Jacob Tremblay

2013–2016: early roles and breakthrough

Tremblay began acting in television roles. He made his film debut in The Smurfs 2,^[6] released in 2013.^[7] Tremblay portrayed Jack Newsome in the critically acclaimed drama film Room, co-starring with Brie Larson.^[8] The film, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, premiered on September 4, 2015, at the Telluride Film Festival, and was released in cinemas on October 16, 2015.^[9] For his performance, he was nominated for the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, becoming the youngest actor nominated for that award and the second-youngest in all categories.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, Tremblay played a supporting role in the comedy film Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie; and guest-starred as the younger version of the main character, Phil Miller, on Fox's post-apocalyptic comedy series The Last Man on Earth.^[10] That same year, he starred in the horror film Before I Wake, with Kate Bosworth and Thomas Jane,^[11] and played a supporting role in the psychological thriller Shut In, alongside Naomi Watts, and co-starring Oliver Platt,^[12] and directed by Farren Blackburn.^[13] He also portrayed Wes Firth in the adventure comedy-drama Burn Your Maps, starring with Vera Farmiga and Marton Csokas.^[14]

2017–present: dramas and animation roles

In 2017, Tremblay played Peter Carpenter in director Colin Trevorrow's drama film The Book of Henry, co-starring with Naomi Watts and Maddie Ziegler.^[15] He also starred as August Pullman, a child with Treacher Collins syndrome, in Wonder, based on R.J. Palacio's novel of the same name. The latter film proved to be his most successful, earning over $285 million against a $20 million budget.^[16][17] In 2019, Tremblay made his comedy debut by headlining the R-rated comedy Good Boys co-starring with Brady Noon and Keith L. Williams. Good Boys earned $21 million during its opening weekend, becoming the first R-rated comedy since The Boss, which was released in April 2016, to finish first at the box office.

Tremblay brought his fellow actors to tears with his cameo performance in Doctor Sleep, the 2019 sequel to The Shining,^[18] as a kidnapped boy who is tortured to death in a scene which director Mike Flanagan initially feared would be too traumatic to include in the final cut.^[19] Commenting on the performance, Flanagan said, "he's one of the best actors I’ve ever worked with in my entire life."^[20]

In July 2019, it was announced that he would be voicing Flounder in the live-action adaptation of Disney's The Little Mermaid, directed by Rob Marshall.^[21][22] Tremblay voices Robin in the DC Universe adult animation series Harley Quinn.^[23] On October 16, 2020, he was featured in the video for Justin Bieber's track "Lonely" with record producer Benny Blanco.^[24]

Tremblay provided the voice of the titular character in the Pixar film Luca, released in 2021.^[25] He also voiced roles in the films My Father's Dragon (2022), The Little Mermaid (2023), in which he portrays Flounder,^[26] and Orion and the Dark (2024) as the titular character.^[27] In 2025, Tremblay starred opposite Nick Offerman in the crime thriller film Sovereign, which earned him acclaim and a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance. He will next star in the dark animated fantasy Wildwood, the horror film The Night House,^[28] and will portray the "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski in the biographical crime film Unabom.

Film

Television

Music video