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Devon Sawa

Canadian actor

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Also known as Devon Edward Sawa

Born: September 7, 1978
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1.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Vancouver
Citizenship: Canada
Occupation: actor
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, film actor
, television actor
Education: Alpha Secondary School
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Devon Edward Sawa is a Canadian actor. Born and raised in Vancouver, Sawa began his career promoting children's action toys. He made his film debut with a supporting role in Little Giants (1994) and received wide recognition for playing the title role as a human boy in Casper (1995). Sawa also had starring roles in the films Wild America (1997), SLC Punk! (1998), Idle Hands (1999), and Final Destination (2000).

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Given name: Devon
Number of children: 2
Family name: Sawa
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-07-21
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Start of work period: 1992
Social media followers: 244,246(February 9, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 39330733
226,890(March 1, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 39330733
201,867(January 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 39330733
191,348(April 25, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 39330733
Birth name: Devon Edward Sawa
Девон Эдвард Сава
Name in native language: Devon Sawa
Awards: Saturn Awards(2001)

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