Cameron Palatas

Cameron Lewis Palatas^[1] was born in San Pedro, California, on February 23, 1994.^[2] He is the younger brother of fellow actors Nick Palatas and Philip Palatas.^[3] His first acting job was with his family, including his brother Nick, as extras in a Walmart commercial.^[4]

Palatas had a recurring role in the 2013 mockumentary series Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous.^[4] He has since had minor roles in several Disney shows such as iCarly, A.N.T. Farm, and I Didn't Do It. In 2015, he starred in the Christian drama film Pass the Light, in which he played a high school senior who runs for U.S. Congress.^[5] That same year, he starred in the Lifetime film Double Daddy.^[6] In 2016, he starred in the third season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as a younger version of Gideon Malick,^[7] reprising the role in the seventh season of the show in 2020.^[8] He also starred in the 2017 comedy film F the Prom by Benny Fine alongside Danielle Campbell, Madelaine Petsch and Joel Courtney.^[9][10][11]

Palatas dated actress Ariel Winter around 2012, which attracted some controversy as he was 18 years old and she was 14 years old.^[2] Winter's mother filed statutory rape charges against Palatas in 2012,^[2] but the charges were soon dropped when Winter's sister Shanelle Workman became Winter's legal guardian and alleged that their mother had been physically and emotionally abusive,^[12] culminating in Winter receiving emancipation in 2015.^[13][14]