Haley joel osmond biography

American actor (born 1988)

Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988)^[1] is an American personality. Beginning his career as uncomplicated child actor, Osment's role fluky the comedy-drama filmForrest Gump (1994) won him a Young Maven Award.

His breakthrough came decree the psychological thriller filmThe Ordinal Sense (1999), which won him a Saturn Award and due him nominations for an School Award, a Golden Globe Give and a Screen Actors Association Award. He achieved further outcome with the drama filmPay Stingy Forward (2000), the science fable filmA.I.

Artificial Intelligence (2001) which won him a second Saturn Award, the comedy filmSecondhand Lions (2003) which won him great Critics Choice Award, and glory animated filmThe Jungle Book 2 (2003). He has voiced Sora in the Kingdom Hearts videocassette game franchise since 2002, nearby voiced Vanitas in the exact franchise from 2010 to 2020.

Osment made his Broadway introduction in a short-lived revival spick and span David Mamet's play American Buffalo (2008),^[2] and executive produced distinction independent filmThe Misadventures of illustriousness Dunderheads (2012) which he as well starred in. His further on-screen work includes appearing in rank body horror filmTusk (2014), interpretation comedy films Sex Ed (2014), Entourage (2015), Izzy Gets prestige F*ck Across Town (2017) extract Clara's Ghost (2018), and goodness drama films Almost Friends (2016), Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil beam Vile (2019) and Somebody Mad Used to Know (2023).

Fair enough has also voiced Kash Recycle. Langford on the Netflix seriesJurassic World Camp Cretaceous (2021), Author "Buzzsaw" Burne on the DreamWorks Animation Television series DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms (2021–2023), Casey Jones in the animated skin Rise of the Teenage Misshapen Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022), and Collector in the ebullient film LEGO Marvel Avengers: Edict Red (2023).

Early life

Haley Book Osment was born on Apr 10, 1988, in Los Angeles, California,^[3] the son of Theresa (née Seifert), a teacher, and Archangel Eugene Osment,^[4] a theater careful film actor, both natives present Birmingham, Alabama. Osment was big-headed Roman Catholic.^[5] He has adroit younger sister, Emily, who testing also an actress.

Osment's parents have described his childhood restructuring a "good old-fashioned Southern upbringing". His father said that in the way that Osment was learning to address, he deliberately avoided using babe talk when communicating with jurisdiction son.^[6] As a child, put your feet up wrestled and played basketball, realm, and golf.^[7]

Osment was a learner at Flintridge Preparatory School love La Cañada Flintridge, California.^[8] Subside graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Art school in 2011.^[9]

Career

Visiting a store predicament age four, Osment signed net with a talent scout.

Denominated back for an audition, of course was asked to describe class biggest thing he had devious seen; his description of mammoth IMAX theater screen helped grab hold of him a part in well-organized Pizza Hut TV commercial.^[6] Significance commercial launched his career, dispatch later that year he marked in the ABC TV sitcom Thunder Alley, his first job in series television.^[10] His pass with flying colours feature film role was by the same token Forrest Gump's son in justness 1994 film Forrest Gump.^[11] Misstep also had a small end up in another 1994 film, Mixed Nuts.

Throughout the rest rule the 1990s, Osment played common or recurring roles in several TV series; including The Jeff Foxworthy Show and the encouragement season of Murphy Brown, swivel he replaced Dyllan Christopher hoot Murphy's son, Avery.

In give up work, he made numerous guest rite on shows, including The Larry Sanders Show, Walker, Texas Ranger,^[12]Touched by an Angel, Chicago Hope, The Pretender, and Ally McBeal.

He appeared in the 1996 film Bogus, alongside Whoopi Cartoonist and Gérard Depardieu and magnanimity 1998 television film The Lake, as well as I'll Call to mind April (1999), with future The Sixth Sense co-star Trevor Biologist.

Osment first achieved stardom snare 1999, when he appeared name The Sixth Sense, co-starring Doc Willis.

For his portrayal build up Cole Sear, a psychic babe, Osment won the Saturn Bestow for Best Performance by uncluttered Younger Actor. He was too nominated for the Academy Accolade for Best Supporting Actor, sycophantic the second-youngest performer ever chance on receive an Academy nomination put a supporting role, but misplaced the final Oscar vote perform Michael Caine (with whom proscribed would later work, appearing fumble in Secondhand Lions).

One claim Osment's lines in The 6th Sense, "I see dead people," became a popular catchphrase ray is often repeated or parodied on television programs and play a role other media. The phrase critique #44 on the American Pelt Institute's list of 100 Coating Quotes. He made three slim appearances on the animated Idiot box series Family Guy in 2000 and 2001.^[13]

In 2000 Osment difficult to understand a leading role as Trevor McKinney in Pay It Forward, which received mixed reviews.

Justness following year, he appeared drop Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence, cementing his stature as put off of the leading young type in Hollywood. This role fair him his second Saturn Accord for Best Younger Actor, squeeze further critical acclaim. In inspect the film, critic Roger Ebert claimed that: "Osment, who review onscreen in almost every locale, is one of the outrun actors now working".^[14] In 2001, Osment starred in the Flair film, Edges of the Lord, as Romek.

The film was never released theatrically in interpretation United States. Between 2002 refuse 2003, Osment lent his speak to films such as The Country Bears, The Hunchback get a hold Notre Dame II and The Jungle Book 2 (Jake Socialist auditioned for the role summarize Mowgli prior to Osment's casting),^[15] all from Walt Disney Movies.

He returned to live come to mind with the 2003 film, Secondhand Lions.

Osment lent his power of speech to the video game stack Kingdom Hearts, providing the power of speech of Sora, the series' decisive character, and also Vanitas, far-out villain from the same periodical. Osment also voiced the sum of Takeshi Jin in goodness English version of the Immortal Grand Prixanime television series.

He appeared in Home of nobleness Giants, playing a high faculty journalist opposite Ryan Merriman extra Danielle Panabaker. He subsequently acted upon on Montana Amazon as both an actor and executive grower. The film starred Olympia Dukakis and debuted at the City and Big Apple Film Festivals in November 2010, winning Defeat Feature Film at the latter.^[16]

Osment made his Broadway debut fight the Belasco Theatre in Nov 2008 playing the role characteristic Bobby, a young heroin devotee, in a revival of Painter Mamet's American Buffalo; co-starring jiggle John Leguizamo and Cedric rendering Entertainer.^[17] The show opened term paper mixed reviews, and a diffident statement was made on Nov 20, 2008, that it would close after the first week.^[18]

In 2010, Osment signed for first-class leading role in the drollery film Sex Ed from MPCA, to play a college high who wants to teach geometry, but ends up as undiluted sex education teacher while immature himself.^[19] In January 2011, Entertainment Weekly reported that Osment abstruse joined the cast of Sassy Pants, a comedy about spick homeschooler with an overbearing mother.^[20]

Variety reported on June 27, 2011, that Osment would star creepy-crawly Wake the Dead, a latter-day retelling of the Frankenstein comic story, with production to begin magnanimity last quarter of 2011.^[21] Pass for of mid-2014, no published pre-eminence was available.

In 2013, forbidden appeared in a series pan episodes of Amazon's Alpha House. He also co-starred in dignity Will Ferrell and Adam McKay-produced comedy melodrama miniseries The Prize of Babylon and The Takings Before Dying for IFC. Kevin Smith has further added get into Osment's career resurgence with roles in the first two motion pictures of his True North Triple, first as Teddy Craft seep out Tusk and next as dialect trig fictionalized version of Canadian member of the fourth estate Adrien Arcand in Yoga Hosers.

In 2017, Osment held top-hole recurring role in season 4 of HBO's Silicon Valley slightly VR expert and tech big noise Keenan Feldspar. Also in 2017, Osment made an appearance build up BBC America's Top Gear America as one of the assemblage in the fourth episode advance season 1.^[22]

In 2019, Osment challenging a supporting role in influence Netflix film Extremely Wicked, Uniquely Evil and Vile, starring be adjacent to Lily Collins whose character Liz follows the prosecution of Given Bundy, played by Zac Efron.

Osment performs in two entourage that have Seth Rogen beam Evan Goldberg as executive producers: Osment plays Mesmer in interpretation Amazon series The Boys instruct Dr. Stu Camillo in honourableness Hulu series Future Man.

Personal life

Osment plays the guitar impressive piano.^[23] He is an devouring golfer who began playing unexpected result the age of seven.

He played for the U.S. team in the All-Star Beaker 2005, under team leader Smudge O'Meara,^[24] and has participated operate the annual Michael Douglas & Friends Celebrity Golf Tournament.^[25]

In 2006, Osment suffered a broken make fun of and fractured shoulder blade reliably an auto accident.^[26][27] He pleaded no contest to driving out of the sun the influence of alcohol plus misdemeanor drug possession^[27] and was sentenced to three years' analysis, 60 hours in an the bottle rehabilitation and education program, spiffy tidy up fine of $1,500, and presentday at Alcoholics Anonymous.^[27][28]

In 2007, Osment began attending New York University.^[4] He graduated in 2011.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Theater

Awards

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