Devon Sawa is a Canadian actor famous for his 1990s teen roles in films like Little Giants Casper Now and Then Wild America SLC Punk! Idle Hands and Final Destination He also played the main character in Eminem’s music video Stan starred as Owen Elliot in The CW’s Nikita and appeared in the horror series Chucky.
Devon Sawa Bio Details
Full name: Devon Edward Sawa
Date of birth: September 7, 1978
Age: 46 years old (205)
Place of birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation: Actor
Marital status: Married
Wife: Dawni Sahanovitch
Children: 2
Childhood
Devon Sawa was born to Edward and Joyce on September 7, 1978, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is the youngest among his three siblings. At the age of four, he embarked on his career by featuring in commercials for action figures aimed at children.
Career
Sawa started his professional journey as a spokesperson for children’s action toys at the age of 14 in 1992. Two years later, he made his big screen debut in Little Giants and gained significant acclaim for his portrayal of the human boy in Casper. Sawa also played the role of Scott Wormer, the town bully, in the 1995 film Now and Then.
After that, he appeared in Wild America (1997), Idle Hands (1999), and Final Destination (2000). In the same year, he also starred as the main character in Eminem’s music video for “Stan”. He then lent his voice to the character of Flash Thompson in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series.
Throughout the 2000s, Sawa stayed busy by taking on roles in numerous independent films such as Extreme Dating, Shooting Gallery, Devil’s Den, Creature Of Darkness, Endure, 388 Arletta Avenue, The Philly Kid, and A Resurrection.
Sawa played the character of Owen Elliott on the CW’s Nikita in 2010. He was then upgraded to a series regular in the show’s third season in July 2012. After four seasons, Nikita came to a close in 2013. Sawa starred as the main character in the 2016 film Punk’s Dead, which was a sequel to SLC Punk! directed by the same filmmaker.
In Somewhere Between, which aired in 2017, he took on the character of Nico Jackson. However, the show concluded after its first season. In 2019, Sawa took on the role of Lester Clark Jr. in Escape Plan: The Extractors.
He also had a lead role in the suspenseful film The Fanatic, playing an actor named Hunter Dunbar who is relentlessly pursued by a character named Moose. The movie was directed by Fred Durst, the vocalist for Limp Bizkit.
Sawa then went on to star in Hunter Hunter (2020) and Black Friday (2021), both of which received positive reviews.
Personal Life
In 2013, Devon Sawa tied the knot with Canadian producer Dawni Sahanovitch. They have two kids – a son (born in 2014) and a daughter (born in 2016). Sawa has expressed that he does not adhere to any religion and identifies as an atheist, while also advocating for religious liberties.
During an interview with The Independent in June 2022, Sawa discussed his preference for roles that involved characters who smoked marijuana. He shared that this was a way for him to distance himself from his image as a teenage heartthrob, which he gained after starring in Casper.
Additionally, Sawa revealed that he consumed a lot of alcohol between 2004 and 2009, but after meeting his wife in Vancouver, he decided to quit and become sober.
Net Worth
Canadian actor Devon Sawa has a net worth of $2 million. He kick-started his acting career as a teenager in popular 90s movies like “Little Giants,” “Casper,” “Wild America,” and “Idle Hands.”
