Biography

Devon Sawa

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Devon started his career as a young actor in Vancouver, Canada. First in the theater, and then moving onto smaller roles on TV. His breakout role was the title character in the Universal motion picture, Casper. He went on to star in many more films during his teens such as Now and Then, Little Giants and Wild America. In his early twenties, Devon sought out edgier projects. Movies like Idle Hands, SLC Punk, Final Destination, Slackers and playing 'Stan' in the acclaimed video for Eminem's hit song of the same name, directed by Dr. Dre. After a small break out of the business, Devon returned and has completed multiple projects.
- IMDb mini biography by: devon sawa team

He got the part of Stan in the Eminem video of the same name because Dr. Dre saw him in Final Destination (2000) and loved it.
A Mexican cinema magazine, "Cine Premiere", has a weekly podcast where they dedicate a few minutes to him, entitled "This week with Devon Sawa" which ensures that he's happy and well.
Has two children with his wife Dawni Sahanovitch a son Hudson born January 9, 2014 and a daughter Scarlett Heleena born March 21, 2016.
Did his own stunts in Extreme Ops (2002), including the part where he is under the train filming his friends.
Has appeared in 2 films with Christina Ricci where they share a kiss and both released in 1995. Casper and Now and Then.

Live long, play hard.... Oh, wait, that's Nike
I don't know if I have ever been in love.
My fans made me, but sometimes there's some weird stories about me, my favorite color, the kind of girls I like, all of that stuff that's just not true and I never said it. All I ask is that my fans don't believe everything they read.
There are tons of things that have been written about me on the Internet that are total crap. I'll go on to these fan sites and think, where the hell did that come from? All of a sudden I have two gerbils and four goldfish? I mean, really, two gerbils? And they're named Coke and Pepsi or something like that? Come on!
(2012, on being a former teen heartthrob) Well, it was something that was really hard to break out of. As soon as I got to 17 and 18 years old and I wasn't playing these teen roles anymore, it was hard to transition. So I thought I was going to do the weirdest stuff I could possibly do. Stuff that was edgier and alternative, like Idle Hands and SLC Punk! and the "Stan" video. I wanted to get out of that kind of teen-idol thing. So far it's worked. Now I'm doing another transition from the college roles and all that to young doctor, young lawyer, young cop. It's been quite a journey.

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