Haley Joel Osment

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Haley Joel Osment
Tisch School of the Arts
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
RelativesEmily Osment (sister)

Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988)

Vanitas
in the same franchise from 2010 to 2020.

Osment made his Broadway debut in a short-lived revival of

LEGO Marvel Avengers: Code Red
(2023).

Early life

Osment was born in Los Angeles, California,[3] the son of Theresa (née Seifert), a teacher, and Michael Eugene Osment,[4] a theater and film actor, both natives of Birmingham, Alabama. Osment was raised Roman Catholic.[5] He has one sibling, actress Emily Osment, who is four years younger. Osment's parents have described his childhood as a "good old-fashioned Southern upbringing". His father said that when Osment was learning to speak, he deliberately avoided using baby talk when communicating with his son.[6] As a child, he wrestled and played basketball, football, and golf.[7]

Osment was a student at Flintridge Preparatory School in La Cañada Flintridge, California.[8] He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2011.[9]

Career

Visiting a store at age four, Osment signed up with a talent scout. Called back for an audition, he was asked to describe the biggest thing he had ever seen; his description of an IMAX theater screen helped win him a part in a Pizza Hut TV commercial.[6] The commercial launched his career, and later that year he starred in the ABC TV sitcom Thunder Alley, his first role in series television.[10] His first feature film role was as Forrest Gump's son in the 1994 film Forrest Gump.[11] He also had a small part in another 1994 film, Mixed Nuts. Throughout the rest of the 1990s, Osment played regular or recurring roles in various TV series; including The Jeff Foxworthy Show and the final season of Murphy Brown, where he replaced Dyllan Christopher as Murphy's son, Avery.

Osment in 2001

In addition, he made numerous guest appearances on shows, including

Bogus, alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Gérard Depardieu and the 1998 television film The Lake, as well as I'll Remember April (1999), with future The Sixth Sense co-star Trevor Morgan
.

Osment first achieved stardom in 1999, when he appeared in The Sixth Sense, co-starring Bruce Willis. For his portrayal of Cole Sear, a psychic child, Osment won the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, becoming the second-youngest performer ever to receive an Academy nomination for a supporting role, but lost the final Oscar vote to Michael Caine (with whom he would later work, appearing together in Secondhand Lions). One of Osment's lines in The Sixth Sense, "I see dead people," became a popular catchphrase and is often repeated or parodied on television programs and in other media. The phrase is #44 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Movie Quotes. He made three minor appearances on the animated TV series Family Guy in 2000 and 2001.[13]

In 2000 Osment had a leading role in

Saturn Award for Best Younger Actor, and further critical acclaim. In reviewing the film, critic Roger Ebert claimed that: "Osment, who is onscreen in almost every scene, is one of the best actors now working".[14] In 2001, Osment starred in the Polish film, Edges of the Lord, as Romek. The film was never released theatrically in the United States. Between 2002 and 2003, Osment lent his voice to films such as The Country Bears, The Hunchback of Notre Dame II and The Jungle Book 2 (Jake Thomas auditioned for the role of Mowgli prior to Osment's casting),[15] all from Walt Disney Pictures. He returned to live action with the 2003 film, Secondhand Lions
.

Osment lent his voice to the video game series

Immortal Grand Prix anime
television series.

He appeared in

Montana Amazon as both an actor and executive producer. The film starred Olympia Dukakis and debuted at the Orlando and Big Apple Film Festivals in November 2010, winning Best Feature Film at the latter.[16]

Osment made his Broadway debut at the Belasco Theatre in November 2008 playing the role of Bobby, a young heroin addict, in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo; co-starring with John Leguizamo and Cedric the Entertainer.[17] The show opened to mixed reviews, and a provisional statement was made on November 20, 2008, that it would close after the first week.[18]

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

Variety reported on June 27, 2011, that Osment would star in Wake the Dead, a modern-day retelling of the Frankenstein story, with production to begin the last quarter of 2011.[21] As of mid-2014, no published status was available.

In 2013, he appeared in a series of episodes of Amazon's Alpha House. He also co-starred in the Will Ferrell and Adam McKay-produced comedy melodrama miniseries The Spoils of Babylon and The Spoils Before Dying for IFC. Kevin Smith has further added to Osment's career resurgence with roles in the first two films of his True North Trilogy, first as Teddy Craft in Tusk and next as a fictionalized version of Canadian journalist Adrien Arcand in Yoga Hosers.

In 2017, Osment held a recurring role in season 4 of HBO's Silicon Valley as VR expert and tech financier Keenan Feldspar. Also in 2017, Osment made an appearance on BBC America's Top Gear America as one of the guests in the fourth episode of season 1.[22]

In 2019, Osment had a supporting role in the Netflix film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, starring alongside Lily Collins whose character Liz follows the prosecution of Ted Bundy, played by Zac Efron. Osment performs in two series that have Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg as executive producers: Osment plays Mesmer in the Amazon series The Boys and Dr. Stu Camillo in the Hulu series Future Man.

Personal life

Osment plays the guitar and piano.[23] He is an avid golfer who began playing at the age of seven. He played for the U.S. team in the All-Star Cup 2005, under team leader Mark O'Meara,[24] and has participated in the annual Michael Douglas & Friends Celebrity Golf Tournament.[25]

In 2006, Osment suffered a

broken rib and fractured shoulder blade in an auto accident.[26][27] He pled no contest to driving under the influence of alcohol and misdemeanor drug possession[27] and was sentenced to three years' probation, 60 hours in an alcohol rehabilitation and education program, a fine of $1,500, and attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous.[27][28]

As of 2007[update], Osment was living in New York City.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Forrest Gump Forrest Gump, Jr.
Young Artist Award for Best Performance by an Actor Under Ten in a Motion Picture
Mixed Nuts Little Boy
1995 For Better or Worse Danny
1996 Bogus Albert Franklin Nominated –
Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Actor Age Ten or Under
1997 Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas Chip Voice, direct-to-video
1999 The Sixth Sense Cole Sear
YoungStar Award for Best Young Actor/Performance in a Motion Picture Drama
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (Shared with Bruce Willis)
Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Debut
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
I'll Remember April Peewee Clayton
2000 Pay It Forward Trevor McKinney
Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor
Spot the Dog
 		Spot the Dog Voice, direct-to-video
2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence David
Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor
Edges of the Lord Romek
2002 The Hunchback of Notre Dame II Zephyr Voice, direct-to-video
Nominated –
Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role
The Country Bears Beary Barrington Voice
2003 Secondhand Lions Walter Caldwell
Tony Award
– Best Rising Star
The Jungle Book 2 Mowgli Voice

Nominated –

Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Young Actor

2007 Home of the Giants Robert "Gar" Gartland
2010
Montana Amazon
 		Womple Dunderhead Also executive producer
2012 Sassy Pants[29] Chip Hardy
2013 I'll Follow You Down Erol[30] Released as Continuum outside North America
2014 Tusk Teddy Craft[31]
Sex Ed Ed Cole
2015 Wrestling Isn't Wrestling Theater Audience Member Short film
The World Made Straight
 		Shank
Entourage Travis McCredle
Me Him Her Haley
2016 Yoga Hosers Adrien Arcand
Almost Friends Ben
2017 Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town Walt
Sleepwalker Warren
CarGo Danny Voice
2018 Clara's Ghost Joe
2019 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Jerry Thompson
The Devil Has a Name Alex Gardner
2020 Bad Therapy Reed
Death of a Telemarketer Jim/Dean
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics Gabe[32]
2022 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie Casey Jones Voice
2023 Somebody I Used to Know[33] Jeremy
Lego Marvel Avengers: Code Red
 		Collector Voice, Disney+ special[34]
2024 Drugstore June Davey
Blink Twice TBA Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1994 The Larry Sanders Show Little Boy Episode: "The Fourteenth Floor"
Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg Kyle Television film
1994–1995 Thunder Alley Harry Turner Starring role
1995–1997 The Jeff Foxworthy Show Matt Foxworthy Starring role
1997 Walker, Texas Ranger Lucas Simms 2 episodes
Last Stand at Saber River Davis Cable Television film
1997–1998 Murphy Brown Avery Brown #2 6 episodes
1998 Chicago Hope Nathan Cacaci Episode: "Memento Mori"
Touched by an Angel John Henry Episode: "Flights of Angels"
The Pretender Davey Simpkins 2 episodes
The Lake Dylan Hydecker Television film
The Ransom of Red Chief Andy Dorset Television film
Cab to Canada Bobby Television film
1999 Ally McBeal Eric Stall Episode: "Angels and Blimps" S2.13
Hey Arnold! Curly Gammelthorpe Voice, episode: "Deconstructing Arnold"
2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Myka Voice, episode: "Lone Wolf"
2000–2022 Family Guy Various characters Voice, 4 episodes
2005–2006
Immortal Grand Prix
 		Takeshi Jin[35] Voice, English dub
2013–2014 Alpha House Shelby Mellman[36] 12 episodes
2013, 2022 American Dad! Stan's Informant, Clubber Voice, 3 episodes
2014 The Spoils of Babylon Winston Morehouse 3 episodes
2015 The Spoils Before Dying Alistair St. Barnaby-Bixby-Jones 5 episodes
Drunk History Kid Blink Episode: "Journalism"
2015–2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Slow Joey 10 episodes
2016 The Eric Andre Show Guest Episode: "Dennis Rodman; Haley Joel Osment"
2017 Oasis[37] Sy
Amazon Video
pilot episode
Silicon Valley[38][39] Keenan Feldspar 3 episodes
Top Gear America[22][40] Himself Episode: "Drive Your Life"
2017–2019 Teachers Damien 4 episodes
Future Man[41] Dr. Stu Camillo 14 episodes
2018 Swedish Dicks[42] Dave Episode: "Floyd Cal Who"
The X-Files[43][44]
 Davey James / Young John James Episode: "Kitten"
Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy Gaston Lebone Episode: "R.I.G.G.L.E. Day"
2019 The Boys[45] Mesmer 2 episodes
2019–2021 The Kominsky Method[46] Robby 7 episodes
2020 Robot Chicken Kevin Jonas, Tim Murphy Voice, episode: "Petless M in: Cars Are Couches On The Road"
Star Trek: Lower Decks[47] O'Connor Voice, episode: "Moist Vessel"
The George Lucas Talk Show Himself Episode: "Yoda Hosers"
2020–2023 What We Do In the Shadows Topher Delmonico 2 episodes
2021 Goliath Dylan Zax Recurring role[48]
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens Amos Episode: "Home"
2021–2022 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Kash D. Langford Voice, season 4[49]
2021–2022 Dogs in Space Garbage Voice, main role[50]
2022 We Baby Bears[51] Teddi, Bear 3 Voice, episode: "Teddi Bear"
Dead End: Paranormal Park[citation needed] Danny Voice, episode: "Going Up"
The Mysterious Benedict Society One Two Episode: "A Two-Way Street"
2022–2023 DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms Buzzsaw Voice, seasons 2–6
2023
Young Jedi Adventures
 		Raxlo Voice, 3 episodes

Video games

Year Title Voice role Notes Source
2002 Kingdom Hearts Sora [52]
2006 Kingdom Hearts II [52]
2008
Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
 [52]
2009 Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days [52]
2010 Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Sora,
Vanitas
 [52]
2011
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
 Sora [52]
2012 Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Sora, Vanitas [52]
2013 Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix Sora Archive audio [52]
2014 Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix Sora, Vanitas Archive audio for Vanitas [52]
2017 Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue [52]
2018 NBA 2K19 Zack Coleman Also facial capture [53][54]
2019 Kingdom Hearts III Sora, Vanitas Also in Re:Mind (2020) DLC [55][56]
2020 Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory Sora Archive audio [57]
2021 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate As part of DLC Fighter Pack #11
Archive audio 		[58]

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