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Born in Winter Park, Florida, Will Shadley began his career at the tender age of three as a print model for such commercial giants as Eddie Bauer and Disney, but it wasn’t until he won the role of Tiny Tim in an Equity Theatre production of A Christmas Carole that he discovered a passion for acting and he hasn’t looked back since.
In 2007 Will’s career kicked it up a notch when he landed the plum role of Brian Darling, Jr. in ABC’s Dirty, Sexy Money. Through two seasons of the series, Will had the pleasure of learning alongside the best of the best including series stars; Donald Sutherland, Peter Krause, Glenn Fitzgerald, Jill Clayburgh and Sheryl Lee.
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In the fall of 2008, Will eagerly took on the challenge of his first lead role in the feature film The Spy Next Door, starring alongside Jackie Chan. Spy is the story of a mild-mannered guy (Chan), who while babysitting his neighbors’ children, ends up having to fight off secret agents after one of the kids inadvertently downloads a secret code. The film, which was released in January of this year, also stars George Lopez and Billy Ray Cyrus.
Recently, Will completed work on the Hallmark Channel Original Movie Love Will Keep Us Together, the story of a workaholic ad agency executive, played by David James Elliott, who has lost his wife and is then fired from his job. He soon becomes a full-time Mr. Mom and begins to realize what he has been missing by not balancing his career and family life. Love Will Keep Us Together, is set to air on the Hallmark Channel in 2010.
Acting onscreen is not Will’s only forte, he has also found a comfortable niche lending his voice to several animated projects including; Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five, Chowder, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, and most recently as child narrator for Stephen Spielberg’s upcoming series, Untitled Alien Invasion Project.
Even as his career is thriving, Will still manages to find the time to be a regular kid. Will attends school, is an avid rock collector, basketball and chess player, and, since working with Jackie Chan, has a new appreciation for the mixed martial arts. Never one to shy away from a challenge, expect Will Shadley to be entertaining audiences for many years to come.
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