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  IGN: IGN Interviews Jon Heder
The main reason why the movie succeeds is the guy who brings Napoleon to life in his entire hilariously mundane splendor, the man in the moon boots: Jon Heder.
JON HEDER: I've only really had one kind of incident which was just this Friday.
HEDER: Jeremy [Coon], who is the producer/editor, was working on it in L.A., and they were rushing on it to get in done in time for Sundance.
movies.ign.com /articles/530/530459p1.html   (741 words)

  
  Jon Heder Biography from Fandango
American actor Jon Heder was studying 3-D animation at Brigham Young University when he met Jared Hess, the director who would make his a familiar face.
Heder also lent his voice to the animated film Monster House and signed on to appear in the Todd Phillips remake of School for Scoundrels.
Heder scored better on all fronts by voicing Reginald "Skull" Skulinski in the Steven Spielberg-produced, CG-animated family film Monster House, a spooky and funny romp about a home that begins devouring trick-or-treaters, and the three youngsters who set out to stop it.
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  Jon Heder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jonathan Joseph Heder (born October 26, 1977) is an American actor and filmmaker.
Heder was born in Fort Collins, Colorado to a family of six children, including a twin brother named Daniel.
Heder graduated from South Salem High School in Salem, Oregon in 1996.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jon_Heder   (524 words)

  
 Welcome to Wolfman Productions
Jon Heder is a 26-year-old Brigham Young University student who is majoring in 3-D Animation along with his identical twin brother Daniel.
Jon was raised in Salem, Oregon in a family of 6 children.
Jon's story of how he and his friends went from struggling student film-makers in Utah to college comedy favorites is an inspiring one, and will help anyone appreciate that dreams are achievable, with hard work, loyalty, and remaining true to oneself.
www.wolfmanproductions.com /napoleon.htm   (638 words)

  
 Jon Heder (a.k.a. Napoleon Dynamite), Wife Expecting! - The Hollywood Gossip
Jon Heder, the goofy kid who turned in such a dynamic performance as the title character in Napoleon Dynamite, is expecting a child with his wife, Kristen.
Heder, 28, who will star in the upcoming School for Scoundrels, alluded to the good news during a Hollywood Foreign Press news conference at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills on Thursday, and People has confirmed it.
Hailing from Salem, Ore., Heder burst onto the scene as the memorable Napoleon in the low-budget 2004 film, for which he was reportedly paid $1,000.
www.thehollywoodgossip.com /2006/09/jon-heder-aka-napoleon-dynamite-wife-expecting   (276 words)

  
 Napoleon Dynamite Jon Heder Celebrity Encounter and In Person Autograph
Heder was leaving his moon boots at home as he was coming to our very own college to speak about his life and of course Napoleon Dynamite.
Jon seemed like a nice guy, which was weird because it truly seemed that he was trying to sneak out on everyone.
Jon was in a rush but he agreed to one more and Earl got his wish.
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 Jon Heder Biography | Napoleon Dynamite | Bio | Blades of Glory | Just Like Heaven | The Benchwarmers | Picture | Baby   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jon Heder was born in Colorado to a family of six kids, including a twin brother, Daniel.
Jon went on a religious mission to Japan for two years after high school where he learned to speak fluent Japanese.
Jon Heder's uncle is former Philadelphia Eagles', Green Bay Packers' and Arizona Cardinals' running back Vai Sikahema.
www.kidzworld.com /article/7170-jon-heder-biography   (369 words)

  
 Life - StatesmanJournal.com
Heder said he met Hess at Brigham Young and that relationship led to his casting as the high school student Napoleon Dynamite, which is the name of someone Hess knew in Idaho.
Heder, a graduate of South Salem High School, was joined by his family, parents Jim and Helen Heder, and brother Matt, 19, at the first showing.
Jon Heder, who made videos in high school, said he is more interested in animation than acting at this point.
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 Jon Heder Photos - Jon Heder News - Jon Heder Information
Jon's wife received a phone call on her cell one day, from some teens in Chicago, letting her know that they were huge fans of her husband.
Jon, his twin brother Daniel, and brother Doug are all partners in their own production company, 'Greasy Entertainment'.
Jon will not accept a role that involves his character smoking, drinking, using drugs, swearing, or having sex.
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 USATODAY.com - Jon Heder gets off the bench   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jon Heder stands on a sunny sidewalk outside a Los Angeles novelty shop, staring through his own reflection in the store window with an expression that is partly amused and partly mortified.
Heder is 28 now, and it has been two years since Napoleon premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and over the course of the summer became one of the biggest sleeper hits in movie history.
Heder and Hess (who directs Jack Black in the upcoming wrestling comedy Nacho Libre) presented a slice of life in Napoleon that is unique to rural Mormon culture in states like Utah and Idaho.
www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2006-04-06-heder_x.htm   (1534 words)

  
 Jon Heder News
Thornton, Heder made for solid duo in Scoundrels Published 10/10/2006 By BRAD LIFFORD Watch the trailer here _____________ I never reached a real comfort zone during "School for Scoundrels." One minute, Billy...
Jon Heder gives a good performance as Roger, a meter maid in New York with no claws or even roar.
Issue date: 10/3/06 Section: Editorials By all accounts, the film "School for Scoundrels" appears to be a drab, formulaic attempt at a romantic comedy, a concept and script that an infinite number of monkeys...
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 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Napoleon Die-namite
Jon Heder is a Mormon, and popular culture regards the young male adherents of that religion to be particularly clean-living and upstanding.
This evocation of mourning gets elevated to an even higher level in instances where the short-lived decedent had already been dealt more than a rightful share of tragedy during his or her existence, or possessed talent now lost to the community, or was a singularly likeable or praiseworthy person.
In Jon Heder's case, while his talent and youth work to fuel the rumor of his demise, it's the presumption of a saintly lifestyle that gives it an extra push.
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 Jon Heder Photos - Jon Heder News - Jon Heder Information
In May 2007, Jon and his wife Kirsten became parents to their first child, daughter Evan Jane Heder.
Jon's wife received a phone call on her cell one day, from some teens in Chicago, letting her know that they were huge fans of her husband.
Jon, his twin brother Daniel, and brother Doug are all partners in their own production company, 'Greasy Entertainment'.
www.tvtome.com /tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-295015   (382 words)

  
 Jon Heder (I) - Biography
When he was "Punk'd" (2003), his twin brother, Dan Heder and close friend Darrin E. Lile were the accomplices.
His father is an MD in practice in West Salem, Oregon whose office sports a large poster of Jon in Napoleon Dynamite (2004).
Jon and Kirsten became the parents of a girl, Evan Jane Heder, born April 6, 2007.
www.imdb.com /name/nm1417647/bio   (640 words)

  
 GIANT Magazine | Jon Heder
Heder is wearing a pair of jeans and an old coat, but the elderly ladies don’t notice him.
Heder is a greenhorn, a tenderfoot, as unlikely a Hollywood success story as has ever been written.
When he was 19, after his first year of college, Heder went to Tokyo on the requisite Mormon proselytizing trip known as “a mission.” His mission lasted two years and is one of the major milestones in his life-so far.
www.giantmag.com /2006/05/movies/jon-heder   (2186 words)

  
 Jon Heder @ Filmbug
Jon Heder became on overnight sensation and gained an instant cult following with his feature film debut in the title role of the offbeat comedy hit Napoleon Dynamite.
Heder's endearing portrayal of the somewhat nerdy high schooler who helps his friend Pedro get elected class president brought him two MTV Movie Awards, one in the category of Breakthrough Male and a second for Best Musical Performance for his crowd-pleasing election night dance.
Heder will soon begin production on School for Scoundrels, in which he stars opposite Billy Bob Thornton under the direction of Todd Phillips.
www.filmbug.com /db/344316   (277 words)

  
 Cinema Confidential News: 06/11/04 - INTERVIEW: Jon Heder on "Napoleon Dynamite"
Their Uncle Rico (Jon Gries), a man who can't seem to get passed his high school football days, has devised a scheme to earn money while Napoleon and Kipp are under his care.
JON: That’s kind of a worry sometimes if they bring it to me. I think don’t anybody could write a character that would be so much like Napoleon.
JON: It’s so funny that you ask that because when “X-Men 2” came out, we all went home and asked, “All right, if you had to have a superhero power but one that hasn’t been taken yet…” But I think being invisible would be pretty sweet or being able to change time.
www.cinecon.com /news.php?id=0406111   (1487 words)

  
 Tavis Smiley . Archive . Friday July 16th | PBS
Jon Heder talks to Tavis about his role in the film, Napoleon Dynamite.
Tavis talks to Carmen Binladin, sister-in-law of the world's most wanted man, about her new book and actor Jon Heder, star of the sleeper summer hit, Napoleon Dynamite.
Jon Heder is the relatively unknown star of the new offbeat comedy Napoleon Dynamite.
www.pbs.org /kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200407/20040716.html   (334 words)

  
 Jon Heder: Hollywood Actor Biography
Jon was paid $1,000 for his role in the film, which had a total budget of $400,000.
Heder has said that he will never do a sex scene for a movie because it conflicts with his religious beliefs.
Heder is also working on a movie about male figure skaters with Will Ferrell.
www.yuddy.com /articles/actors/jon-heder.html   (497 words)

  
 Actors - Jon Heder
Jonathan Joseph Heder (born October 26, 1977 in Fort Collins, Colorado), better known as Jon Heder, is an American actor and filmmaker, most famous for his portrayal of the title character in 2004
Jon is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Heder is a 2003 alumnus of Brigham Young University.
listing-index.ebay.com /actors/Jon_Heder.html   (317 words)

  
 Eye Weekly - Jon Heder - 06.17.04
A 26-year old Salem, Oregon, native and soon-to-be canonical big-screen geek, Jon Heder plays the moon-boot-wearing high school reject named Napoleon Dynamite, in the film of the same name opening June 18 (see review this page).
PLAYING SOMEBODY SO "Yeah," Heder says, "it's kind of weird to watch yourself at first, but you get used to it." As to how difficult it was to keep Napoleon seriously weird and still identifiable, Heder implies it wasn't that tough.
Heder claims to have gleaned his move-busting skills -- which would make even The Office's David Brent shake his head in wonder -- from various sources, including "John Travolta, Michael Jackson and the man in the mirror." ADAM NAYMAN
www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_06.17.04/film/meet.html   (434 words)

  
 Jon Heder: Napoleon Dynamite - Movie
Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) is the high school nerd who gets pushed around and taunted by the cool kids.
Jon Heder is absolutely convincing as the buck toothed, pale and athletically inept Dynamite, just looking at him doing nothing will begin the giggles!
Under all the humor of course lies the dark life of someone who doesn't "fit-in" and in a casual way the filmmakers divulge this side of life without making it so harsh as to make a definite statement, although the point is made within the blast that is Napoleon.
www.superiorpics.com /jon_heder/movie/2004_napoleon_dynamite.html   (1081 words)

  
 June 2004 | blackfilm.com | features | interviews | an interview with Jon Heder
Jon: Born in Fort Collins, Colorado, moved to Oregon when I was two, grew up in Salem, Oregon, the capitol.
Jon: Yeah, most of them were graduates or had been in the local film community for a couple of years.
Jon: I'm almost one hundred percent positive there's not going to be a sequel, because Jared's very much, this is an art piece that doesn't need a sequel.
www.blackfilm.com /20040618/features/jonheder.shtml   (1221 words)

  
 Sweet! An interview with "Napoleon Dynamite" star Jon Heder!
Jon Heder does such a good job playing the title character in "Napoleon Dynamite" that he may have just cursed himself.
Heder plays Napoleon as a hilariously passive-aggressive antihero -- it's the sort of vivid, quotable performance that kids mimic for months, maybe years, afterward.
And Heder, a 26-year-old Salem, Ore. native and BYU computer-animation student, disappears so thoroughly into the part that he could be typecast for, well, forever.
homepage.mac.com /merussell/iblog/B835531044/C1592678312/E36507186   (1345 words)

  
 Jon Heder died in a car wreck! FALS... - ! Jon Heder ! - tribe.net
Heder was said to have been heading to his home town to take a break after the movie was filmed.
My son and I were waiting in line at Disneyland's "Tower of Terror", and he was talking like Napolean(he has him down to a tee), and two girls told us that Jon Heder had been killed in a car accident the night before.
Jon Heder, the actor who played the infamous Napoleon Dynamite has not died.
jonheder.tribe.net /thread/bc4887ee-dc1f-4ae8-bf68-5a0c8f26ce42   (739 words)

  
 Interview- Interview: Jon Heder Has Game - GameDaily   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Actor Jon Heder burst onto the Hollywood scene in 2004 courtesy of the surprise summer sleeper, Napoleon Dynamite, a $400,000 independent film that earned over $46 million at the crowded summer box office and introduced "Vote for Pedro" to the vocabulary of millions of tweens, T-shirts and teens.
Heder plays a men's figure skater, Jimmy MacElroy, who teams up with rival skater Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferrell) for a shot at Olympic Gold.
Heder, who's been a gamer most of his life, took some time off the ice to talk about his new movie, figure skating and his love of all things Nintendo.
www.gamedaily.com /interviews/_a/interview-jon-heder-has-game/20070330145909990001   (540 words)

  
 Jon Heder Biography (Actor) — Infoplease.com
Heder grew up in Salem, Oregon and attended Brigham Young University in Utah.
Its surprising success at the festival led to national distribution, and by the end of 2004 Heder's portrayal of the hapless Napoleon was being imitated across the United States and the film had grossed more than a hundred times what it cost to make.
Un pelotero a las ligas menores: Amaury Nolasco: con sólo verle la cara a los actores Rob Sheneider, David Spade y Jon Heder, es suficiente para morirse...
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 Napoleon Dynamite's Heder, Wife Expecting | Pregnancy, Jon Heder : People.com
Napoleon Dynamite star Jon Heder and his wife, Kirsten, are expecting their first child, the actor's rep has confirmed to PEOPLE.
Heder, 28, who stars in the upcoming School for Scoundrels, first alluded to the good news during a Hollywood Foreign Press news conference at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills on Thursday.
Heder, who is from Salem, Ore., burst onto the scene playing the memorable oddball Napoleon Dynamite in the 2004 film.
www.people.com /people/article/0,26334,1535061,00.html   (358 words)

  
 Buy.com - Napoleon Dynamite : DVD : Jon Heder : Jon Gries : Aaron Ruell : Efren Ramirez : Tina Majorino : Haylie Duff : ...
Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) is a high-school outcast in every sense of the word.
At home, things aren't much better: his uber-nerd older brother, Kip (Aaron Ruell), and ultra-vain Uncle Rico (Jon Gries) are too busy with their own obsessions to give Napoleon the time of day.
The rest of the cast is just as natural, underplaying their roles and letting the comedy unfold without forcing any of the jokes.
www.buy.com /prod/Napoleon_Dynamite/q/loc/324/40698964.html   (976 words)

  
 eBay - jon heder poster, Movie Memorabilia, Autographs-Original items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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