Child Actor (producer)

Child Actor was originally a dream pop duo formed by cousins Max Heath and Sedgie Ogilvy.^[10] They released the Partner EP in February 2012^[11] and the Window EP in July 2012.^[12]

Their first album, Victory, was released on Fake Four Inc. on October 16, 2012.^[13] Don Yates of KEXP-FM described the album as "an impressive set of maximalist, R&B-tinged electro-pop with a huge, lush sound featuring walls of glittering synths, hip hop-influenced rhythms, chopped samples, wispy vocals and sugary pop melodies."^[14] Alyce Currier of Earmilk said, "With more emotional staying power than a lot of music caught up in today's rapid release cycle, I think this one is a keeper."^[15]

Ogilvy left Child Actor in December 2012 with Natalie Plaza taking her place.^[5] Child Actor released their sophomore album, Never Die, in September 2014, followed by A Perfect Cloud in 2016.^[16]

In 2021, Child Actor released an album entitled Respawn with frequent collaborator Televangel via Fake Four Inc.^[17]

In 2022, Heath played keyboard in a recording session along with jazz musician Shabaka Hutchings that would form the foundation for the 2023 Armand Hammer album We Buy Diabetic Test Strips.^[18][19][20]

Heath gained wider recognition in 2024 after making contributions to critically acclaimed albums by artists such as Navy Blue, Elucid, and Previous Industries, as well as releasing his first full-length collaboration album with underground rapper Cavalier.^{[21][22][23][24]} In a 2024 interview, producer The Alchemist, when asked his thoughts about emerging producers, responded:

Child Actor is insane. Child Actor is out of his mind. That guy's really good, he’s impressed me a lot lately. ... [I]f I have my vote, then Child Actor is the one.^[25]

Albums

• Victory (2012)
• Never Die (2014)
• A Perfect Cloud (2016)
• Respawn (2021) (with Televangel)
• Ajai II Instrumentals (2023)
• CINE (2024) (with Cavalier)
• Here and Here (2025) (with August Fanon)

EPs

• Partner (2012)
• Window (2012)
• Promise (2013)
• Siempre Mia (2020) (with Televangel)
• Sunscreen (2024) (with Shemar)

Guest appearances

• Dark Time Sunshine – "Valiant" and "Forget Me Not" from Anx (2012)
• Blue Sky Black Death – "This Is It" and "Can't Take It With Me When I Die" from Cliff of Death EP with Deniro Farrar (2012)
• Sadistik – "Palmreader" from Flowers for My Father (2013)
• Deniro Farrar – "Death or Forever" and "Croisade" from The Patriarch II (2013)
• Blue Sky Black Death – "I" and "II" from Glaciers (2013)
• Deniro Farrar – "Rebirth/Hold On" from Rebirth (2014)
• Sadistik – "Orange" from Ultraviolet (2014)
• Serengeti – "Never Fall Back" from Energy EP (2019)

Production

• Busdriver – "Utilitarian Uses of Love (Child Actor remix)" from Beaus$Eros (Deluxe Version) (2012)
• Ceschi – "Work Song" from Forgotten Forever (2014)
• Serengeti – Energy EP (all songs, 2019)
• Billy Woods – "Shepherd's Tone (feat. Fielded)" from Terror Management (2019)
• Armand Hammer – "Charms (feat. Keiyaa)" from Shrines (2020)
• Moor Mother and Billy Woods – "Rapunzal", "Blak Forrest" (featuring Fielded), "Tiberius" (featuring Elucid), and "Portrait" (featuring Navy Blue) from Brass (2020)
• Fielded – "Justus (Child Actor remix)" (featuring Billy Woods) from The Sherita Sessions: Demisexual Lovelace Remixes (2021)
• Elucid – "Spellling", "Old Magic", "Mangosteen feat. Billy Woods", and "Split Tongue" from I Told Bessie (2022)
• ShrapKnel – "Running Rebel Swordplay", "Obol", and "A Tribe All Stressed" from Metal Lung (2022)
• AKAI SOLO – "Sun 2 Moon" from Body Feeling (2022)
• Amani & Robalu – "Starchild" from I'll Be Right Black! (2022)
• Serengeti – Ajai II (all songs, 2022)
• Open Mike Eagle – "The Song With the Secret Name", "I Retired Then I Changed My Mind", and "Peak Lockdown Raps" from Component System with the Auto Reverse (2022)
• Open Mike Eagle – "A New Rap Festival Called Falling Loud", "The Grand Prize Game on the Bozo Show feat. Video Dave & Still Rift", "We Should Have Made Otherground a Thing", "The Wire S3 E1 feat. Blu", and "Dave Said These Are the Liner Notes" from another triumph of ghetto engineering (2023)
• Fielded – "Take Me There feat. Teether", "You Chasing Me", "Dream Interlude", and "Goddess Woes feat. Wolf Weston" from Plus One (2023)
• Armand Hammer – "The Flexible Unreliability of Time and Memory" from We Buy Diabetic Test Strips (2023)
• Armand Hammer – "Drowning Machine" from BLK LBL (2024)
• Previous Industries – "Showbiz" from Showbiz / Braids (2024)
• Ceschi – "Fin" and "Santa Lucía" from Bring Us The Head Of Francisco False (Part 1) (2024)
• shemar – sunscreen (all songs, 2024)
• Cavalier – "50 Bags feat. Lord Chilla" from Different Type Time (2024)
• Previous Industries – "Showbiz", "Pliers", "Roebuck", "Montgomery Ward", "Babbages", "Fotomat", "Zayre", and "Kay Bee" from Service Merchandise (2024)
• Navy Blue – "Low Threshold" and "Basis" from Memoirs in Armour (2024)
• money for water – "A Canvas For Us All" from Traveling Light (2024)
• Elucid – "Yottabyte" and "Voice 2 Skull" from Revelator (2024)
• Cavalier – CINE (all songs, 2024)
• Child Actor & August Fanon – Here and Here (25 songs, 2025)
• Previous Industries – "West Coast Video", "Rock N Roll McDonald's", and "Goldblatt's" from Evergreen Plaza (2025)
• Premrock – "Void Lacquer" and "Plunder" from Did You Enjoy Your Time Here...? (2025)
• Fly Anakin – "NOTTOOSHABBY feat. Quelle Chris, $ilkmoney, & Nickelus F" from (The) Forever Dream (2025)
• Open Mike Eagle – "me and aquil stealing stuff from work feat Mr. Aquil", "ok but Im the phone screen", "relentless hands and feet", "a dream of the midnight baby (not a euphemism)", "wide leg michael jordan generation x jeans", and "sorry I got huge (also not a euphemism)" from Neighborhood Gods Unlimited (2025)
• Sainté – "DSM feat. Wiz Khalifa" (co-producer) from 4L - EP (2025)
• Vic Spencer – "Repeated Strains" from Trees Are Undefeated (2025)
• Kelly Moonstone – "Happy Ending feat. Cavalier & Quelle Chris" from New Moon (2025)
• Earl Sweatshirt – "Heavy Metal aka ejecto seato!" from Live Laugh Love (2025)
• Navy Blue – "Orchards", "Sunlight of the Spirit", "Guardadas", and "Kindred Spirit" from The Sword & The Soaring (2025)
• Deniro Farrar & Child Actor – Raw Materials (all songs, 2025)
• Ghais Guevara – "Painnnn" from A Quest to Self-Mythologize (2025)
• Ghais Guevara – "Joussiance, the Wealthy" and "Manufacturing Lack" from Goyard & The Kayfabe Reveal (2026)
• Fatboi Sharif & Child Actor – Crayola Circles (all songs, 2026)
• Fly Anakin – "I Need Those feat. $ilkmoney" from (The) Forever Dream: Night Shift (2026)
• Jadasea – "Intent" from Holly Grove (2026)
• Chuck Strangers - "Miracle Miles feat. Obii Sey" from Glory of the King's Hand (2026)