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He played David Murphy, the son of RoboCop Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman), alongside Abbie Cornish as Clara Murphy.
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John Paul Ruttan
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He appeared in the 2013 sci-fi mystery I"ll Follow You Down, written and directed by Canadian Richie Mehta. Ruttan is known for his role in the 2014 RoboCop reboot. In 2012 he was nominated for the Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role at the 33rd Young Artist Awards for his work in the Doodlebops Rock"n Road Show.
In 2015 he became an award winning actor for his first lead role in Shelby: The Dog Who Saved Christmas.
Ruttan was born in Toronto, Ontario. He had an early love for films and started acting at age 6, when he met with his current agent.
By age 8 he had already starred in numerous television shows. In 2008 he appeared as a guest star on The Rick Mercer Report portraying a young Jack Layton, a Canadian NDP leader, on the episode Election Kids.
Following year Ruttan guest starred in the series Mighty Mama for Canadian Broadcasting Company and guest starred in the Doodlebops Rockin" Road Show.
Other television performances include Murdock Mysteries, The Listener, and Degrassi: The Next Generation. His introduction into movies were the television Movies The Two Mr. Kissels and Will you Merry Maine?.
In 2010 he performed in his first short-film Ninety-one playing Young Jack directed and written by Jill Carter.
Ruttan"s appearance in his first feature film was Defendor with Woody Harrelson in 2010 playing young Jack Carter. In 2012, Ruttan appeared in the role of Tom Hardy"s character"s son, Joe, in the feature film This Means War alongside Reese Witherspoon and Chris Pine.
Ruttan has a blue belt in karate and does his own stunt work.
