Jimmy Jax Pinchak (born James Justin Pinchak; February 16, 1996) is an American actor, musician, and attorney.
Life and career
Born James Justin Pinchak, he grew up in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. He acted the movements for "Know-It-All" in the animated film The Polar Express (voice was provided by Eddie Deezen) and played the lead in made-for-TV movie All I Want For Christmas, Hostage and Meteor. He also played Eddy in Over There and Mark in Let Me In, a remake of the Swedish film Let the Right One In. In 2008, he starred in the pilot episode of the family comedy Growing Up Normal about a child actor growing up in Hollywood. In 2011, Jimmy made a guest appearance on NCIS. In 2010-2011, Pinchak played a recurring role in Ray Romano's Men of a Certain Age on TNT. In 2013, Pinchak played Peter Wiggin, the older brother of Ender Wiggin, in the film Ender's Game (2013).
In addition to acting, Pinchak is a blues rock musician. In 2014, The Jimmy Jax Pinchak Band released a blues rock album titled Make It Better. In 2018, The Jimmy J Pinchak Band released Blue on Arrival.
Pinchak earned his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School in 2021 and his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 2018.
Filmography
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size1090%"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
|2004
|The Polar Express
|Know-It-All
|Motion capture film
|-
|2005
|Hostage
|Sean
|
|-
|2007
|All I Want for Christmas
|Jesse
|
|-
|2010
|Let Me In
|Mark
|
|-
|2013
|Ender's Game
|Peter Wiggin
|
|-
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|2002–2003
|Family Affair
|Jody
|Main role (episodes 3–16)
|-
|2003
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
|Jimmy
|Episode: "Inside the Box"
|-
|2005
|Over There
|Eddy
|Recurring role
|-
|2006
|Brothers & Sisters
|Teddy Traylor
|Unaired television pilot
|-
|2007
|All I Want For Christmas
|Jesse Armstrong
|TV movie
|-
|2009
|Meteor
|Michael Hapscomb
|Miniseries
|-
|2011
|Growing Up Normal
|Jimmy Jackson
|Episode: Pilot
|-
|2011
|NCIS
|Jason
|Episode: "One Last Score"
|-
|2011
|Men of a Certain Age
|Wes
|Recurring role
|-
|2025
|NCIS: Origins
|Jimmy
|Episode: “Funny How Time Slips Away”
|}