Early career Starting his acting career at age six, Dekker was first seen in the soap
The Young and the Restless. He then appeared in
Star Trek Generations, two episodes of
Star Trek: Voyager and the film
Village of the Damned (1995). Dekker also appeared as a child actor on
Seinfeld (season 5, episode 16, 1994) and as Bobby (season 7, episode 4, 1995). In 1997, he became a regular on the
Disney Channel show
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, portraying Nick Szalinski. After the show ended in 2000, he went on to appear in
Run of the House,
Fillmore!,
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,
House,
Boston Public,
Reba and
7th Heaven. He appeared in films such as
Campus Confidential and
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster. Dekker has won three
Young Artist Awards for his work in
The Land Before Time films and one for his guest appearance on
Boston Public. In 2001, he played the part of young
Donny Osmond in the film
Inside the Osmonds.
2006–present In 2006, Dekker landed a recurring role on
Heroes playing the character of Zach (
Claire Bennet's best friend). He played Zach for eleven episodes before leaving
Heroes to take a starring role in
Fox's new show
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as
John Connor, starring opposite
Lena Headey and
Summer Glau. That show debuted January 13, 2008, and was canceled on May 18, 2009. Dekker also played the lead character Nate Palmer in the web-based science fiction series
IQ-145. In 2009, Dekker appeared in
From Within (filmed in 2007), ''
My Sister's Keeper, a drama in which he starred with Cameron Diaz, Alec Baldwin, Abigail Breslin and Medium star Sofia Vassilieva, and Laid to Rest alongside Lena Headey. In 2010, Dekker starred in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street'', released on April 30, 2010. His character's name was Jesse Braun, loosely based on the character Rod Lane in the original. That same year he also had a role in
All About Evil, an indie horror film. Dekker starred in
Gregg Araki's
Kaboom (2010). It is the first film ever awarded the
Cannes Film Festival "Queer Palm Award" for its contribution to
LGBT presence in cinema. Dekker was a "top candidate" for the lead role in Paramount's remake of
Footloose (2011), but the role went to
Kenny Wormald. In April 2011, Dekker starred as
Lance Loud in the
HBO original film
Cinema Verite, about the creation of America's first reality television series,
An American Family. Dekker played the role of Adam, the male lead on the television series
The Secret Circle developed by
The CW. He appeared in
Daughtry's music video for their single "
Waiting for Superman", which was released September 17, 2013. Dekker was a regular on the 2015 Fox crime drama
Backstrom, playing Gregory Valentine, the gay underworld contact and roommate of
Rainn Wilson's title character, revealed to be his half-brother. ==Music==