Canadian leading man Chris Makepeace was 15 when he made his first film appearance in the raunchcom Meatballs (1979). He was top billed in his next film, My Bodyguard (1980), playing a bethumped high schooler who hires hulking Adam Baldwin to protect him from bullying Matt Dillon. He has since alternated between leads and supporting parts in both American and Canadian films. Chris Makepeace has also been featured in such made-for-TV fare as Mazes and Monsters (1982) and The Terry Fox Story (1983). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide