Jesse Noah Gruman

Gruman was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec.^[5] His artistic passion began when he took up violin at the age of three and started studying dance at the age of five.^[6]

Gruman made his professional debut playing his lead role in the world premiere of The Hockey Sweater: A Musical at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts. Gruman played the main role of Roch in the original cast, working closely alongside Donna Feore, Roch Carrier and Emil Sher. Later that year, Gruman was nominated at the 2018 META awards for Outstanding Lead Actor for his performance in the musical, and won Best Leading Actor at the Broadway World awards.

In 2018, Gruman went on to film the Netflix original The Umbrella Academy, in which he played the role of Young Harold.^[7] Later that year, Gruman went on to film The Song of Names, playing the son of Dovidl Rapoport, played by Clive Owen, Zygmunt Rapoport. This film marked his first theatrical appearance.

In 2020, Gruman marked his second theatrical appearance in The Kid Detective.^[8] He played the lead-supporting role formally known as young Abe, the kid detective. Adam Brody plays the lead role: the older version of their shared character, Abe Applebaum.