Cyrus Arnold

Arnold was born in Burbank, California,^[2] the son of Lea Anne Wolfe and Blake Arnold. He has a younger brother. Arnold was just 8 years old when he had his first taste of acting.^[2]

Arnold made his television debut in 2013 at the age of 10, in an episode of the IFC television series Comedy Bang! Bang!. Shortly after that, he had a recurring role in the Nickelodeon sitcom Sam & Cat where he played BJ Malloy, the childhood "friend" of Dice, played by Cameron Ocasio.^[3] He subsequently had guest roles in the television shows About a Boy, Richie Rich, Bones, Goldie & Bear, Fresh Off the Boat, Veronica Mars, and Outmatched.

Arnold made his film debut as a young bully in Hardcore Henry. The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2015,^[4][5] and was released theatrically on April 8, 2016.^[6] Also in 2016, he played Derek Zoolander Jr., the estranged son of Derek Zoolander (played by director Ben Stiller) in the comedy Zoolander 2.^{[7][3][8][9][10]} In August 2017, he was cast in a recurring role as David "Truck" Johnson III in the second season of the Fox series The Exorcist.^[11]

Arnold had a starring role as Borgie in the indie film Runt, opposite Cameron Boyce and Nicole Berger. The film premiered at the Mammoth Film Festival in February 2020,^[12] and was released on October 9, 2021.^[13] He also had a starring role in the indie film Run Hide Fight,^[14] which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2020,^[15][16][17] and was released by The Daily Wire on their subscription platform on January 14, 2021.^[18] Also in 2021, he was cast in an episode of the Disney+ series Just Beyond,^[19] appeared in the HBO Max film 8-Bit Christmas as Josh Jagorski, and voiced a character in the animated Diary of a Wimpy Kid film.^[20] In 2022, he portrayed Kenny Yankovich in the Netflix film Mr. Harrigan's Phone, a film adaptation of the short story of the same name from the If It Bleeds collection by Stephen King.^[21] He also began voicing Jawbreaker in the Nickelodeon series Transformers: EarthSpark.^[20] In 2023, he was cast in the comedy film Family Switch, also for Netflix.^[22]