Jade Calegory

Jade Calegory is an American actor and best remembered for playing one of the leading roles in the sci-fi/comedy "Mac and Me" (1988). He plays Eric, a teen who befriends a strange alien who jumped on his car during moving day and he tries to help him return home. The role required a wheelchair-bound kid and Jade fit such criteria since he suffers from a health condition that doesn't allow him to walk. Thanks to his charisma, he landed the role but he also had some previous small roles in a couple of soap operas in the early 1980's.

While the film wasn't a critical or commercial success (winning two of its four nominations at the Razzie Awards), Calegory received some praise and a nomination at the 1989's Young Artist Awards in the Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Fantasy category. During promotion for the movie, he appeared in many talk-shows (including "Geraldo") where he discussed not only the film and his condition but also shared plenty of positive thoughts to other disabled young people - he was also a spokesperson for the "Friends Who Care" community.

After "Mac and Me", he appeared in one episode of "Kids Incorporated" and the TV movie "Alien Nation" (1989), and in recent years he turned his efforts to artistic works and photography.