Jacob Tremblay Biography

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 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, and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.

Early life

Tremblay was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on October 5, 2006. He was raised in the nearby city of Langley, British Columbia. 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.

Career

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

Tremblay portrayed Jack Newsome in the 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 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.

He starred in the horror film Before I Wake, with Kate Bosworth and Thomas Jane. Tremblay plays a supporting role in the psychological thriller Shut In, again alongside Watts, co-starring Oliver Platt. Farren Blackburn directed the film.

Tremblay 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. He is also set to portray Wes Firth in the adventure comedy-drama Burn Your Maps, starring alongside Vera Farmiga and Marton Csokas. Tremblay will play August Pullman in Wonder, based on the novel of the same name.

Personal life

Tremblay is an avid fan of the Star Wars franchise and named his dog after Daisy Ridley's character, Rey. His excitement at the characters BB-8, R2-D2, and C-3PO'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
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 Morgan
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
2018	The Death and Life of John F. Donovan	Rupert Turner	Post-production
2018	The Predator	Rory McKenna	Filming

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 Miller	Episode: "Pitch Black"
2016	Billy on the Street	Himself	Episode: "Billy's Holiday Wonderland With Jacob Tremblay"