday Present," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 2001.

Himself, "Growing Pains," The E! True Hollywood Story (also known as Growing Pains: The E! True Hollywood Story and THS), E! Entertainment Television, 2001.

Himself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 2001.

Mitchell Stark, "Blood and Water," Family Law, CBS, 2002.

Himself, Intimate Portrait: Young Hollywood, Lifetime, c. 2002.

Himself, Intimate Portrait: Tracey Gold, Lifetime, 2003.

Himself, Praise the Lord (also known as PTL and TBN's "Praise the Lord"), Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), 2003.

Himself, On Air with Ryan Seacrest, syndicated, 2004.

Himself, The Tony Danza Show, syndicated, 2004.

Host, Praise the Lord (also known as PTL and TBN's "Praise the Lord"), Trinity Broadcasting Network, 2004, 2007, 2008.

Himself, Larry King Live, Cable News Network, 2006.

Himself, The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News Network, 2006, 2007, 2008.

Himself, "Locations," TV Land Confidential (also known as TV Land Confidential: The Untold Stories), TV Land, 2007.

Himself, The View, ABC, 2008.

Appeared in other programs, including Celebrity Profile (also known as E! Celebrity Profile), E! Entertainment Television; and Sally Jessy Raphael (also known as Sally), syndicated.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

First boy, "The Lazy Ace: Parts 1 & 2," Bret Maverick (also known as Bret Maverick: The Lazy Ace), NBC, 1981.

Bobby, "More Than Murder," Mike Hammer (also known as Mickey Spillane's "Mike Hammer," Mickey Spillane's "Mike Hammer: More Than Murder, " and More Than Murder), CBS, 1984.

Michael Aaron "Mike" Seaver, Growing Pains, ABC, 1985.

Appeared as Michael Aaron "Mike" Seaver in the unaired pilot for Growing Pains, ABC; some sources cite appearances in other pilots.

Television Work:

Producer, The Way of the Master (series), various channels and online, beginning 2003.

Some sources cite Cameron as the second assistant director for Out of Sight, Out of Mind (movie; also known as Kabuki killer, Out of Sight, Out of Her Mind, and Sight Unseen), syndicated, 1990.

Film Appearances:

Theodore "Teddy" Hightower, The Best of Times, Universal, 1986.

Chris Hammond, Like Father, Like Son, TriStar, 1987.

Tucker Muldowney, Listen to Me, Columbia, 1989.

Himself and Michael Aaron "Mike" Seaver, The Willies, Paramount Home Video/Prism Entertainment, 1991.

Buck Williams, Left Behind: The Movie (also known as Left Behind and Dejado atras: La pelicula), Cloud Ten Pictures, 2000.

Buck Williams, Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (also known as Left Behind 2, Tribulation Force, and Tribulation Force: The Movie), Cloud Ten Pictures, 2002.

Buck Williams, Left Behind: World at War, Columbia, 2005.

Caleb Holt, Fireproof, 2008.

Radio Appearances; Series:

Cohost, The Way of the Master, various stations and broadcast on the Internet, beginning c. 2003.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, The Making of "Left Behind: The Movie" (short), Cloud Ten Pictures, 2000.

Himself, The Making of "Left Behind II: Tribulation Force" (short), Cloud Ten Pictures, 2002.

Himself, Seaver Family Reunion: S'mores and More (short), Warner Home Video, 2006.

Video Games:

Voice of Chauncey, The Horde, Crystal Dynamics, 1994.

Multimedia Material:

Appeared the audio recording Soundly Saved; with others, appeared in materials related to The Way of the Master.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; with Others; Episodic:

The Way of the Master, various channels and online, beginning 2003.

Television Music; Movies:

The Magic 7, c. 2008.

Writings for the Radio; with Others; Episodic:

The Way of the Master, various stations and broadcast on the Internet, beginning c. 2003.

Writings for the Internet:

Contributor to the Way of the Master website, http://www.wayofthemaster.com.

Nonfiction:

(With Ray Comfort; and author of foreword) The World's Greatest Preachers, Whitaker House Publishers, 2003.

(With Comfort) The School of Biblical Evangelicalism (study guide), Bridge-logos Publishing, 2004.

(With Comfort) Behind the Scenes: The Way of the Master, Genesis Publishing Group, 2005.

(With Comfort) The Way of the Master for Kids: Teaching Kids How to Share Their Faith, Genesis Publishing Group, 2005.

(With Comfort) The Way of the Master (book with CD), Bridge-logos Publishing, 2006.

(With Comfort) The Way of the Master Basic Training Course: CD Kit, Genesis Publishing Group, 2006.

(With Comfort) The Way of the Master Basic Training Course: Quick Reference Card, Genesis Publishing Group, 2006.

(With Comfort) The Way of the Master Basic Training Course: Study Guide, Genesis Publishing Group, 2006.

(With Lissa Halls Johnson) Still Growing: An Autobiography, Regal Books, 2008.

Worked on the audio recording Soundly Saved (based on the work of Ray Comfort); with others, helped create other materials related to The Way of the Master.