Watch now. Sign In. Down this week. Haley Joel Osment is an American actor who has proven himself as one of the best young actors of his generation. He is the first millennial male to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting. His sister is actress Emily Osment. Filmography by Job Trailers and Videos. Share this page:.
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F or a brief time around the turn of the millennium, Haley Joel Osment was inescapable. Then he more or less disappeared. Yet it was not due to the destructive pressures of fame that have been the undoing of so many child stars. He crashed his car, once, but paid the fine with no special pleading.
Haley Joel Osment born April 10, [1] is an American actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the s and s, including a minor part in Forrest Gump playing the title character's son also named Forrest Gump , Osment rose to fame for his performance as a young unwilling medium in M. He subsequently appeared in leading roles in several high-profile Hollywood films, including Steven Spielberg 's A. Osment was raised Roman Catholic. 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. Visiting a store at age four, Osment signed up with a talent scout. Called back for an audition, he was asked to describe the biggest thing he had ever seen; his description of an IMAX theater screen helped win him a part in a Pizza Hut TV commercial.
A few days later, his mother took a call from an advertising agency, which was offering her son the chance to audition for a role in a Pizza Hut television commercial. Night Shyamalan had already watched scores of other children try out for the role. I could not believe it. Now twenty-six, Osment appears to have successfully navigated the obvious yet substantial perils of child stardom.
