Iain Armitage

Armitage first gained prominence appearing in the YouTube series Iain Loves Theatre, where he reviews musical theatre shows.^[3] His videos' success caught the attention of the theater industry and led to him receiving offers from agents.^[4] In 2015, he served as a correspondent for Perez Hilton during the 2015 Tony Awards and was referenced in the opening number of the show.^[5]

In January 2017, Armitage starred in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Chasing Theo," playing a kidnapped child. In the same year, he played Ziggy Chapman in the HBO series Big Little Lies and appeared in The Glass Castle, a film adaptation of Jeannette Walls' memoir of the same name.^[3] He also appeared in the films I'm Not Here and Our Souls at Night,^[6] starring alongside Jane Fonda and Robert Redford.^[7]

In March 2017, Armitage was cast as a young Sheldon Cooper in Young Sheldon (2017–2024), a prequel series to the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.^[8][9][10] In December 2018, he appeared in "The VCR Illumination", an episode of The Big Bang Theory,^[11] playing young Sheldon on a videotape recording intended to cheer up and encourage an older Sheldon.

In 2020, Armitage voiced young Shaggy Rogers in the Scooby-Doo film Scoob!. He was set to reprise the role in the film Scoob! Holiday Haunt, which was set for a release in late 2022 on HBO Max, but was canceled in August 2022.^[12] In 2021, Armitage voiced Chase in PAW Patrol: The Movie.

Armitage is the son of Scottish actor Euan Morton^[13][14] and American theater producer Lee Armitage. He is the grandson of former United States Deputy Secretary of State Richard Lee Armitage.^[3][15] His godfather is Signature Theatre director Eric Schaeffer.^[16]

Armitage is homeschooled^[17][18][19] and resides with his family in Arlington, Virginia.^[20][21] The family previously maintained a residence in Manhattan, splitting their time between Arlington and New York City.^[22] He has learned to speak multiple languages to different extents, including Russian, Armenian, German, Spanish, Italian, Assyrian, and Sinhalese.^{[23][24][25][26]}

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	The Glass Castle[27]	Young Brian Walls	Film debut
	Our Souls at Night[28]	Jamie Moore
	I'm Not Here	Stevie
2020	Scoob![29]	Young Shaggy Rogers (voice)
2021	Paw Patrol: The Movie[30][31]	Chase (voice)
TBA	The Adam Trials		[32]

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Impractical Jokers	Himself	Episode: "Look Out Below"
2016	Little Big Shots	Guest judge	Episode: "The Idiom of Love"
2017	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[33]	Theo Lachere	Episode: "Chasing Theo"
2017–2019	Big Little Lies[34]	Ziggy Chapman	Main role
2017–2024	Young Sheldon[35]	Sheldon Cooper
2018	Jeopardy!	Video Clue Giver	6 episodes
	The Big Bang Theory	Young Sheldon Cooper	Episode: "The VCR Illumination"
2020	Nickelodeon's Unfiltered	Himself	2 episodes
	Group Chat		Episode: "Group Chat Unleashed – Party Pooper Prank"
2022	The Price Is Right at Night	Himself[a]	Episode: "The Price is Right at Night with Iain Armitage and Raegan Revord"
	Ghostwriter	Wilbur (voice)	2 episodes
2026	Ghosts[36]	Himself	Episode: "Woodstone Royale"

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Web

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Year	Title	Role
2012–present	Iain Loves Theatre[3]	Presenter

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