Dawson Dunbar

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Dawson Dunbar is a Canadian actor.

Dawson won Best Performance in a Short Film at the 32nd Young Artist Awards for Little Big Kid.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms32.html|title=32nd Annual Young Artist Awards|accessdate=April 24, 2012|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221234842/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms32.html |archivedate=Feb 21, 2016 }} He was also nominated at the 31st Young Artist Awards in the same category for his performance in Trolls.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms31.html|title=31st Annual Young Artist Awards|accessdate=April 24, 2012|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405031904/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms31.html |archivedate=April 5, 2016 }} In 2012, Dawson won Best Performance in a Short Film for Bred in Captivity at the 33rd Young Artist Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms33.html |title=33rd Annual Young Artist Awards |accessdate=May 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404162133/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms33.html |archivedate=April 4, 2012 }}

He has an older brother called Talon Dunbar, who is also an actor.{{cite web|url=http://site.teenstarfanclub.com/dawsondunbar.php |title=Teen Star Fan Club |accessdate=April 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821180751/http://site.teenstarfanclub.com/dawsondunbar.php |archivedate=August 21, 2012 }}

Dawson is best known for his performance in the movie Furious 7 where he played a younger version of Paul Walker.{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furious_7|title=Furious 7 Awards|accessdate=April 1, 2021}}{{Circular reference|date=May 2021}} He has previously mentioned that the filming process had him miss weeks of high school.

He has frequently collaborated with virtual YouTuber Gawr Gura.

Filmography

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width="10%" \| Year ! width="30%" \| Title ! width="20%" \| Role ! width="40%" class="unsortable" \| Notes Notes
rowspan=3\|2004 \|Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss \|Young Jason \|
Dogboy \|Orphan \|Short Film
Aliens in America \|Little Justin \|Season 1, Episode 4
rowspan=3\|2008 \|data-sort-value="Escape of Conrad Lard-Bottom, The" \| The Escape of Conrad Lard-Bottom \|Youngest Lard-Bottom \|
Supernatural \|Simon \|Season 3, Episode 14
Men in Trees \|Young Boy \|Season 2, Episode 18
2009 \|Trolls \|Billy \|Nominated for Best Performance in Short Film at Young Artist Awards
rowspan=4\|2010 \|Gaia \|Kitcha \|Short Film
Little Big Kid \|Johnny \|Won Best Performance in Short Film at Young Artist Awards
Haunt \|Young Will \|Short Film
Timothy and the World of Tomorrow \|Timothy \|Short Film
rowspan=14\|2011 \|Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story \|Soccer Kid \|
Lullaby for a Lunatic \|Young Liam \|
data-sort-value="Eidolon House, The" \| The Eidolon House \|Benjamin \|Short Film
Translucent Nature \|Young Robert Hill \|Short Film
Bred in Captivity \|Joey \|Short Film
Sunday's Child \|Kid #1 \|Short Film
Dead Friends \|Dead Boy \|Short Film
Out of Order \|Jake \|Short Film
Truth \|Adam \|
Joanna Makes a Friend \|Everett \|Short Film
Psych \|Boy with Nintendo \|Season 6, Episode 9
data-sort-value="Long Road, The" \| The Long Road \|Will \|Short Film
data-sort-value="Strange Day in July, A" \| A Strange Day in July \|Ryan \|Short Film
Shooting Flies \|Jackit \|Short Film
2015 \|Furious 7 \|Young Paul Walker \|People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie

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rowspan=3|2004

|Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss

|Young Jason

Dogboy

|Orphan

|Short Film

Aliens in America

|Little Justin

|Season 1, Episode 4

rowspan=3|2008

|data-sort-value="Escape of Conrad Lard-Bottom, The" | The Escape of Conrad Lard-Bottom

|Youngest Lard-Bottom

Supernatural

|Simon

|Season 3, Episode 14

Men in Trees

|Young Boy

|Season 2, Episode 18

2009

|Trolls

|Billy

|Nominated for Best Performance in Short Film at Young Artist Awards

rowspan=4|2010

|Gaia

|Kitcha

|Short Film

Little Big Kid

|Johnny

|Won Best Performance in Short Film at Young Artist Awards

Haunt

|Young Will

|Short Film

Timothy and the World of Tomorrow

|Timothy

|Short Film

rowspan=14|2011

|Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story

|Soccer Kid

Lullaby for a Lunatic

|Young Liam

data-sort-value="Eidolon House, The" | The Eidolon House

|Benjamin

|Short Film

Translucent Nature

|Young Robert Hill

|Short Film

Bred in Captivity

|Joey

|Short Film

Sunday's Child

|Kid #1

|Short Film

Dead Friends

|Dead Boy

|Short Film

Out of Order

|Jake

|Short Film

Truth

|Adam

Joanna Makes a Friend

|Everett

|Short Film

Psych

|Boy with Nintendo

|Season 6, Episode 9

data-sort-value="Long Road, The" | The Long Road

|Will

|Short Film

data-sort-value="Strange Day in July, A" | A Strange Day in July

|Ryan

|Short Film

Shooting Flies

|Jackit

|Short Film

2015

|Furious 7

|Young Paul Walker

|People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie

Awards

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2010 \|rowspan=3\|Young Artist Awards \|Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor \|Trolls \|{{nom}} \|style="text-align:center;" \|
2011 \|Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor Ten and Under \|Little Big Kid \|{{won}} \|style="text-align:center;" \|
2012 \|Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor Ten and Under \|Bred in Captivity \|{{won}} \|style="text-align:center;" \|

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2010

|rowspan=3|Young Artist Awards

|Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor

|Trolls

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