Biography
Jared Rushton is an American former actor, also credited as Jared Michael Rushton. He is best known for his roles in late-1980s films including Big (1988), in which he played Billy, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) as Ron Thompson, and Overboard (1987) as Charlie Proffitt.
Rushton began acting at the age of twelve in an episode of Tales from the Darkside and went on to appear in Lady in White (1988), Pet Sematary II (1992), A Cry in the Wild (1990) and television series such as Roseanne, ER, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Murder, She Wrote. He received two Saturn Award nominations and two Young Artist Award nominations. He retired from acting around 2000 and has since worked as a musician.
