--- name: "Jared Rushton" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jared-rushton" fi1m_id: "jared-rushton" imdb_id: "nm0750758" tmdb_id: 57422 wikidata_id: "Q1426693" roles: ["Actor"] born: "3 March 1974" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-04T20:54:49.114152+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jared Rushton ## Identity Jared Rushton - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jared-rushton - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jared-rushton - **IMDb ID:** nm0750758 - **TMDB ID:** 57422 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1426693 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Rushton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1426693, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750758/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57422 Actor. Born 3 March 1974 in Provo, Utah, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 3 March 1974, Provo, Utah, USA - **Active:** 1988–1989 - **Also known as:** Jared Michael Rushton - **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Rushton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1426693, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750758/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57422 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Big*](https://film.one/film/big.md) (81), [*Honey, I Shrunk the Kids*](https://film.one/film/honey-i-shrunk-the-kids.md) (76) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Jared Rushton > Jared Rushton is good at making the wisecracking friend seem like someone worth having around. His natural delivery suits the gentle comedy of *Big* and the shared dangers of *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids*, without demanding extra attention. In *Big* (1988), Jared Rushton’s Billy is the best friend beside Tom Hanks’s uncertain child, and his easy delivery matters to the comedy. A knowing young sidekick can become tiresome quickly; Rushton’s timing keeps the part companionable. We warmed to him because the friendship feels unforced, even within the film’s fantasy. Penny Marshall’s gentle handling helps: the performance belongs in a film where the jokes leave room for a child to be unsure of himself. His first major film part was Charlie Proffitt in Garry Marshall’s *Overboard* (1987). Supporting roles in *Lady in White* (1988) and *Big* followed, before Joe Johnston’s *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989). That short late-1980s run established the familiar Rushton part: the loyal, streetwise boy alongside the lead. The appeal is easy to understand: he supplies a bit of cheek without making the boy seem rehearsed by an adult. In *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids*, his Ronald Thompson has to move between jokes and danger as part of the young ensemble. Rushton handles that mixture well, helping the children carry Johnston’s brisk garden adventure. Some of the adult performances push their jokes too hard, which makes Rushton’s natural delivery especially welcome. Rick Moranis helps keep the family comedy appealing, but Rushton’s contribution matters to the adventure. The part needs more than a supply of wisecracks, and he adjusts without making a fuss. The lead in *A Cry in the Wild* (1990), a wilderness survival film, took him beyond the best-friend role, while *Pet Sematary II* (1992) cast him as a school bully. His reputation remains tied chiefly to the earlier work. That gives us a fairly narrow basis for judging him, and we would not pretend otherwise. Start with *Big*, though its sweetness sometimes makes adult life look too easily dismissed. ## 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. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989), Fi1m 76, as Ronald Thompson — [page](https://film.one/film/honey-i-shrunk-the-kids.md) - *Big* (1988), Fi1m 81, as Billy — [page](https://film.one/film/big.md) ## Complete filmography (18) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Cracker* (1997), series, Actor - *ER* (1994), series, as Andy Bohlmeyer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md) - *The Yarn Princess* (1994), as Peter Thomas - *Other Mothers* (1993), as Alex Raymond - *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), series, as Calvin Harding - *Pet Sematary II* (1992), as Clyde Parker - *Northern Exposure* (1990), series, as Phil — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md) - *Where's Rodney?* (1990), series, as Rodney Barnes - *A Cry in the Wild* (1990), as Brian - *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989), as Ronald Thompson — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/honey-i-shrunk-the-kids.md) - *Roseanne* (1988), series, Actor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/roseanne.md) - *Big* (1988), as Billy — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/big.md) - *Lady in White* (1988), as Donald - *Overboard* (1987), as Charlie Proffitt - *Top Kids* (1987), as Peter - *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Travis Harmon - *Tales from the Darkside* (1984), series, as Richie - *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, Actor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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