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Jacob Tremblay | |
|---|---|
Tremblay in 2025 | |
| Born | October 5, 2006 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Relatives | Emma Tremblay (sister) |
Jacob Tremblay (/ˈtrɒmbleɪ/ TROM-blay; born October 5, 2006)[1] is a Canadian actor. Beginning his career as a child actor in the 2010s, he expanded to voice acting in mainstream animated media and mature roles in independent films.
Tremblay first gained recognition 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 Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. Continued recognition came from his roles as a child with Treacher Collins Syndrome in the drama Wonder (2017) and a naive sixth grader in the comedy Good Boys (2019).
Tremblay has taken on voice roles as Damian Wayne / Robin in Harley Quinn (2019), the title characters in Luca (2021) and Orion and the Dark (2024), which earned him an Emmy Award, Flounder in The Little Mermaid (2023), and Curtis in Wildwood (2026). He returned to live-action projects with more mature roles in the biographical crime films Sovereign (2025), which earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination, and Unabomber (2026), in which he portrayed the titular domestic terrorist.
Tremblay, the middle of three children, was born on October 5, 2006, in Vancouver, British Columbia.[2][3] His father is a police detective. Tremblay's sisters are actresses Erica and Emma Tremblay.[4] His maternal grandfather is Chilean.[5]

Tremblay began acting in television roles. He made his film debut in The Smurfs 2,[6] released in 2013.[7] Tremblay portrayed Jack Newsome in the critically acclaimed drama film Room, co-starring with Brie Larson.[8] 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.[9] 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.[citation needed]
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.[10] That same year, he starred in the horror film Before I Wake, with Kate Bosworth and Thomas Jane,[11] and played a supporting role in the psychological thriller Shut In, alongside Naomi Watts, and co-starring Oliver Platt,[12] and directed by Farren Blackburn.[13] He also portrayed Wes Firth in the adventure comedy-drama Burn Your Maps, starring with Vera Farmiga and Marton Csokas.[14]

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.[15] 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.[16][17] 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,[18] 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.[19] Commenting on the performance, Flanagan said, "he's one of the best actors I’ve ever worked with in my entire life."[20]
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.[21][22] Tremblay voices Robin in the DC Universe adult animation series Harley Quinn.[23] On October 16, 2020, he was featured in the video for Justin Bieber's track "Lonely" with record producer Benny Blanco.[24]
Tremblay provided the voice of the titular character in the Pixar film Luca, released in 2021.[25] He also voiced roles in the films My Father's Dragon (2022), The Little Mermaid (2023), in which he portrays Flounder,[26] and Orion and the Dark (2024) as the titular character.[27] In 2025, Tremblay starred opposite Nick Offerman in the crime thriller film Sovereign, which earned him acclaim and a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance. In 2026, he portrayed the "Unabomber", Ted Kaczynski, in the biographical crime film Unabomber (2026) and will star in the dark animated fantasy Wildwood and the horror film The Night House.[28]
Tremblay resides in Langley, British Columbia with his family.[29] A fan of the Star Wars franchise, he named his dog after Daisy Ridley's character, Rey.[30] 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.[31][32][33]
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Smurfs 2 | Blue Winslow | ||
| 2015 | 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 | [15] | |
| Wonder | August "Auggie" Pullman | [34] | ||
| 2018 | The Predator | Rory McKenna | [35] | |
| The Death & Life of John F. Donovan | Young Rupert Turner | [36] | ||
| 2019 | Good Boys | Max Newman | [37] | |
| Doctor Sleep | Bradley Trevor | [38] | ||
| 2020 | Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth | Finn (voice) | Short film | [39][40] |
| 2021 | Luca | Luca Paguro (voice) | [41][40] | |
| Ciao Alberto | Luca Paguro (voice) | Short film; cameo | [40] | |
| 2022 | My Father's Dragon | Elmer Elevator (voice) | [42][40] | |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | Flounder (voice) | [26] | |
| Cold Copy | Igor Nowak | [43] | ||
| The Toxic Avenger | Wade | [44] | ||
| Queen of Bones | Sam | [45] | ||
| 2024 | Orion and the Dark | Orion Mendelson (voice) | [27][40] | |
| The Life of Chuck | Young Charles "Chuck" Krantz | [46] | ||
| 2025 | Sovereign | Joe Kane | [47][48] | |
| 2026 | Unabomber | Ted Kaczynski | [49] | |
| Wildwood † | Curtis Mehlberg (voice) | Post-production | [50] | |
| TBA | The Skeleton Tree † | Frank | Post-production | [51] |
| The Night House † | Young Richard | Post-production | [28] | |
| 4 X 4: The Event † | Post-production | [52] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Motive | Riley Stanwyck | Episode: "Undertow" | |
| Mr. Young | Young Tater | Episode: "Mr. Finale Part 1" | ||
| 2014 | My Mother's Future Husband | Connor | Television film | |
| 2016 | The Last Man on Earth | Young Phil Miller | Episode: "Pitch Black" | [53] |
| Billy on the Street | Himself | Episode: "Billy's Holiday Wonderland With Jacob Tremblay" | ||
| 2017 | American Dad! | Young Charles Lindbergh (voice) | Episode: "Fight and Flight" | |
| 2017–2022 | Pete the Cat | Pete the Cat (voice) | Main role | [40] |
| 2018 | Animals | Nuke (voice) | Episode: "Roachella" | [40] |
| 2019 | The Twilight Zone | Oliver Foley | Episode: "The Wunderkind" | [54] |
| 2019–present | Harley Quinn | Damian Wayne / Robin (voice) | Recurring role | [23][40] |
| 2023 | Invincible | Prince Lizard, Phase Two (voice) | Episode: "Atom Eve" | [55][40] |
| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | "Lonely" | Justin Bieber and Benny Blanco |
| Award | Year[a] | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astra TV Awards | Best Voice-Over Performance | Orion and the Dark | Nominated | [56] | |
| Austin Film Critics Association | Best Actor | Room | Nominated | [57] | |
| Breakthrough Artist Award | Room | Won | [58] | ||
| Awards Circuit Community | 2015
|
Best Actor in a Leading Role | Room | Nominated | [59] |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2016
|
Best Actor | Room | Nominated | [60] |
| Best Breakthrough Film Artist | Room | Nominated | |||
| Chicago Film Critics Association | Most Promising Performer | Room | Won | [61] | |
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards | Outstanding Younger Voice Performer in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program | Orion and the Dark | Won | [62] | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Young Actor/Actress | Room | Won | [63] | |
| Best Young Actor/Actress | Wonder | Nominated | [64] | ||
| Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Breakthrough Performance | Room | Nominated | [65] | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Room | Nominated | |||
| Dorian Awards | 2016
|
Rising Star of the Year | Room | Nominated | [66] |
| Empire Awards | Best Male Newcomer | Room | Nominated | [67] | |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | Pauline Kael Breakout Award | Room | Nominated | [68] | |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | 2016
|
Breakthrough Award | Room | Nominated | [69] |
| Best Supporting Actor | Room | Nominated | |||
| Gold Derby Film Awards | 2016
|
Best Breakthrough Performer | Room | Nominated | [70] |
| Best Lead Actor | Room | Nominated | |||
| Hollywood Critics Association | 2021
|
Best Animated or VSX Performance | Luca | Nominated | [71] |
| Independent Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Performance | Sovereign | Nominated | ||
| Indiana Film Journalists Association | 2015
|
Best Actor | Room | Won | [72] |
| International Cinephile Society | 2016
|
Best Actor | Room | Nominated | [73] |
| Irish Film and Television Awards | Best International Actor | Room | Nominated | [74] | |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2015
|
Youth in Film | Room | Won | [75] |
2017
|
Youth in Film | Wonder | Runner-up | [76] | |
| Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society | 2017
|
Best Actor or Actress 23 and Under | Wonder | Nominated | [77] |
| Music City Film Critics Association | 2020
|
Best Young Actor | Good Boys | Nominated | [78] |
| National Board of Review | Best Breakthrough Performance | Room | Won | [79] | |
| Nevada Film Critics Society | 2015
|
Best Youth Performance | Room | Won | [80] |
| Online Film and Television Association | 2016
|
Best Breakthrough Performance: Male | Room | Won | [81] |
| Best Youth Performance | Room | Won | |||
2018
|
Best Youth Performance | Wonder | Nominated | [82] | |
| Phoenix Critics Circle | 2015
|
Best Supporting Actor | Room | Nominated | [83] |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | 2015
|
Best Breakthrough Performance | Room | Nominated | [84] |
| Best Performance by a Youth | Room | Won | |||
2017
|
Best Performance by a Youth | Wonder | Nominated | [85] | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Actor | Room | Nominated | [86] | |
| Best Breakthrough Artist | Room | Won | |||
| Satellite Awards | Breakthrough Performance Award | Room | Won | [87] | |
| Saturn Awards | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Luca | Nominated | [88] | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | Room | Nominated | [89] | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | Best Youth Performance | Wonder | Nominated | [90] | |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Actor in Canadian Film | Room | Won | [91] | |
| Village Voice Film Poll | 2015
|
Best Supporting Actor | Room | Nominated | [92] |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Youth Performance | Room | Won | [93] | |
| Best Youth Performance | Wonder | Nominated | [94] | ||
| Best Voice Performance | Luca | Nominated | [95] |
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Jacob Tremblay ( TROM-blay; born October 5, 2006) is a Canadian actor. Beginning his career as a child actor in the 2010s, he expanded to voice acting in mainstream animated media and mature roles in independent films. Tremblay first gained recognition 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 Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. Continued recognition came from his roles as a child with Treacher Collins Syndrome in the drama Wonder (2017) and a naive sixth grader in the comedy Good Boys (2019). Tremblay has taken on voice roles as Damian Wayne / Robin in Harley Quinn (2019), the title characters in Luca (2021) and Orion and the Dark (2024), which earned him an Emmy Award, Flounder in The Little Mermaid (2023), and Curtis in Wildwood (2026). He returned to live-action projects with more mature roles in the biographical crime films Sovereign (2025), which earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination, and Unabomber (2026), in which he portrayed the titular domestic terrorist.
The Toxic Avenger Unrated is a 2023 American superhero black comedy film written and directed by Macon Blair. It is the fifth installment, a reboot of The Toxic Avenger film series, and a remake of the 1984 film. The film stars Peter Dinklage as the title character, alongside Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Julia Davis, Jonny Coyne, Elijah Wood, and Kevin Bacon. The Toxic Avenger premiered as the opening film of Fantastic Fest on September 21, 2023, with a wider theatrical release followed by Cineverse and Iconic Events Releasing in the United States for August 29, 2025. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $3.4 million at the box office.
Before I Wake (also known as Somnia in some international territories) is a 2016 American supernatural dark fantasy horror film directed and edited by Mike Flanagan, and co-written by Flanagan and Jeff Howard. The film stars Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane, Jacob Tremblay, Annabeth Gish, Topher Bousquet and Dash Mihok. Before I Wake premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 31, 2016, and Netflix released it in the United States on January 5, 2018. The film grossed over $4.9 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics.
Room is a 2015 survival psychological drama film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Emma Donoghue, based on her 2010 novel. It stars Brie Larson as a young woman who has been held captive for seven years and whose five-year-old son (Jacob Tremblay) was born in captivity. Their escape allows the boy to experience the outside world for the first time. The film also stars Joan Allen, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus and William H. Macy. The film was a co-production of Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States and was shot in Toronto, with the set built at Pinewood Toronto Studios. The crew designed each part of the set of the room to be removable to provide access for the crew. Larson researched trauma and nutrition for her part. Room premiered at the 42nd Telluride Film Festival on September 4, 2015, and later screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the People's Choice Award. The film was theatrically released in Canada on October 23, 2015, by Elevation Pictures and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on January 15, 2016, by StudioCanal. It began a limited theatrical run in the United States on October 16, 2015, followed by a wide release on January 22, 2016 by A24. The film was met with widespread critical acclaim, with critics particularly praising the performances of Larson and Tremblay and the storytelling, and grossed $36.3 million on a $13 million budget. A recipient of several awards and nominations, Room received four nominations at the 88th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (for Abrahamson), with Larson winning Best Actress. Larson's performance also earned her the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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