Jack Dylan Grazer

{{Infobox person

| name = Jack Dylan Grazer

| image = Jack Dylan Grazer by Gage Skidmore 4.jpg

| caption = Grazer at the 2024 WonderCon

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|09|03}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2014–present

| relatives = Brian Grazer (uncle)

}}

Jack Dylan Grazer (born September 3, 2003){{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B2CR_d4Hj6Z/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B2CR_d4Hj6Z |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration |title=jackdgrazer on Instagram |via=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B19LU6ugk6D/ |title=francesca.scorsese on Instagram |via=Instagram}}{{Cite web |url=https://etcanada.com/video/1458966083572/jack-dylan-grazer-talks-shazam/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324074623/https://etcanada.com/video/1458966083572/jack-dylan-grazer-talks-shazam/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 24, 2019 |title=Jack Dylan Grazer Talks 'Shazam' |date=March 15, 2019 |website=ET Canada |access-date=March 25, 2019}} is an American actor. His{{efn|Grazer uses he/they pronouns. This article uses masculine pronouns for consistency.}} accolades include an MTV Movie & TV Award, in addition to a nomination for an Annie Award.

Grazer started his career in 2015 and gained recognition for his role as Eddie Kaspbrak in the supernatural horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), and for playing Freddy Freeman in the DC Extended Universe superhero films Shazam (2019) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023). After starring in the HBO miniseries We Are Who We Are (2020), he voiced Alberto Scorfano in the Pixar animated fantasy Luca (2021). Grazer's other roles include those of a troubled teenager in the horror film Don't Tell a Soul (2020) and young Joe Emerson in the musical film Dreamin' Wild (2022).

Life and career

Grazer was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Angela Lafever and Gavin Grazer, an actor.{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/features/film-interviews/jack-dylan-grazer-interview-shazam-we-are-who-we-are-2989100 | title=Jack Dylan Grazer: "No one expected me to become an actor – I wanna be a rock star" | website=NME | date=July 8, 2021 }}{{Cite web |url=https://chscourier.com/features/2019/11/14/jack-dylan-grazer-fulfills-big-screen-destiny-in-it/ |title=Jack Dylan Grazer fulfills big-screen destiny in "IT" |work=The Calabasas Courier}} His paternal uncle is producer Brian Grazer.{{cite web |last1=Carroll |first1=Lloyd |title=What's new on traditional TV |url=https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/what-s-new-on-traditional-tv/article_fb082778-1111-5731-b3f5-286166bc1c49.html |website=Queens Chronicle |date=August 24, 2017}} Grazer sponsors a scholarship at the Adderley School for Performing Arts in Pacific Palisades, where he is an alumnus, for two students annually.

The Hollywood Reporter named him one of the top 30 stars under age 18 in 2018.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywoods-top-30-stars-under-age-18-1130157/item/top-kids-jack-dylan-grazer-1130142 |title=Hollywood's Top 30 Stars Under Age 18 |last=Sandberg |first=Bryn Elise |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 8, 2018 |access-date=March 21, 2019}}

He began his acting career by playing guest roles in film and on television. Grazer had his breakthrough role in an adaptation of Stephen King's novel It, playing the role of Eddie Kaspbrak in the supernatural horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019). He also starred on the CBS series Me, Myself, & I. Grazer portrayed Freddy Freeman in the 2019 DC Extended Universe film Shazam! and later reprised his role in the 2023 sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods. Grazer had lead roles in Luca Guadagnino's coming-of-age drama television series We Are Who We Are (2020) and in the thriller film Don't Tell a Soul (2020). He voiced Alberto Scorfano in the Pixar film Luca (2021), and voiced Barney in the animated film Ron's Gone Wrong (2021). He also appeared in the 2022 DC Comics animated film Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons as the son of Superman, Jonathan Kent.

In July 2021, Grazer came out as bisexual during an Instagram livestream and declared "he/they" as his pronouns.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/life/luca-star-jack-dylan-grazer-says-hes-bi-and-updates-pronouns-to-he-they |title=Luca star Jack Dylan Grazer says he's "bi" and updates pronouns to he/they |website=Gay Times |access-date=July 2, 2021 |author=Sam Damshenas |date=July 2, 2021}}{{cite web |author1=Josh Milton |title=Luca star Jack Dylan Grazer just came out as bisexual in the best way |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/07/03/luca-jack-dylan-grazer-bisexual/ |website=PinkNews |access-date=July 4, 2021 |date=July 3, 2021}}

Filmography

Image:Jack Dylan Grazer by Gage Skidmore.jpg]]

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

2015

| Tales of Halloween

| Young Joey Stranger

|Segment: The Weak and the Wicked; anthology film

|style="text-align: center;"|

rowspan="2" |2017

| It

|Eddie Kaspbrak

|style="text-align: center;"|

Scales: Mermaids Are Real

| Adam Wilts

|style="text-align: center;"|

2018

| Beautiful Boy

| 12-year-old Nic Sheff

|style="text-align: center;"|

rowspan="2" |2019

| It Chapter Two

| Young Eddie Kaspbrak

| style="text-align: center;" |

Shazam!

|Freddy Freeman

| style="text-align: center;" |{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/it-star-joins-dcs-shazam-1065230 |title='It' Star Joins DC's 'Shazam!' |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |last1=Couch |first1=Aaron |last2=Kit |first2=Borys |date=December 6, 2017 |access-date=December 7, 2017}}

2020

| Don't Tell a Soul

| Joey Chambliss

|style="text-align: center;"|{{cite magazine |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/rainn-wilson-mena-suvari-fionn-whitehead-jack-dylan-grazer-dont-tell-a-soul-movie-1202533810/ |title=Rainn Wilson, Mena Suvari, Fionn Whitehead, Jack Dylan Grazer Topline Don't Tell A Soul Thriller |magazine=Deadline Hollywood |last=N'Duka |first=Amanda |date=January 11, 2019 |access-date=January 11, 2019}}

rowspan="3" |2021

| Luca

| Alberto Scorfano

|Voice role

| style="text-align: center;" |{{cite magazine |title=Pixar's Luca teaser trailer gives Jacob Tremblay a sun-soaked Italian summer with sea monsters |url=https://ew.com/movies/pixar-luca-trailer-jacob-tremblay |access-date=February 25, 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}

Ciao Alberto

|Alberto Scorfano

|Voice role; animated short film

| style="text-align: center;" |{{cite web |first=Brandon |last=Novaro |title=Luca Sequel Short Ciao Alberto Trailer Brings Us Back to the Italian Riviera |url=https://movieweb.com/ciao-alberto-trailer/ |website=Movieweb |access-date=December 30, 2021 |date=November 7, 2021}}

Ron's Gone Wrong

|Barney

|Voice role

|style="text-align: center;"|{{Cite magazine |last=Romano |first=Nick |date=June 8, 2021 |title=Zach Galifianakis is the best malfunctioning robot pal in first 'Ron's Gone Wrong' trailer |url=https://ew.com/movies/rons-gone-wrong-trailer-zach-galifianakis/ |access-date=June 13, 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}

rowspan="2" |2022

| Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons

|Superboy / Jonathan Kent

|Direct-to-video film; voice role

|{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/videos/batman-and-superman-battle-of-the-super-sons-official-trailer | title=Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons - Official Trailer - IGN | date=June 30, 2022 }}

Dreamin' Wild

| Young Joe Emerson

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/dreamin-wild-casey-affleck-zooey-deschanel-more-board-bill-pohlad-film-1234858319/|title='Dreamin' Wild': Casey Affleck, Beau Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Walton Goggins, Chris Messina & More Board Emerson Brothers Drama From Director Bill Pohlad|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=October 19, 2021|access-date=July 26, 2022}}

rowspan="2"|2023

| Shazam! Fury of the Gods

| Freddy Freeman

|style="text-align: center;"|{{Cite web |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |date=August 22, 2020 |title='Shazam!': Zachary Levi And Cast Reveal Title Of Sequel, Remain Tight-Lipped On Details – DC FanDome |url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/shazam-sequel-zachary-levi-david-f-sandberg-sinbad-asher-angel-meagan-good-jack-dylan-grazer-faithe-herman-adam-brody-dc-fandome-1203020790/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823001843/https://deadline.com/2020/08/shazam-sequel-zachary-levi-david-f-sandberg-sinbad-asher-angel-meagan-good-jack-dylan-grazer-faithe-herman-adam-brody-dc-fandome-1203020790/ |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |access-date=May 27, 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}

Downtown Owl

|Eli

| style="text-align: center;"|{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/lily-rabe-ed-harris-vanessa-hudgens-finn-witrock-sonys-adaptation-chuck-klosterman-downtown-owl-1235001741/|title=Lily Rabe, Ed Harris, Vanessa Hudgens and Finn Wittrock To Star In Sony's Adaptation Of Chuck Klosterman's Downtown Owl|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=April 13, 2022|access-date=April 27, 2022}}

2024

| Friendship

|Steven Waterman

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/jack-dylan-grazer-josh-segarra-billy-bryk-join-tim-robinson-film-friendship-1235863514/|title=Jack Dylan Grazer, Josh Segarra & Billy Bryk Among New Additions To Tim Robinson Comedy Friendship|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=March 20, 2024|access-date=July 26, 2024}}

|{{Pending film|4 Kids Walk Into a Bank}}

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|Filming

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

!class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

2014

| data-sort-value="Greatest Event in Television History, The" | The Greatest Event in Television History

| Son

| Episode: "Bosom Buddies"

|style="text-align: center;"|

2015

| Comedy Bang! Bang!

| Kayden Aukerman

| Episode: "Jesse Tyler Ferguson Wears a Brown Checked Shirt and Stripey Socks"

|style="text-align: center;"|

2017–2018

| Me, Myself & I

| Young Alex Riley

| Main role

|style="text-align: center;"|

2018

| Speechless

| Rev

| Episode: "E-I-- EIGHTEEN"

|style="text-align: center;"|

2019

| Robot Chicken

| Freddy Freeman

| Voice role; Shazam! promotion

|style="text-align: center;"|{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNernJTfvwc | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/SNernJTfvwc |archive-date=November 18, 2021 | url-status=live |title=Shazam! {{!}} Robot Chicken {{!}} Adult Swim |publisher=Adult Swim|date=March 25, 2019 |access-date=March 25, 2019}}{{cbignore}}

2020

| We Are Who We Are

| Fraser Wilson

| Main role

|style="text-align: center;"|

2024

| data-sort-value="Spiderwick Chronicles, The" | The Spiderwick Chronicles

| Thimbletack

| Main role; voice

| {{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=December 15, 2022 |title=Shazam Star Jack Dylan Grazer Joins Spiderwick Chronicles Series at Disney+ (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/shazam-jack-dylan-grazer-spiderwick-chronicles-series-disney-plus-1235462382/ |access-date=January 29, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Rajput |first=Priyanca |date=September 15, 2022 |title=The Spiderwick Chronicles filming in Vancouver for Disney+ |url=https://www.kftv.com/news/2022/09/15/the-spiderwick-chronicles-filming-in-vancouver-for-disney |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Kemps Film and TV Production Services Handbook}}{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=August 26, 2023 |title='The Spiderwick Chronicles' Not Going Forward At Disney+ As Part Of Content Cost-Cutting & Strategy Shift; Being Shopped By Paramount TV Studios |url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/the-spiderwick-chronicles-canceled-disney-plus-cost-cutting-shopped-paramount-1235528689/ |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=Deadline}}{{cite web|title='The Spiderwick Chronicles' TV Series Lands At Roku After Disney+ Exit|url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/the-spiderwick-chronicles-roku-pickup-disney-plus-1235567910/|website=Deadline Hollywood|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=October 10, 2023|access-date=October 10, 2023}}

Accolades

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Association ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"\| {{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
2017 \| Fright Meter Awards \| Best Supporting Actor \|It \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|
2018 \| MTV Movie & TV Awards \|Best On-Screen Team \|It \| {{won}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|
2019 \|Hollywood Critics Association \|Next Generation of Hollywood \| – \|{{won}} \|style="text-align:center;"\|
2022 \| Annie Awards \| Best Voice Acting – Feature \| Luca \| {{nom}} \|style="text-align:center;"\| {{Cite web \|last=Giardina \|first=Carolyn \|date=December 21, 2021 \|title=Raya and the Last Dragon Leads 2022 Annie Awards Feature Nominations \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/annie-awards-raya-and-the-last-dragon-leads-2022-nominations-1235065364/ \|access-date=December 21, 2021 \|website=The Hollywood Reporter \|language=en-US}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Association

! Category

! Nominated work

! Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

2017

| Fright Meter Awards

| Best Supporting Actor

|It

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

2018

| MTV Movie & TV Awards

|Best On-Screen Team

|It

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

2019

|Hollywood Critics Association

|Next Generation of Hollywood

| –

|{{won}}

|style="text-align:center;"|

2022

| Annie Awards

| Best Voice Acting – Feature

| Luca

| {{nom}}

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=December 21, 2021 |title=Raya and the Last Dragon Leads 2022 Annie Awards Feature Nominations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/annie-awards-raya-and-the-last-dragon-leads-2022-nominations-1235065364/ |access-date=December 21, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

Notes

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite web |last1=Costantino |first1=George |title='Black Panther,' 'Stranger Things' big winners at MTV Movie & TV Awards |url=https://abcnews.go.com/culture/story/black-panther-stranger-things-big-winners-mtv-movie-55992719 |website=ABC News |date=June 18, 2018 |quote=Best On-Screen Team: Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Jaeden Lieberher, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Jeremy Ray Taylor and Chosen Jacobs, "IT"}}

{{cite web |title=Jack Dylan Grazer |url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/me-myself-and-i/cast/215689/ |website=CBS |access-date=April 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815233054/https://www.cbs.com/shows/me-myself-and-i/cast/215689/ |archive-date=August 15, 2017}}

{{cite web |title=2017 Full Nominees List |url=http://www.frightmeterawards.com/full-nominees-list.php?sYr=2017 |website=Fright Meter Awards |access-date=April 7, 2020 |archive-date=July 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720133536/http://www.frightmeterawards.com/full-nominees-list.php?sYr=2017 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |last1=Kasule |first1=Melissa |title=Glass interviews Breakout actor Jack Dylan Grazer |url=https://www.theglassmagazine.com/glass-interviews-breakout-actor-jack-dylan-grazer/ |website=The Glass Magazine |date=March 19, 2019}}

{{cite web |last1=Goldberg |first1=Lesley |title=Chloe Sevigny, Alice Braga, Kid Cudi to Star in HBO Drama From 'Call Me By Your Name' Director |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/chloe-sevigny-alice-braga-star-hbo-drama-call-me-by-your-name-director-1224786 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=July 18, 2019}}

{{cite web |title=Speechless, Season 2, Episode 14 E-I-- EIGHTEEN |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/speechless/episode-14-season-2/e-i-eighteen/928142/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=April 7, 2020 |quote=Jack Dylan Grazer Rev}}

{{cite web |title='1917' Wins Best Picture at 3rd Annual Hollywood Critics Association Awards |url=https://variety.com/2020/scene/awards/1917-best-picture-hollywood-critics-association-awards-joaquin-phoenix-lupita-nyongo-1203462463/ |website=Variety |date=January 10, 2020 |quote=Next Generation of Hollywood...Jack Dylan Grazer...}}

{{cite web |last1=Prahl |first1=Amanda |title=Yep, You've Seen This Beautiful Boy Star Before – Here's Where |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/yep-apos-ve-seen-beautiful-192630918.html |website=Yahoo Finance |access-date=April 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407211332/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/yep-apos-ve-seen-beautiful-192630918.html |archive-date=April 7, 2020 |date=October 11, 2018}}

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