Jesse Nilsson

Jesse Nilsson
Born	Jesse Allan Nilsson 9 December 1977 Canada
Died	25 April 2003 North York, Ontario, Canada
Years active	1993 - 2003

Jesse Allan Nilsson (9 December 1977 - 25 April 2003)^[1] was a Canadian actor who starred in several television programmes, one of his notable and last parts being Gabriel Patterson on Adventure Inc. He died, aged 25, of pneumonia related heart failure.^[2]

Career

Nilsson was an asthmatic, but despite this he was active in the dramatic arts from a very young age and in a tragically short career, managed to create an impressive list of both feature film and television credits. Nilsson was cast as Eric Singer, one of the central characters in the Disney TV movie, Model Behavior, which was released on 12 March 2000 in the USA.^[3] In the television show Our Hero which ran from 2000 to 2002, Nilsson played the part of casual-warm and a super-supportive, Rollins, an animal rescue guy who "knows way too much about raccoon poop".^[4]

Nilsson 's last major role was as Gabriel Patterson on Adventure Inc.^[5] He died from pneumonia related heart failure on 25 April 2003 in North York, (Ontario, Canada) before the 22nd and final episode, "Trapped", had been broadcast, its original airdate being 12 May 2003. A tribute was added to the last few frames of this episode showing a picture of Nilsson under which was written "In memory of Jesse Nilsson 1977-2003".

References

1. ^ absolutenow
2. ^ imdb mini bio.
3. ^ Model Behavior (2000) (TV)
4. ^ THE HEROES cast page showing Jesse Nilsson
5. ^ Fansite dedicated to ADVENTURE INC. Jesse Nilsson bio

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Name	Nilsson, Jesse
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Date of birth	9 December 1977
Place of birth	Canada
Date of death	25 April 2003
Place of death	North York, Ontario, Canada