Jacob Tremblay facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jacob Tremblay
Tremblay in 2020
Born	(2006-10-05) October 5, 2006 (age 18) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2013–present
Relatives	Emma Tremblay (sister)

Jacob Tremblay (/ˈtrɒmbleɪ/ TROM-blay; born October 5, 2006) is a Canadian actor. He became known for his role as a child born in captivity in Room (2015), for which he won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and became the youngest nominee for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.

Tremblay subsequently starred as a child with Treacher Collins syndrome in the drama Wonder (2017) and a naive sixth grader in the comedy Good Boys (2019). He has since taken on voice roles as Damian Wayne / Robin in Harley Quinn (2019), the title character in Luca (2021), and Flounder in The Little Mermaid (2023).

Early life

Tremblay, the middle of three children, was born on October 5, 2006, in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father is a police detective. Tremblay's sisters are actresses Erica and Emma Tremblay.

Career

Tremblay began acting in television roles. He made his film debut in The Smurfs 2, released in 2013.

Tremblay portrayed Jack Newsome in the critically acclaimed drama film Room, co-starring with Brie Larson. 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. 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.

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. That same year, he starred in the horror film Before I Wake, with Kate Bosworth and Thomas Jane, and played a supporting role in the psychological thriller Shut In, alongside Naomi Watts, and co-starring Oliver Platt, and directed by Farren Blackburn. He also portrayed Wes Firth in the adventure comedy-drama Burn Your Maps, starring with Vera Farmiga and Marton Csokas.

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. 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. 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, 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. Commenting on the performance, Flanagan said, "he's one of the best actors I’ve ever worked with in my entire life."

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. Tremblay voices Robin in the DC Universe adult animation series Harley Quinn. On October 16, 2020, he was featured in the video for Justin Bieber's track "Lonely" with record producer Benny Blanco.

Tremblay provided the voice of the titular character in the Pixar film Luca.

Personal life

Tremblay resides in Langley, British Columbia with his family. A fan of the Star Wars franchise, he named his dog after Daisy Ridley's character, Rey. His excitement at the characters C-3PO, R2-D2, and BB-8's appearance at the 88th Academy Awards ceremony was considered a highlight of the evening.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	The Smurfs 2	Blue Winslow
	The Magic Ferret	Sam	Short film
2014	Extraterrestrial	Matty	Uncredited
2015	Gord's Brother	Young Gord	Short film
	Room	Jack Newsome
2016	Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie	Kid 4
	Before I Wake	Cody Morgan
	Burn Your Maps	Wes Firth
	Shut In	Tom Patterson
2017	The Book of Henry	Peter Carpenter
	Wonder	August "Auggie" Pullman
2018	The Predator	Rory McKenna
	The Death & Life of John F. Donovan	Young Rupert Turner
2019	Good Boys	Max Newman
	Doctor Sleep	Bradley Trevor
2020	Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth	Finn (voice)	Short film
2021	Luca	Luca Paguro (voice)
	Ciao Alberto		Short film
2022	My Father's Dragon	Elmer Elevator (voice)
2023	The Little Mermaid	Flounder (voice)
	Cold Copy	Igor Nowak
	The Toxic Avenger	Wade
2024	Orion and the Dark	Orion Mendelson (voice)
	Queen of Bones	Sam
	The Life of Chuck	Young Charles "Chuck" Krantz
2025	Wildwood	Curtis Mehlberg (voice)	Post-production
TBA	The Skeleton Tree	Frank	Post-production
	Sovereign		Post-production

Television

Music video

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Jacob Tremblay para niños