Biography
The film did more than just propel the young actor into celebrity; it also galvanized an entire generation of nerds, geeks and dweebs who could relate to being shoved into lockers, playing lonely games of tetherball and their pocketful of Tater-Tots being smashed by class bullies. The rabid fandom that arose from "Napoleon Dynamite" turned weird, however, when accounts of Heder's death began circulating the Internet, complete with fictitious …
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Career Milestones
2010 | Cast as one of Kristen Bell's suitors in "When in Rome" |
2007 | Starred in "Mama's Boy," as an arrogant pseudo-intellectual who lives at home with his mom in Texas |
2007 | Voiced surf nut Chicken Joe in the animated feature, "Surf's Up" |
2007 | Co-starred with Will Ferrell as rival world-class men's singles skaters in the comedy "Blades of Glory" |
2006 | Played a meter maid, plagued by anxiety and low self-esteem who enrolls in a confidence-building course in Todd Phillips' "School for Scoundrels" |
2006 | Co-starred in the comedy "Benchwarmers," with Rob Schneider and David Spade |
2005 | Co-starred with Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo in "Just Like Heaven" |
2004 | Played the titular opinionated outsider with an oddly-cadenced speech in "Napolean Dynamite" written and directed by fellow BYU student Jared Hess |
2003 | Made his debut as the lead in the award-winning short film "Peluca," which was written and directed by Jared Hess |
Awards
2007 | MTV Movie Award for Best Fight in Blades of Glory |
2005 | MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Male in Napoleon Dynamite |