Twenty-one years ago, Jonathan Lipnicki made his silver screen debut playing the cute kid in Jerry Maguire.
Next month, he will share the secrets of the acting craft over three weeks at the Actor’s Studio in Werribee.
Lipnicki, who has also had roles in Stuart Little, Doctor Dolitte and Dawson’s Creek, will talk about life in Hollywood and share industry secrets with fellow actors while helping them to work on their audition techniques.
The 26-year-old scored his big break back in 1996 when he was cast in Jerry Maguire.
“I got really lucky … they cast another kid and they shot two weeks with him and it didn’t work out, and I was at the right place at the right time, with the right skill-set they needed,” he said.
“I managed to continue working [after that] and that was because I’ve gone to acting class and I’ve focused on technique and getting better as an actor and having a really good work ethic.”
Lipnicki is in a new movie, Altitude, with Dolph Lundgren.
He is also working on a film script and has another movie in pre-production.
“You can’t just be an actor anymore – you’ve got to be able to create your own content,” he said.
“The hardest part of being an actor is getting jobs, and I think that you can only improve by making your own work.”
