Haley Joel Osment

Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an American actor. Beginning his career as a child actor, Osment's role in the comedy-drama film Forrest Gump won him a Young Artist Award. His breakthrough came with the psychological thriller film The Sixth Sense (1999), for which he won a Saturn Award and was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Osment achieved further success with the drama film Pay It Forward (2000), the science fiction film A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), which won him a second Saturn Award, the comedy film Secondhand Lions (2003), which won him a Critics Choice Award, and the animated film The Jungle Book 2 (2003).

Osment is known as the voice of Sora and Vanitas in the Kingdom Hearts series. He made his Broadway debut in a short-lived revival of David Mamet's play American Buffalo (2008). Osment starred in independent film Montana Amazon (2012), also serving as executive producer. His further on-screen work includes the body horror film Tusk (2014), the comedy films Sex Ed (2014), Entourage (2015), Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town (2017), and Clara's Ghost (2018), and the drama films Almost Friends (2016), Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019), and Somebody I Used to Know (2023). In animation, Osment has voiced Kash D. Langford on the Netflix series Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous (2021), Leonard "Buzzsaw" Burne on the DreamWorks Animation Television series DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms (2021–2023), Casey Jones in the animated film Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022), and Collector in the animated film LEGO Marvel Avengers: Code Red (2023).

Early life Haley Joel Osment was born on April 10, 1988, in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of Theresa , a teacher, and Michael Eugene Osment, a theater and film actor, both natives of Birmingham, Alabama. Osment was raised Roman Catholic. He has a younger sister, Emily, who is also an actress. Osment's parents have described his childhood as a "good old-fashioned Southern upbringing". His father said that when Osment was learning to speak, he deliberately avoided using baby talk when communicating with his son. As a child, Osment wrestled and played basketball, football, and golf.

Osment was a student at Flintridge Preparatory School in La Cañada Flintridge, California. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2011.

Career Child actor While visiting a store at age four, Osment signed up with a talent scout. After being called back for an audition, he was asked to describe the biggest thing he had ever seen; Osment's description of an IMAX theater screen helped win him a part in a Pizza Hut TV commercial. Osment's first feature film role was as Forrest Gump's son in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, also having a minor role in another 1994 film, Mixed Nuts. Touched by an Angel,

In 2000, Osment had a leading role as Trevor McKinney in Pay It Forward; In 2001, Osment starred as Romek in the Polish film Edges of the Lord. He returned to live action with the 2003 film Secondhand Lions.

In 2002, Osment starred in Kingdom Hearts, the first installment of the video game series Kingdom Hearts, providing the voice of protagonist Sora and later Vanitas. In 2003, Osment voiced Takeshi Jin in the English version of the Immortal Grand Prix anime television series. The show opened to mixed reviews, and a provisional statement was made on November 20, 2008, that it would close after the first week.

Osment subsequently worked on Montana Amazon as both an actor and executive producer. He appeared in an adult role in Sassy Pants (2012).

In 2013, Osment appeared in Amazon's Alpha House, He then appeared in the comedy films Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town (2017), He is an avid golfer who began playing at the age of seven, playing for the U.S. team in the All-Star Cup 2005 under team leader Mark O'Meara, and has participated in the annual Michael Douglas & Friends Celebrity Golf Tournament.

In 2006, Osment suffered a broken rib and fractured shoulder blade in an auto accident.

In 2007, Osment began attending New York University.

In April 2025, Osment was arrested at a ski resort in Mammoth Lakes, California, for public intoxication and possession of a controlled substance, later confirmed to be cocaine. While under arrest, he was captured on police body cameras using slurs against Jewish people towards his arresting officer, for which he later apologized. Osment was released after booking. In June 2025, he appeared in court for these acts and was sentenced to attend three Alcoholics Anonymous meetings a week for six months, as well as have twice-weekly sessions with his therapist during the same period.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 Forrest Gump Forrest Gump Jr. Mixed Nuts Little Boy 1995 For Better or Worse Danny 1996 Bogus Albert Franklin 1997 Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas Chip (voice) Direct-to-video 1999 The Sixth Sense Cole Sear I'll Remember April Peewee Clayton2000 Pay It Forward Trevor McKinney Spot the Dog Spot the Dog (voice) Direct-to-video 2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence David Edges of the Lord Romek 2002 The Hunchback of Notre Dame II Zephyr (voice) Direct-to-video 2013 I'll Follow You Down Erol Released as Continuum outside North America 2014 Tusk Teddy Craft Sex Ed Ed Cole 2015 Wrestling Isn't Wrestling Theater Audience Member Short film The World Made Straight Shank Entourage Travis McCredle Me Him Her Haley 2016 Yoga Hosers Adrien Arcand Almost Friends Ben 2017 Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town Walt Sleepwalker Warren CarGo Danny (voice) 2019 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Jerry Thompson The Devil Has a Name Alex Gardner 2020 Bad Therapy Reed Death of a Telemarketer Jim/Dean Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics Gabe 2022 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie Casey Jones, Foot Soldiers (voice) Lego Marvel Avengers: Code Red Collector (voice) Disney+ special Blink Twice Tom 2025 Happy Gilmore 2 Billy Jenkins

Television Year Title Role Notes 1994 The Larry Sanders Show Little Boy Episode: "The Fourteenth Floor" Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg Kyle Television film 1994–1995 Thunder Alley Harry Turner Starring role 1995–1997 The Jeff Foxworthy Show Matt Foxworthy Starring role 1997 Walker, Texas Ranger Lucas Simms 2 episodes Last Stand at Saber River Davis Cable Television film 1997–1998 Murphy Brown Avery Brown #2 6 episodes 1998 Chicago Hope Nathan Cacaci Episode: "Memento Mori" Touched by an Angel John Henry Episode: "Flights of Angels" The Pretender Davey Simpkins 2 episodes The Lake Dylan Hydecker Television film The Ransom of Red Chief Andy Dorset Television film Cab to Canada Bobby Television film 1999 Ally McBeal Eric Stall Episode: "Angels and Blimps" Hey Arnold! Curly Gammelthorpe (voice) Episode: "Deconstructing Arnold" 2013–2014 Alpha House Shelby Mellman 12 episodes 2013, 2022 American Dad! Stan's Informant, Clubber (voice) 3 episodes 2014 The Spoils of Babylon Winston Morehouse 3 episodes 2015 The Spoils Before Dying Alistair St. Barnaby-Bixby-Jones 5 episodes Drunk History Kid Blink Episode: "Journalism" 2015–2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Slow Joey 10 episodes 2016 The Eric Andre Show Guest Episode: "Dennis Rodman; Haley Joel Osment" 2017 Oasis Sy Amazon Video pilot episode Silicon Valley Keenan Feldspar 3 episodes Top Gear America Himself Episode: "Drive Your Life" 2017–2019 Teachers Damien 4 episodes Future Man Dr. Stu Camillo 14 episodes 2018 Swedish Dicks Dave Episode: "Floyd Cal Who" The X-Files Davey James / Young John James Episode: "Kitten" Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy Gaston Lebone Episode: "R.I.G.G.L.E. Day" 2019 The Boys Mesmer 2 episodes 2019–2021 The Kominsky Method Robby 7 episodes 2020 Robot Chicken Kevin Jonas, Tim Murphy (voice) Episode: "Petless M in: Cars Are Couches On The Road" Star Trek: Lower Decks O'Connor (voice) Episode: "Moist Vessel" The George Lucas Talk Show Himself Episode: "Yoda Hosers" 2020–2023 What We Do In the Shadows Topher Delmonico 2 episodes 2021 Goliath Dylan Zax Recurring role Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens Amos Episode: "Home" 2021–2022 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Kash D. Langford (voice) Seasons 4–5 Dead End: Paranormal Park Danny (voice) Episode: "Going Up" The Mysterious Benedict Society One Two Episode: "A Two-Way Street" 2022–2023 DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms Buzzsaw (voice) Seasons 2–6 Megamind Rules! Dan Donner / Hu-Mouse (voice) 5 episodes2025 Poker Face Kirby Kowalczyk 2 episodes Wednesday Chet (serial killer) Season 2; guest role It's Florida, Man Travis Episode: "Bigfoot" 2025–2026 Spidey and His Amazing Friends Hydro-Man (voice) Recurring role

Video games Year Title Voice role Notes Source Kingdom Hearts Sora Kingdom Hearts III Sora, Vanitas Also in Re:Mind (2020) DLC 2027Kingdom Hearts IV

Theater Year Title Role Theater Source American Buffalo Bobby Belasco Theatre

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