Preston Bailey

Preston Bailey (born July 25, 2000) is an American actor who started acting at the age of two. He is known for appearing in the Showtime television series Dexter and for starring in such films as Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer, Children of the Corn, and The Crazies.

Biography

Bailey was born in Portland, Oregon. He is the younger brother of Brennan Bailey, also an actor. He moved to California at the age of five.

Bailey started acting in commercials at the age of two. Some national television commercials starring Bailey include Priceline.com, Clorox, Stouffer's, Juicy Juice, BMW, Bissell, and Mucinex. He guest-starred, in his first acting role, on Strong Medicine in 2005 as Dougie Nauls.[1] He co-starred in NBC's pilot Alpha Mom. He also starred in such television shows as Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother and Numb3rs.[1]

In 2007, he joined the cast of Showtime/CBS serial-killer drama Dexter starring in a recurring role as Rita Morgan's son Cody Bennett. He took over from Daniel Goldman from season one, playing the character in seasons two, three, four and five. He appeared in a total of 34 episodes.

He has also starred in several films. Bailey was cast as Timmy Armstrong in the feature film Nothing But the Truth. He co-starred in New Line Cinemas feature film Amusement, which was filmed in Budapest, Hungary. He was also be seen in the National Geographic / Paramount feature Arctic Tale. Bailey was also cast to play the lead role of boy preacher Isaac Chroner in the television remake of Children of the Corn.[1][2] In 2010, he guest-starred in an episode of Cold Case and also starred in The Crazies as Nicholas Farnum.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Alpha Mom	Will
2007	Arctic Tale	Kid
2008	Seven Years	Brennan	Short film
2008	Nothing But the Truth	Timmy Armstrong
2009	Kay	Connor	Short film
	Amusement	Max
	Children of the Corn	Isaac Chroner
	It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia	Young Mac
2010	The Crazies	Nicholas Farnum
	Eagleheart	Miracle boy
	Cold Case	Tim Malone
	Adalyn	Preston	Short film
	Funny or Die Presents	Schoolboy
2011	Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer	Frank Pearl
2011	The Apologist	Augie
2014	In Your Eyes	Clay
	A Million Ways to Die in the West	12-year-old Albert
	By God's Grace	Jacob
2017	Across My Land	Alex	Short film
2018	Pretty Broken	Monty Lou

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Strong Medicine	Dougie Nauls	1 episode
2006	Criminal Minds	Eric	1 episode
2007–2010; 2012	Dexter	Cody Bennett	Recurring (seasons 2–5); guest (season 7)
2007	How I Met Your Mother	Kindergartner	1 episode
2007	Numbers	Randy Amato	1 episode
2010	Glenn Martin, DDS	Young Glenn	Episode: Camp

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2009	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Dexter	Nominated
2009	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actor	Dexter	Nominated
2010	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Dexter	Nominated
2010	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actor 13 and Under	Dexter	Nominated
2011	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor Ten and Under	The Crazies	Nominated
		Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor Ten and Under	Cold Case	Nominated
		Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actor Ten and Under	Dexter	Nominated
2012	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actor Ten and Under	Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer	Nominated	[3]
2012	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast	Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer	Won	[3]

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"Preston stars as Isaac in Children of the Corn". TVguide.com. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
"33rd Annual Young Artist Awards". Retrieved May 7, 2012.

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