Ty Simpkins
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{short description|American actor (born 2001)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ty Simpkins
| caption = Ty Simpkins attending World Premiere Marvel Studios' Avengers: Endgame in LA, California on 22nd April 2019
| birth_name = Ty Keegan Simpkins
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|2001|08|06}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| alma_mater = San Diego State University
| years_active = 2001–present
| relatives = Ryan Simpkins (sibling)
}}
Ty Keegan Simpkins (born August 6, 2001) is an American actor. His notable film credits include Insidious (2010), its sequel Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), Jurassic World (2015), and Insidious: The Red Door (2023). He is also known for his appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Harley Keener in Iron Man 3 (2013) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), as well as the independent film The Whale (2022).
Early life
Simpkins was born on August 6, 2001{{Cite news|last=Simpkins|first=Ty|title=Hey thanks everyone|publisher=Twitter|date=August 6, 2018|url=https://twitter.com/TYSIMPKINSactor/status/894418927522119684}} in New York City, to Monique and Stephen Simpkins.{{Cite news|last=Riordan|first=Kevin|title=Child actors play for a living|publisher=Courier Post|date=June 18, 2006|url=http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20060617/NEWS04/606180311/Child-actors-play-living|access-date=November 23, 2010}} His older sibling is actress Ryan Simpkins.{{Cite web |last=Sun |first=Rebecca |date=2015-07-29 |title=‘Jurassic World’ Star Ty Simpkins Signs With WME (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jurassic-world-star-ty-simpkins-811776/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
Acting career
Simpkins 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 Manning. Simpkins then had a recurring role as Jude Cooper Bauer on Guiding Light, in which he went on to be "Jude" for about four years. He guest starred in Law & Order: Criminal Intent and a handful of commercials and print ads.
Simpkins made his film debut 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 version of Jude Law's character, and he played Aaron in the multiple-award-winning Little Children (2006).{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nrENAAAAIBAJ&pg=6546,3965994&dq=ty-simpkins&hl=en|title=Study in Suburban Angst|last=Vancheri|first=Barbara|date=December 30, 2006|work=Google archive|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|pages=53|access-date=April 20, 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/littlechildren2006.html|title=Winslet and Haley Anchor Little Children (2007 Oscar Nominee)|last=Douresseaux|first=Leroy |date=June 7, 2007|publisher=Comicbookbin|access-date=April 20, 2010}} Simpkins went on to film Pride and Glory (2008), in which he and his sibling, actor Ryan Simpkins, play the children of Colin Farrell. Simpkins also completed Gardens of the Night (2008) and then Revolutionary Road (2008), in which he again starred alongside his real-life sibling Ryan.{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NWEC&p_theme=nwec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=124D1815BA4D2008&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=A 'Titanic'Class Reunion|date=December 8, 2008|publisher=Newsweek|access-date=April 20, 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.theinsider.com/news/302951_Leonardo_DiCaprio_with_his_siblings_Ryan_and_Ty|title=Leonardo DiCaprio with his siblings Ryan and Ty|date=August 8, 2007|work=The Insider|access-date=April 20, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708032216/http://www.theinsider.com/news/302951_Leonardo_DiCaprio_with_his_siblings_Ryan_and_Ty|archive-date=July 8, 2009}} Simpkins has guest-starred on CSI, Private Practice and Family of Four. In September 2009, he signed on to play Luke in the 2010 film The Next Three Days.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i1224fdfbab2618f3b84aff6c044148a6 |title=Trio pencil in 'Three Days' |last=Fernandez |first=Jay A. |date=September 23, 2009 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=April 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009071436/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i1224fdfbab2618f3b84aff6c044148a6 |archive-date=October 9, 2009 }} He also played Dalton Lambert in Insidious (2011) and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). He reprised the role ten years later for Insidious: The Red Door (2023).
In 2013, Simpkins starred alongside Robert Downey Jr. in the live-action film Iron Man 3, as Tony Stark's sidekick Harley Keener (he also reprises the role in Lego Marvel's Avengers). This was the first time a child character had been featured prominently in the Iron Man films.{{cite web|last=Zorianna|first=Kit|title="Iron Man 3" goes back to basics in a quest to save the U.S.|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-ironman-idUSBRE93M0Z520130423|publisher=Reuters|access-date=April 27, 2013}} He appeared in Iron Man 3 director Shane Black's 2016 film, The Nice Guys.
In 2019, he reprised the role of Harley Keener in a cameo during Stark's funeral at the end of the film Avengers: Endgame.{{cite news|date=May 29, 2019|last=Bradley|first=Bill|title='Avengers: Endgame' Actor Reveals Secrets About That Surprise Cameo|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/avengers-endgame-surprise-actor_n_5cd4934de4b0796a95d8b21a|access-date=April 25, 2021|website=HuffPost|language=en}} Simpkins later revealed that he had to keep Stark's death, and his own cameo, a secret for two years.{{Cite web|last=Kleinman|first=Jake|date=April 23, 2020|title='Avengers: Endgame' actor reveals how Marvel kept Iron Man's death a secret for 2 years|url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/avenger-endgame-ty-simpkins|access-date=April 25, 2021|website=Inverse|language=en}}
Simpkins starred in the 2015 blockbuster Jurassic World, and he appeared as Adam in Meadowland.{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/news/iron-man-3-exclusive-ty-simpkins-talks-cut-kiss-scene-3-picture-deal/|title=Iron Man 3 Exclusive: Ty Simpkins Talks Cut Kiss Scene & 3 Picture Deal|website=Comicbook.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/10/ty-simpkins-lands-lead-in-jurassic-world-611054/|title=Ty Simpkins Lands Lead In 'Jurassic World'|first1=Mike Jr.|last1=Fleming|date=October 14, 2013}}
Simpkins played a Christian missionary called Thomas in Darren Aronofsky's Oscar-winning The Whale (2022).{{Cite web |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |date=2021-03-04 |title=‘Insidious’ Star Ty Simpkins Joins Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Whale’ At A24 |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/ty-simpkins-darren-aronofsky-the-whale-a24-1234706688/ |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=The Whale’s Ty Simpkins: “To see Brendan getting the love is… |url=https://theface.com/culture/the-whale-ty-simpkins-interview-oscars-2023-call-sheet |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable"
|+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}} |Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2005
| 3 Year Old Boy | |
| 2006
| Aaron Adamson | |
| rowspan="3" | 2008
| Dylan Whitehead | |
| Pride and Glory
| Matthew Egan | |
| Revolutionary Road
| Michael Wheeler | |
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| Family of Four | Tommy Baker | |
| Abracadabra
| Tucker |
| 2010
| Luke Brennan | |
| 2010
| Dalton Lambert | |
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| Arcadia | Nat | |
| Extracted
| Young Anthony | |
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| |
| Insidious: Chapter 2
| Dalton Lambert | |
| rowspan="4" | 2015
| Hangman | Max Miller | |
| Meadowland
| Adam | |
| Jurassic World
| |
| Barbados
| Gary | Short film |
| 2016
| Bobby | |
| 2018
| Dalton Lambert |
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| Harley Keener |
| Summer Lightning
| Philip Olson | Short film |
| 2021
| Eric Daniels | |
| 2022
| Thomas | |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| Dalton Lambert | |
| The Re-Education of Molly Singer
| Elliot | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2001–2002
| 4 episodes |
| 2001–2005
| Jude Cooper Bauer | 47 episodes |
| 2005
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jake Nikos | Episode: "Ex Stasis" |
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tyler Waldrip | Episode: "A Thousand Days on Earth" |
| Private Practice
| Braden Tisch | Episode: "Past Tense" |
| 2016
| Little Drummer Boy | Episode: "How the Griffin Stole Christmas" |
| 2019
| Young Lee Berger | Episode: "Kodak Ergo Sum" |
| 2021
| Anthony | Episode: "Talk-Story" |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| rowspan="2" | Gray Mitchell | rowspan="2" | Voice |
| Lego Dimensions |
=Theater=
Awards and nominations
| class=wikitable |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result |
|---|
| 2014
| rowspan="2" | Saturn Award | rowspan="2" | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="3" | 2016
| rowspan="3" | Jurassic World | {{won}} |
| Young Artist Awards
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor (11 – 13) | {{nom}} |
| Young Entertainer Awards
| Best Younger Actor | {{nom}} |
| 2018
| Broadway World Los Angeles Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Cabaret |
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:American male child actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors