Ty Simpkins

Ty Simpkins Biography

Ty Keegan Simpkins (born August 6, 2001) is an American child actor. In the films Pride and Glory and Revolutionary Road, he appears with his real-life sister Ryan Simpkins. In 2013, Simpkins starred alongside Robert Downey, Jr. in the live-action film Iron Man 3, as Stark's sidekick, Harley, the first time a child has been featured prominently in the Iron Man films. Additionally, he played Dalton in James Wan's horror films Insidious and Insidious: Chapter 2.

Life and career

Simpkins was born in New York City, New York, to Monique and Stephen Simpkins. He first appeared on TV when he was three weeks old. His first role was on One Life to Live where he shared the recurring role as John "Jack" Cramer. Simpkins soon started a recurring role as Jude Cooper Bauer on The Guiding Light, in which he went on to be "Jude" for about four years. Since then, he has appeared in Law & Order: CI and a handful of commercials and print ads.

Simpkins's film break was in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds (2005). Next was a featured role in All the King's Men (2006) where he played a young Jude Law; leading up to Simpkins' most notable role to date in which he plays Aaron in the multiple-award-winning Little Children (2006). Simpkins went on to film Pride and Glory (2008), in which he and his sister, actress Ryan Simpkins, play the children of Colin Farrell. Simpkins also completed Gardens of the Night (2008) and then in Revolutionary Road (2008), in which he again starred alongside his real-life sister Ryan.

Simpkins has guest-starred on CSI, Private Practice and Family of Four. In September 2009, he signed on to star as Luke in the 2010 film The Next Three Days. He also played Dalton Lambert in the movies Insidious (2011) and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013).

In 2013, Simpkins starred alongside Robert Downey, Jr. in the live-action film Iron Man 3, as Stark's sidekick, Harley. This was the first time a child had been featured prominently in the Iron Man films. Simpkins has signed a 3 picture deal for Marvel Studios in an unspecified role and will appear in 2015's film Jurassic World.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	War of the Worlds	3-year-old Boy	Minor Role
2006	Little Children	Aaron Adamson	Co-starred
2008	Gardens of the Night	Dylan Whitehead	Co-starred
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Tyler Waldrip	Episode A Thousand Days on Earth
	Pride and Glory	Matthew Egan	Co-starred
	Private Practice	Braden Tisch	Episode Past Tense
	Revolutionary Road	Michael Wheeler	Co-starred
2009	Family of Four	Tommy Baker
2009	Abracadabra	Tucker	Starred
2010	The Next Three Days	Luke
2011	Insidious	Dalton Lambert	Lead Role
2012	Arcadia	Nat	Lead Role
2013	Iron Man 3	Harley	Lead role
	Extracted	young Anthony	Supporting
	Insidious: Chapter 2	Dalton Lambert
2014	Conversations with Andy	Ben
2015	Jurassic World	Unknown role	Lead role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	One Life to Live	Jonathan "Jack" Manning	Minor role, 4 episodes
2001	The Guiding Light	Jude Cooper Bauer	TV series; 47 episodes, 2001"2005
2005	Law & Order: CI	Jake Nikos	Episode Ex Stasis

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