Jacob Tremblay

Jacob Tremblay

Born (2006-10-05) October 5, 2006[1][2][3]
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation Actor
Years active 2013–present

Jacob Tremblay (born October 5, 2006) is a Canadian child actor. His breakout performance was his co-starring role as Jack Newsome in Room (2015), for which he received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. He won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. He is set to appear in five feature films in 2016.

Personal life

Tremblay was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on October 5, 2006.[4] He was raised in the nearby city of Langley, British Columbia. He attended Gordon Greenwood Elementary school. His father, Jason Tremblay, is a police detective, and his mother, Christina Candia Tremblay, is a homemaker. Tremblay's older sister, Emma, and younger sister, Erica, are also film actors.[5]

Tremblay is an avid fan of the Star Wars franchise and named his dog after Daisy Ridley's character, Rey.[6] His excitement at the characters BB-8, R2-D2 and C-3PO's appearance at the 88th Academy Awards ceremony, which he attended, was considered a highlight of the evening.[7][8][9]

Career

Tremblay began acting on television roles and made his film debut for the live-action animated film The Smurfs 2.[10] The film was directed by Raja Gosnell and released on July 31, 2013 by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation.[11]

Tremblay portrayed Jack Newsome in the acclaimed drama film Room, co-starring with Brie Larson.[12] 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.[13] 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 performer in all categories, being only nine years old.

In 2016, Tremblay played a supporting role in the comedy film Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie. He guest-starred as the younger version of the main character, Phil Miller, on Fox's post-apocalyptic comedy series The Last Man on Earth.[14]

He starred in the horror film Before I Wake, with Kate Bosworth and Thomas Jane.[15] He is next slated to co-star as Peter Carpenter in the drama film, The Book of Henry, alongside Naomi Watts and Maddie Ziegler, directed by Colin Trevorrow.[16]

Tremblay plays a supporting role in the psychological thriller Shut In, again alongside Watts, co-starring Oliver Platt.[17] Farren Blackburn directed the film.[18] He is also set to portray Wes Firth in the adventure comedy-drama Burn Your Maps, starring alongside Vera Farmiga and Marton Csokas.[19]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Smurfs 2 Blue Winslow
2013 The Magic Ferret Sam Short film
2014 Extraterrestrial Matty Uncredited
2015 Gord's Brother Young Gord Short film
2015 Room Jack Newsome Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer
Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor
National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance (shared with Abraham Attah)
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Youth Performance
Young Entertainers Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Runner-Up – Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Central Ohio Film Critics Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
Nominated – Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer
Nominated – Gold Derby Film Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Gold Derby Film Award for Best Breakthrough Performer
Nominated – IFTA Award for Best International Actor
Nominated – Phoenix Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Best Movie Actor: Drama
2016 Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie Kid 4
2016 Before I Wake Cody
2016 Burn Your Maps Wes Firth
2016 Shut In Tom Patterson
2017 The Book of Henry Peter Carpenter Completed
2017 Wonder August "Auggie" Pullman Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Motive Riley Stanwyck Episode: "Undertow"
2013 Mr. Young Unknown Episode: "Mr. Finale Part 1"
2014 My Mother's Future Husband Connor Television film
2014 Santa's Little Ferrets Todd Collins Television short
2016 The Last Man on Earth Young Phil Episode: "Pitch Black"[20]

References

  1. ↑ brielarson (October 5, 2015). "Happy birthday to my best pal @JacobTremblay YOU'RE NINE!!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ jacobtremblay (October 5, 2015). "Thank you @brielarson you're crazy!!! Save some for me!!! 😄" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ Coggan, Devan (October 5, 2015). "Brie Larson serenades her Room costar Jacob Tremblay for his 9th birthday". Entertainment Weekly.
  4. ↑ Pescod, Nicholas (January 22, 2014). "Child actor continues to rise". Nanaimo Bulletin. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ Barnes, Brooks (December 12, 2015). "Hollywood's 'It' Kid: A Blast of Fresh Air on the Oscar Trail". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ "Jacob Tremblay names his new puppy after Rey from Star Wars: The Force Awakens". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  7. ↑ Chen, Joyce (29 February 2016). "How Jacob Tremblay Won Oscars 2016 Night With His Cuteness". Us Weekly. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Bui, Hoai-Tran (29 February 2016). "A chronological timeline of Jacob Tremblay adorably winning Oscar night". USA Today. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Jacob Tremblay's cutest moments at the Oscars". CBC News. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "The Smurfs 2 (2013) LA Premiere - Jacob Tremblay". Trailer Addict. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  11. ↑ "The Smurfs 2 (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  12. ↑ McNary, Dave (November 10, 2014). "AFM: William H. Macy, Joan Allen Join Brie Larson's 'Room'". Variety. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  13. ↑ McNary, Dave (July 29, 2015). "Brie Larson's 'Room' Set for Oct. 16 Release". Variety. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  14. ↑ Snierson, Dan (January 20, 2016). "Room star Jacob Tremblay to guest on Last Man on Earth". Entertainment Weekly.
  15. ↑ Roxborough, Scott (November 7, 2013). "Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane Will Star in Horror Pic 'Somnia'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  16. ↑ Kroll, Justin (August 19, 2015). "Jacob Tremblay, Jaeden Lieberher to Co-Star in Colin Trevorrow's Book of Henry (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  17. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (March 18, 2015). "Oliver Platt Joins Naomi Watts In 'Shut In' For EuropaCorp & Lava Bear". Deadline.com. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  18. ↑ McNary, Dave (March 6, 2015). "Naomi Watts' 'Shut In,' Sullivan Stapleton's 'The Lake' Set 2016 Release Dates". Variety. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  19. ↑ McNary, Dave (July 23, 2015). "Vera Farmiga, Virginia Madsen Starring in Comedy-Drama 'Burn Your Maps'". Variety. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  20. ↑ "THE LAST MAN ON EARTH - Fart Face from "Pitch Black" - FOX BROADCASTING". YouTube. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
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