Miko Hughes

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Miko Hughes
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Birth name	Miko John Hughes
Born	February 22 1986 (1986-02-22) (age 23) Apple Valley, California
Years active	1991 - present

Miko John Hughes (born February 22, 1986) is an American actor.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Career
- 1.2 Personal life
2 Filmography
3 Quotes
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

Hughes started his acting career in a public service announcement when he was 22 months old and followed that up by appearing in his first feature film when he was only 27 months old. From his years as a child actor, Hughes was consistently one of the busiest young actors in Hollywood. Hughes is best known on film as Gage Creed in Pet Sematary (1989), for his dramatic portrayal of an autistic boy opposite Bruce Willis in Mercury Rising (1998) and Dylan Porter opposite Heather Langenkamp in Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994).

Hughes also played Aaron Bailey on Full House from 1990 to 1995. One of his first movies was Jack the Bear, opposite Danny DeVito; in addition, he has starred on film in Spawn (1997), Zeus and Roxanne (1997), Apollo 13 (1995), Kindergarten Cop (1990) and Pet Sematary (1989). Hughes has also appeared in numerous television movies. He has been a series regular, recurring character or guest star on many television series including Baywatch (1989), Touched by an Angel (1994) and The Nanny (1993).

Hughes received an Emmy Award certificate for his participation as the voice of "Tommy" in the number one rated Fox animated TV series Life with Louie (1995). His other voice-over credits include the voice of "Sly" and "Witt," twin babies in the feature film Baby Geniuses (1999). His latest project is the film Surf School. Hughes recently appeared in a commercial for the video game "Jaks." After a break in his career he re-emerged as a teen in the science fiction hit Roswell. Hughes played a lovable villain who was part of a renegade group of aliens.

[edit] Personal life

Hughes was born in Apple Valley, California, the son of Mary (née Phelps) and John Hughes, a special effects technician.^[1] He has three siblings, Mike, Mitch and Molly.^[2] He has Chickasaw Native American ancestry.^[3] His first name means "chief" in both Chickasaw and Choctaw.

Hughes likes playing video games, such as Dance Dance Revolution, and is also a beekeeper, counting 30,000 bees as pets. Miko is also a D.J. with the pseudonym "D.J. Cubed". He lives in Apple Valley, California when working but considers his permanent address to be Oklahoma.

Miko Hughes will portray a charismatic Italian sculptor when he stars in next year's epic comedy film, City of Shoulders and Noses. The film, which is being produced by Tommy Ardolino, Sybil Danning, and George Parra, also stars Danielle Gamba, Ruth Buzzi, Jennifer Sciole, and John Martino.