A teen actor, whose credit embrace the 2017 movie Child Driver and the reboot of the tv motion sequence MacGyver, died after he reportedly fell from a shifting car in Alabama final week .
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Workplace recognized the sufferer as Hudson Joseph Meek, 16, who sustained blunt drive accidents when he fell within the 1900 block of Canyon Street in Vestavia Hills on Thursday, Dec, 19, reported Al.com, CBS affiliate WIAT and NBC affiliate WTVM.
Native information shops added that Meek was taken to UAB Hospital the place he succumbed to his accidents two days later. Additionally they reported that the Vestavia Hills Police Division is investigating the incident.
A Saturday, Dec. 21 post on Meek’s Instagram account said: “Our hearts are damaged to share that Hudson Meek went house to be with Jesus tonight. His 16 years on this earth had been far too quick, however he achieved a lot and considerably impacted everybody he met.”
In line with an IMDb web page, Meek’s skilled performing credit date again to 2014, when he starred within the tv film The Santa Con, starring Melissa Joan Hart and Jaleel White.
Meek additionally appeared within the 2017 Edgar Wright-directed Child Driver, portraying the youthful model of the movie’s most important character Child, performed by Ansel Elgort.
His different performing credit, based on IMDb, included the MacGyver reboot sequence, Genius and most just lately The College Duel.
“Hudson was additionally an achieved actor,” based on a broadcast obituary. “He labored on a number of main movement photos and tv exhibits, a few of which shall be launched in 2025. He completely cherished spending time on set and having the possibility to be taught the names and tales of each member of the forged and crew.”
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The obituary added that Meek, of Vestavia Hills, was a sophomore at Vestavia Hills Excessive College and was a member of that college’s soccer workforce. Along with performing, Meek’s pursuits included sports activities, touring and being together with his shut associates.
“Hudson’s character was one among a form. He was assured, convicted in his beliefs, spontaneous, and quick-witted,” learn the tribute. “He by no means let the information get in the way in which of a comic story, and he cherished pleasant banter. He was a prankster, cherished a great joke, and was happiest when he was making others snicker. Hudson thrived in settings that allowed him to fulfill and serve new folks. Hudson was a vibrant and dynamic one that lived life to the fullest.”
The obituary additionally famous Meek’s devotion to his Christian religion, including “Hudson’s household is comforted and eternally grateful for these and different moments the place adults fostered the religion of Hudson and college students like him.”
The J Pervis Talent Agency described Meek as a “cherished member” of its household in a Sunday, Dec. 22 submit, writing: “Hudson was a unprecedented younger expertise, whose dedication, ardour, and promise shone brightly inside our trade. Over the previous 10 years, he contributed a lot to the spirit of our company and his loss leaves a void that shall be deeply felt by all of us.”
“Hudson was greater than only a expertise, he was a supply of inspiration and touched so many lives with his enthusiasm, kindness, smile and innate means to gentle up a room and by no means meet a stranger,” the company’s submit continued. “He shall be remembered with nice affection by us all.”
Meek is survived by his mother and father, his older brother, his grandmothers and different relations.
PEOPLE contacted the Vestavia Hills Police Division and the Jefferson County Coroner’s Workplace for extra info on Wednesday, Dec. 25.
