Life and death of Justin Pierce

Pierce Justin is best known as a skateboarder andThe actor in his ambiguous role in the movie "Children." Justin shocked his friends and the whole world, when in 2000 he committed suicide in a hotel room in Las Vegas.

Childhood

Justin Charles Pierce was born on March 21, 1975 in London, but grew up in Manhattan, New York, attended the school in the Bronx.

The boy's parents divorced when he was 15. After the divorce, he lived with his mother in the northeast of Pennsylvania and attended the Delaware Valley High School in Milford. But after a while, Justin Pearce returned to New York.

The boy got out of control, dropped out of school andleft the house, often stopped in the basement with other skateboarders. Later, he was arrested for possession of marijuana and heroin. At the age of 19, Justin returned to live with his parents.

The beginning of an acting career

One day, when Justin was skating inWashington Square Park in New York, he was spotted by the controversial photographer Larry Clark. At this time, Larry was working on his first directorial work on the life of "street children" in New York. The script was written by the 18-year-old Harmony Korin in 1993. This work of the young screenwriter was inspired by skateboarder Quim Cardona, who originally had to play the role of Telli (which eventually went to Leo Fitzpatrick) in the film.

Justin got the role of Casper, Telli's friend.

During the shooting, Pierce fought with a bouncer of oneclub and broke his wrist. Since his character in the film has no injuries, they had to wait for the end of filming to impose a cast. In the pool scene, you can see Justin holding his hands over his head. He did this to reduce the pain in his wrist.

The film "Children" was released in 1995 and was a great success. The role of Casper brought Justin the "Spirit of Independence" award for the best breakthrough of the year.

In 1997, Justin Pierce moved from New York to Los Angeles and began working on his acting career. In the same year he appears in two paintings: "Brotherly kiss" and "For the first time convicted".

Justin continued to receive roles in some independent films, including a small role in the series "Malcolm in the spotlight."

In 1999, Justin Pierce married a stylistGina Rizzo in Las Vegas. They lived together in Los Angeles with two dogs. It is possible that a year after the wedding they had a daughter, but there is no exact information about this.

In 2000, Justin, along with Aisom Kubom, starredin the film "Next Friday". Within the advertising company, the entire film crew went to Las Vegas. Justin stayed in the suite of the Bellagio Hotel. July 10, he did not come to the local shopping center to sign autographs.

End of life and cause of death

Justin Pierce was found hanged on this day in his hotel room. He was 25 years old.

Justin left two suicide notes, but they were not made public.

The Catholic service for Justin was held the next day at the Cathedral in the Italian district of Manhattan.

Seth Rosenfeld talks about Justin: "Michael Rapaport said that I need to meet this great actor and then I started hearing all these things about what kind of Justin was a problem, but when I met him he was not at all like that." He was a good actor, always ready for work Justin had a hard life, he was very wise for such a young age, he had the soul of an old man, but under his rough shell a very cute child was hiding. "

Perhaps we'll never know why Justin Pierce ended up like this. But one thing we know for sure: he will always live in amazing film works, which he left behind.