Dakota Goyo
{{short description|Canadian actor}}
{{BLP one source|date=March 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Dakota Goyo
|birth_name = Dakota Avery Goyo
|birth_date = {{birth_date and age|1999|8|22}}
|birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|occupation = Actor
|years_active = 2005–2014
}}
Dakota Avery Goyo (born August 22, 1999) is a Canadian former actor. He is best known for playing Max Kenton in the film Real Steel (2011) and Jesse Barrett in the film Dark Skies (2013). He also voices Jamie Bennett in the DreamWorks Animation film Rise of the Guardians (2012).
Personal life
Goyo was born to Debra, a former model and singer who manages his career, and David Goyo. He has two older brothers, Devon and Dallas.{{cite news|last=Demara|first=Bruce|title=Dakota Goyo reaches for the stars|work=The Star|date=August 24, 2007|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/249364|access-date=August 25, 2007}}
Career
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Goyo appeared in his first commercial as an infant, after which he landed various roles in television and animation series. His featured television work includes Disney's JoJo's Circus in 2005, Ultra in 2006, Super Why! in 2008, Murdoch Mysteries in 2008, The Listener in 2009, My Neighbor's Secret in 2009, Happy Town in 2010 and a recurring role as Timmy Tibble on the children's television series Arthur in 2010.
Goyo completed a series lead role in the ABC pilot Solving Charlie in 2009, playing Charlie, an orphaned child who has an IQ of 190 and helps his long-lost brother, an aspiring detective, to solve crimes. Goyo played Teddy, the son of Josh Hartnett's character, in the 2007 film Resurrecting the Champ and played Timmy, grandson of Susan Sarandon's character, in the 2007 film Emotional Arithmetic.
In 2011, Goyo starred in Real Steel as Max Kenton, the estranged son of Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman), and also played young Thor in the superhero film Thor. In 2012, Goyo voiced Jamie in the DreamWorks Animation feature Rise of the Guardians, and in 2013, he starred in the science fiction thriller film Dark Skies.
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| Teddy Kernan | Nominated- Young Artist Award - Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actor Age Ten or Younger |
| Emotional Arithmetic
| Timmy Winters | |
| 2009
| Defendor | Jack Carter-9 | |
| rowspan="2"| 2011
| Max Kenton | Young Artist Award - Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor |
| Thor
| Young Thor | |
| 2012
| Jamie Bennett (voice) | |
| 2013
| Jesse Barrett | |
| rowspan="2"| 2014
| Luke | |
| Noah
| Young Noah | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2005
| Little Blue (voice) | Episode: "The Thanksgiving Parade" |
| 2006
| Ultra | Brett | Also producer and stunts |
| rowspan="5" | 2009
| Solving Charlie | Charlie Hudson II | |
| Super Why!
| Little Boy (voice) | Episode: "Twas the Night Before Christmas" |
| data-sort-value="Listener, The" | The Listener
| Nicki | Episode: "I'm an Adult" |
| Murdoch Mysteries
| Alwyn Jones | 3 episodes |
| My Neighbor's Secret
| Austin Hest | Also stunts |
| rowspan="2"| 2010
| Young Tommy Conroy | Episode: "Questions and Antlers" |
| Arthur
| Timmy Tibble (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2011
| data-sort-value="Haunting Hour: The Series, The" | The Haunting Hour: The Series | Josh | Episode: "Flight" Nominated-Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
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{{Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film}}
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Category:Male actors from Toronto
Category:Canadian male child actors
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male voice actors
Category:21st-century Canadian male actors
Category:Canadian people of Italian descent