Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter was born in Monterey, California, on February 5, 1989, but was raised in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. At a young age, he enjoyed mountain climbing and play with his friends like any other normal kid, but when he went to Lexington, Kentucky, to model, he won the pre-teen of the year award and met his manager Mark Robert. Soon after that, Jeremy, his twin sister Jessica Sumpter, his little sister Gigi Sumpter, and his mom and dad moved to Los Angeles, California. He started filming Local Boys and Just a Dream afterward. But it was his next movie, Frailty, in which he played young Adam Meeks, opposite Bill Paxton and Matthew McConaughey, that really got him noticed. In 2003, he was cast his biggest film yet, as the title character in Peter Pan, which came to theaters on Christmas Day. This was followed by the short-lived TV series Clubhouse.
At age six, Jeremy was the youngest child in Kentucky to be accepted into the state's Gifted Arts program Auditioned for the role of Bobby Garfield in Hearts in Atlantis Has a twin named Jessica Sumpter and a younger sister, Gigi Sumpter. Raised in Kentucky until he was 11 Was named IMTA's Pre-Teen Male Model of the Year in 2000 His younger sister appeared with him in his ER episode. His favorite book is "The Giver". His favorites foods are spaghetti and chili He has a dog named Bear. During the filming of Peter Pan, he grew 8 inches (from 5' to 5' 8") and the size of the window had to be enlarged 4 times to enable him to "fly" into the house without bumping his head. The boy who "never grew up" did so in reality. Resides in Los Angeles, California [2004] Brother of actress Gigi Sumpter He stated at the end of Peter Pan that he did 98% of the stunts shown in the movie. He said he was unable to do "like two or three of them because they were too dangerous". Can be seen on the DVD of _Peter Pan_ (2003) , saying he is spoofing _Moulin Rouge_ (2001) as he sits on a swing singing. In 11th grade his favorite subject is history and his least favorite is math Currently, his top sports are surfing, swimming, golf, and basketball. He also enjoys football, baseball, snowboarding, tennis, soccer, hiking, and roller blading. Has one brother who is in college named Travis Is friends with Anna Popplewell. Her brother Freddie Popplewell was in _Peter Pan_ (2003) with Jeremy. Stays in contact with his Peter Pan co-star Harry Eden. Is good friends with his "Peter Pan" (2003) co-star Rachel Hurd-Wood. Was the director of Photography for the short film "The Binge" which was directed by his father, Gary Sumpter.