Jared Rushton

Acting

Jared Rushton

Born 1974-03-03 · Provo, Utah, USA

Jared Michael Rushton (born March 3, 1974) is an American former actor who is best known for his roles in several films from the late 1980s, including Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Big, and Overboard. He has been nominated for two Saturn Awards and two Young Artist Awards, and is also known for his roles in Pet Sematary Two and as Chip on the sitcom Roseanne. Rushton also starred in A Cry in the Wild. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jared Rushton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids poster
6.3

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

1989

Big poster
7.2

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big, he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight, but he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups, including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.

Big

1988

Pet Sematary II poster
5.5

The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy coping with an abusive stepfather.

Pet Sematary II

1992

Overboard poster
6.8

Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get even.

Overboard

1987

Lady in White poster
6.1

Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago.

Lady in White

1988

Other Mothers poster
5.5

Teenage boy, who has been raised by a lesbian couple, must contend with the conservative views of his new school.

Other Mothers

1993

A Cry in the Wild poster
5.9

13-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of an unreported plane crash. Alone in the Yukon wilderness, Brian must learn to survive by his wits, find food and shelter, and brave wild, hungry animals until or if he is found.

A Cry in the Wild

1990

The Yarn Princess poster
6.3

Margaret, who has certain mental disabilities, struggles when her husband, Jake, is diagnosed with schizophrenia and the authorities wish to take her children away from her. She has to prove in a court of law that she is capable of taking care of her family.

The Yarn Princess

1994

The Making of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids poster
4.7

A behind-the-scenes television documentary of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,

The Making of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

1989

Top Kids poster
5.7

A fun journey through the history of the automobile, this film is about a group of future computer hackers that wire an arcade game to work as a time machine. Among appearances in the movie are Henry Ford, Mercedes Benz, and modern race car driver Niki Lauda, as one of the boys becomes trapped within the newly created game.

Top Kids

1987