October 2014
Logan Wade Lerman (born January 19, 1992) is an American actor, known for playing the title role in the 2010 fantasy-adventure Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. He appeared in commercials in the mid-1990s, before starring in the series Jack & Bobby (2004-2005) and the movies The Butterfly Effect (2004) and Hoot (2006). Lerman gained further recognition for his roles in the western 3:10 to Yuma, the thriller The Number 23, the comedy Meet Bill, and 2009's Gamer and My One and Only. He played d'Artagnan in 2011's The Three Musketeers, and starred in the teen drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012).
Lerman was born in Beverly Hills, California. His mother, Lisa (née Goldman), works as his manager, and his father, Larry Lerman, is a businessman and orthotist. He has two siblings, Lindsey and Lucas, both older. Logan and his family are Jewish. Most of his relatives work in the medical profession.
His family owns and operates the orthotics and prosthetics company Lerman & Son, which is managed by his paternal grandparents, Mina (Schwartz) and Max Lerman, and had been founded by his great-grandfather, Jacob Lerman, in 1915. Logan's family had left Europe in the 1930s, because of the Nazi regime, and settled in California in the 1940s.
Lerman is a self-described "film geek", having stated that he is "shaped by movies", and that he is a "creative person". He has expressed an interest in being involved in "everything that goes into making a film", including wanting to write, produce, and direct. His favorite directors include Paul Thomas Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, David Fincher, and Peter Bogdanovich, and he has cited American Beauty, Defending Your Life, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as being among his favorite films. Lerman has described himself as "reserved and quiet", "a homebody", and "not a big fan of sports". He graduated from Beverly Hills High School.
In 2010, he applied to study creative writing at New York University, but has postponed his attendance.
Filmography Logan Lerman
August 2013
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
Fantasy, Adventure Directed by: Thor FreudenthalWith: Alexandra Daddario, Logan Lerman, Jake Abel,...In this retelling of Rick Riordans book, "The Sea of Monsters", Percy Jackson, accompanied by his friends Annabeth Chase, Clarisse La Rue and Tyson, his half brother, goes on a journey to the Sea of Monsters to retrieve the Golden Fleece and save Camp Half-Blood.
January 2013
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Drama, Romantic Directed by: Steven ShboskyWith: Emma Watson, Nina Dobrev, Paul Rudd, Ezra Miller,...Most people think 15-year-old Charlie is a freak. The only friend he had killed himself, forcing him to face high school alone. But then seniors Patrick and his beautiful stepsister Sam take Charlie under their wings and introduce him to their eclectic, open-minded, hard-partying friends. It is... Read more...
October 2011
The Three Musketeers
Action, Romantic, Adventure Directed by: Paul W.S. AndersonWith: Logan Lerman, Milla Jovovich, Christoph Waltz,...The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
February 2010
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Comedy, Fantasy Directed by: Chris ColumbusWith: Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman, Logan LermanPoseidon's son, a 12 year old boy, sets out on a quest in present-day America to rescue his mother, return Zeus' stolen lightning bolt and prevent a civil war from erupting among the gods.
February 2007