Jansen Rayne Panettiere was an actor and a painter born in Palisades, Rockland County, New York, United States to Alan Lee “Skip” Panetierre and Lesley R. Vogel. Skip worked a fire department lieutenant while Vogel is a former soap opera.

Jansen was 5’7″ tall and 5 years younger than his sister Hayden Panetierre. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 2002, he voiced HattMii in “Midori’s Nintendoland Bakery” and played Kupchack’s son in “Even Stevens“. In 2003, he voiced Noah in “Jacob Two-Two” and played Justin Shanowski in “Hope & Faith” and Billy in “Third Watch“.
2. In 2004, he voiced Periwinkle in “Blue’s Clues“, Carl in “Evelyn: The Rocketeer“, Woody in “The Male Contestant’s New School” and an 8th grader in “100 Things to Do before Middle School“. Released on August 6, 2004 on Disney Channel, “Tiger Cruise” starred Hayden as Madeline “Maddie” Dolan and him as Joey.
3. He voiced Robby Hobbie in “Holly Hobbie and Friends” from 2005 to 2007, Truman X in “The X’s” from 2005 to 2006, younger Rodney in “Robots” in 2005 and a Shovelmouth boy in “Ice Age: The Meltdown” in 2006. He played Peter in “Everybody Hates Chris” in 2006 and Luke in “The Last Day of Summer” and Mikey Beltran in “The Babysittters“.
4. In 2008, he played Dustin in “The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry“.
5. In 2009, he played Enrique Suarez in “The Perfect Game“.
6. In 2011, he played Huko in “The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone“.
7. In 2012, he played Aram in “The Forger“.
8. In 2013, he played a young boy in “Shadow on the Mesa“.
9. In 2015, he played Broom in “Summer Forever” and Robbie Oakes in “The Martial Arts Kid“.
10. In 2019, he played Hayes in “How High 2” and Casper in “The Walking Dead“.
11. In 2021, he played Fizz in “Bart Bagalzby and the Garbage Genie“.
12. In 2022, he played Robin in “Love and Love Not“.
13. On February 19, 2023, he died at age 28.