Jack Champion

Jackson Champion (born November 16, 2004) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Miles (Spider) Socorro in James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025). He also played Ethan Landry in the slasher film Scream VI (2023).

Life and career Jack Champion was born on November 16, 2004 and is a native of Blacksburg, Virginia. He began acting at age eight, starting in school theatre and eventually began working in short films.

In 2017, Champion booked a screen test to join the cast of James Cameron's science fiction film Avatar: The Way of Water. Before he was cast in the role, he filmed a small part in the superhero film Avengers: Endgame (2019) as a kid on a bicycle. Champion booked his part in Avatar at age 12, after four months of extensive auditions. He was cast as Miles Socorro, a human teenager living amongst Na'vis on Pandora. The nature of Champion's role meant that he had to film all his scenes twice, once as a reference for his co-stars, including Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña and Sigourney Weaver, and another to actually film the actor in live-action; his work involved two years of performance capture on a soundstage, followed by two and a half years of filming the same scenes in live-action in New Zealand. After five years of production, the film was released in 2022, after Champion turned 18. Champion concurrently shot for the sequel, Avatar: Fire and Ash, which released in 2025, and portions of Avatar 4, which will release in 2029. This was primarily done so that Champion would not age out of his role.

In 2023, Champion appeared alongside an ensemble cast in the slasher film Scream VI. In contrast to his experience of working on Avatar, he described filming Scream VI as a "really fun summer vacation". Champion next appeared alongside an ensemble cast in Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's 1980s-set action drama film Freaky Tales, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

In addition to the Avatar sequels, Champion next starred in the family drama Everything's Going to Be Great and in the action thriller Trap House.

Filmography Film

Year Title Role Notes 2018 The Night Sitter Kevin 2019 Avengers: Endgame Kid on Bike 2022 Avatar: The Way of Water Miles "Spider" Socorro 2023 Scream VI Ethan Landry Retribution Zach Turner 2024 Freaky Tales Lucid 2025 Everything's Going to Be Great Derrick Smart Trap House Cody Seale Avatar: Fire and Ash Miles "Spider" Socorro 2026 Don't Say Good Luck Jack Davis 2029 Miles "Spider" Socorro Post-production 2031 Miles "Spider" Socorro Filming hiatus Post-production

Television + Year Title Role Notes 2015 American Genius Kid Blink Episode: "Hearst vs. Pulitzer" Under the Dome Aiden Tilden Episode: "Redux" Evil Kin Young John Reese Documentary; Episode: "Reese Family" 2015, 2016 Legends & Lies Jesse James Jr. / Group of boys 2 episodes 2017 Gone Chris Hale Episode: "Tiger"

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work ResultRef. 2024 Saturn Awards Best Younger Actor in a Film Avatar: The Way of Water 2026 Saturn Awards Best Performance by a Younger Actor Avatar: Fire and Ash