CJ Valleroys love for acting was ignited at age six watching Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitts kitchen combat scene in the film Mr Mrs Smith As fate would have it eight years later CJ was cast in the role of the incorrigible young Louie Zamperini in the Angelina Jolie directed feature Unbroken which was released worldwide on Christmas Day 2014 Born in Oklahoma City CJ and his family moved to Altamonte Springs Florida when he was six months old He began modeling and dancing at age 10 and at 14 moved out to Los Angeles in hopes of pursuing a career in the entertainment industry Within his first year in Los Angeles CJ made his 2013 television debut as Max in Nickelodeons Deadtime Stories 2014 marked CJs film debut in Unbroken the astonishing true story of Louis Zamperini a troubled youth who channeled his defiance into running and became an international track star at the Berlin Olympics As World War II broke out Zamperini enlisted as an airman where he survived a plane crash and several Japanese prisoner of war camps Most recently CJ was cast as Charlie Drake in Amblin EntertainmentTNTs 2015 pilot Lumen the story of a boy Charlie who accidentally transports his entire family into the world of a writers creation
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