Background
Fugit was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. His mother, January Clark-Fugit, is a dance teacher and his father, Bruce is an electrical engineer
Fugit was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. His mother, January Clark-Fugit, is a dance teacher and his father, Bruce is an electrical engineer
Fugit attended East High School, where he was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Fugit made his acting debut in a school production of The Twelve Dancing Princesses as the shoemaker, while he was at grade seven. He also began his acting career on television, guest-starring in Promised Land and Touched by an Angel. Later, he starred in the Fox television film, Legion of Fire: Killer Ants and in Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Fugit became much more widely praised and known for his leading role in Cameron Crowe"s Almost Famous, as a young rock-fan-turned-reporter.
He later claimed that his knowledge of 1970s rock music was nil ("I actually thought Led Zeppelin was one person"). Fugit declined the title role in Richard Kelly"s Donnie Darko which went to Jake Gyllenhaal.
Fugit played a sweetly geeky, aspiring comic book artist in White Oleander (2002) and a naive drug addict in the indie dark comedy Spun (2003). His next film, Saved! (2004), was a satirical look at the religious right in high school.
Fugit played the cool young pastor"s skateboarding son and love interest to a pregnant, once-popular teen (Jena Malone) who must re-evaluate her moral positions.
In 2005, he co-starred in The Amateurs, an independent comedy about a sleepy town that comes together to film a porno. In the 2006 film, Bickford Shmeckler"s Cool Ideas, his love interest was Olivia Wilde of the television series House, Doctor of Medicine, where Fugit had a guest star appearance. In 2007, he co-starred with Shannyn Sossamon in Wristcutters: A Love Story.
Fugit portrayed the role of a snake boy, Evra Von in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire"s Assistant, which was released on October 23, 2009.
In November 2010, Fugit signed on to Cameron Crowe"s adaptation of Benjamin Mee"s We Bought a Zoo, which was released in December 2011. In 2014, Fugit co-starred in Gone Girl, as Officer James Gilpin.