Jet Jurgensmeyer - Child Actor and Musician on Discipline, Showbusiness, and Growing up on a Farm
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Jet Jurgensmeyer was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He made his television debut with a guest role on the CBS television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2010. In 2012 he was cast as Spanky, one of the lead roles, in Alex Zamm's 2014 film The Little Rascals Save the Day. He has appeared in films such as American Sniper and Devil's Knot. In 2016 he appeared in the Disney Channel film Adventures in Babysitting, playing Bobby the middle son of one the sets of children being babysat. The same year Jurgensmeyer was cast in Nickelodeon's Legends of the Hidden Temple television film, playing Dudley the youngest of the three siblings who travel through the temple. Since 2018, he has portrayed Boyd Baxter on the Fox comedy series Last Man Standing, and since 2019 has been part of the cast of the Disney Junior children's television series T.O.T.S. voicing Pip the Penguin. When not acting, he loves to hang out on his family’s farm, ride horses, go fishing, and spend time outdoors.
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