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Skyler Gisondo

Skyler Gisondo
Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen on the set of Superman in 2024
Born (1996-07-22) July 22, 1996 (age 28)[1]
Palm Beach County, Florida, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present

Skyler Augustus Gisondo (born July 22, 1996)[2] is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the films Licorice Pizza, Booksmart, and Vacation, as well as the television programs Psych, The Righteous Gemstones, and Santa Clarita Diet.

Early life and education

Gisondo was born on July 22, 1996, in Palm Beach County, Florida. His parents, Stacey (née Berke) and Ron, are ocean engineers. His last name comes from his paternal grandfather, who was Italian-American. His other three grandparents were Jewish.[3] After he began working frequently, he was homeschooled for several years.[4] He spent a number of years in high school heavily involved in the Jewish community, including participating in USY, and attending Camp Alonim in Simi Valley. Gisondo also attended USY Israel Pilgrimage. He attended Milken Community High School in Los Angeles, graduating in 2014.[5][6]

Gisondo grew up in Florida, and later moved to South Bay, Los Angeles.[5]

In 2015, he began attending the University of Southern California's film school, at first full-time and later, part-time before taking a hiatus to film Santa Clarita Diet. He has stated that he plans to finish his college education.[4]

Career

2000s

Gisondo began acting on television at the age of six. In Southern California, his mother sent photos of him to talent agencies. This led to a successful audition for a national Pizza Hut commercial.

In 2003, Gisondo made his first appearance on television, playing Jeffrey in the comedy-drama series Miss Match in the episode "Forgive and Forget".[7] In 2006, Gisondo made his feature film debut in the drama film by Craig E. Serling's Jam portraying Robert. Gisondo was cast in the voice role of B-Dawg in the sports comedy film Air Buddies.[8]

From 2007 to 2009, Gisondo was cast to play a main role in the sitcom The Bill Engvall Show[9] opposite Bill Engvall, Nancy Travis, Jennifer Lawrence and Graham Patrick Martin, he won the Outstanding Young Performers in a TV Series at the 30th Young Artist Awards.[10]

In 2007, Gisondo took on a supporting role in the slasher film Halloween, which is a remake of John Carpenter's 1978 film of the same name and the ninth installment in the Halloween franchise, which was released on August 31, 2007.[11] On the same year, he appeared as Dewford "Dewdrop/Dewey" Cox, Jr. in the comedy film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, which was released on December 21, 2007.[12]

In 2008, Gisondo reprised the voice role of B-Dawg in Snow Buddies, the second installment in the Air Buddies series.[13] On the same year, he appeared as Connor McVie in the Christmas comedy film Four Christmases, was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 26, 2008.[14]

In 2009, Gisondo reprised his role in the third and fourth installments of the Air Buddies franchise, Space Buddies and Santa Buddies.[15]

2010s

In early 2010, Gisondo had a recurring role in the detective comedy-drama series Psych portraying a young version of James Roday's character Shawn Spencer replacing Liam James.[16][17] In 2011, Gisondo played live action as Billy and voice role of B-Dawg in the supernatural comedy film Spooky Buddies, the fifth installment in the Air Buddies series,[18] he won the Best Performance in a DVD Film - Young Ensemble Cast shared with Tucker Albrizzi, Sierra McCormick, Jake Johnson and Sage Ryan at the 33rd Young Artist Awards.[19]

In 2012, Gisondo played the voice role in the comedy film Treasure Buddies, the sixth installment in the Air Buddies franchise.[20] On the same year, he played the lead role of young version of Chris Diamantopoulos' character Moe Howard in the comedy movie The Three Stooges directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly.[21] Gisondo played the role of Howard Stacy in the 2012 American superhero film by Marc Webb titled The Amazing Spider-Man. In 2014, he reprised his role in the film sequels The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Gisondo was cast in the 2014 fantasy comedy film by Shawn Levy's titled Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb starring Ben Stiller, in which he played the role of Nicholas "Nick" Daley.[22][23] He was played by Jake Cherry in the previous films.[24][25]

In 2015, Gisondo starred in the road comedy movie Vacation opposite Ed Helms, Christina Applegate and Steele Stebbins, which was released on July 29, 2015.[26][27] In 2016, Gisondo starred along with Katrina Bowden and Kristin Chenoweth in the comedy-drama movie Hard Sell written and directed by Sean Nalaboff, which was released on May 20, 2016.[28][29]

In 2017, Gisondo starred alongside Olivia Holt, Kristin Chenoweth, Kathleen Chalfant, Nick Krause, and Peter Maloney in the romantic comedy film Class Rank as Bernard Flannigan,[30][31] which was premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 21, 2017 and was limited released by Cinedigm on May 11, 2018.[32][33][34] On the same year, he appeared in the satirical comedy miniseries Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later.[35][36]

From 2017 to 2019, Gisondo was cast to play a main role in the comedy horror series Santa Clarita Diet opposite Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant and Liv Hewson, in which he played the role of Eric Bemis.[37][38]

In 2018, Gisondo co-starred opposite Asa Butterfield and Sophie Turner in the sci-fi comedy drama movie Time Freak, which was released in limited release and on digital on November 9, 2018.[39][40] He starred with Madison Iseman in the comedy movie Feast of the Seven Fishes, which was premiered on November 1, 2018 in Fairmont, West Virginia and was released on November 15, 2019.[41]

In 2019, Gisondo was cast to play a role in the black comedy crime series The Righteous Gemstones portraying Gideon Gemstone. On the same year, he appeared in Olivia Wilde's Booksmart starring Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever, playing Jared. He starred opposite Alex Wolff, Mike Epps, Tommy Nelson and Stefania LaVie Owen in the coming-of-age drama film The Cat and the Moon portraying Seamus.[42]

2020s

In early 2020, Gisondo appeared in the docudrama film The Social Dilemma as Ben. He starred alongside Eduardo Franco and Dexter Darden in the parody film The Binge playing Griffin, which was released on August 28, 2020.[43][44]

In 2021, he appeared in the fantasy comedy-drama film The Starling portraying Dickie.[45] He also appeared in the comedy-drama film Licorice Pizza as Lance Brannigan.[46]

From 2021 to 2022, Gisondo starred alongside Kiersey Clemons, Peter S. Kim and Jaboukie Young-White in the adult animated comedy series Fairfax, in which he played the lead role as Dale.[47]

In 2022, Gisondo was cast to play a role in the dark comedy mystery series The Resort starring William Jackson Harper and Cristin Milioti,[48] where he played the role of Sam Knowlston.[49][50]

In Late 2023, Gisondo was cast as Jimmy Olsen in Superman (2025).[51]

Personal life

Skyler is a resident of Manhattan Beach.[5]

While filming Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb in Vancouver, Gisondo asked Ben Stiller and Robin Williams to help him film a "promposal" formally asking his girlfriend to senior prom. They filmed a three-minute comedy routine with Crystal the Monkey.[5][52]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Jam Robert
Air Buddies B-Dawg (voice)
2007 Halloween Tommy Doyal
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Dewdrop
2008 Snow Buddies B-Dawg (voice)
Four Christmases Connor McVie
2009 Space Buddies B-Dawg (voice)
Santa Buddies
2011 Spooky Buddies B-Dawg (voice) and Billy (live action)
2012 Treasure Buddies B-Dawg (voice)
The Three Stooges Young Moe
The Amazing Spider-Man Howard Stacy
2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Nicholas "Nick" Daley
2015 Vacation James Griswold
2016 Hard Sell Hardy Buchanan
2017 Class Rank Bernard Flannigan
2018 Time Freak Evan
2019 Booksmart Jared
The Cat and the Moon Seamus
Feast of the Seven Fishes Tony
2020 The Binge Griffin
The Social Dilemma Ben
2021 The Starling Dickie
Licorice Pizza Lance Brannigan
2025 Superman † Jimmy Olsen Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Miss Match Jeffrey Episode: "Forgive and Forget"
2005 Huff Jackson Coleman Episode: "Christmas Is Ruined"
Everybody Loves Raymond Chris Episode: "The Faux Pas"
What I Like About You Ryan Episode: "The Kid, the Cake, and the Chemistry"
Monk Kyle Episode: "Mr. Monk Stays in Bed"
Cold Case Ned Burton (1972) Episode: "Honor"
Strong Medicine Tommy Nauls Episode: "We Wish You a Merry Cryst-Meth"
2006 Criminal Minds Boy #1 Episode: "What Fresh Hell?"
House Clancy Green Episode: "Cane and Able"
ER Timmy Jankowski Episodes: "Twenty-One Guns" and "Bloodline"
Drake & Josh Tyler Episode: "I Love Sushi"
2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Danny Curtis Episode: "Leaving Las Vegas"
2007–2009 The Bill Engvall Show Bryan Pearson Main role; 31 episodes
2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Young Kyle Reese Episode: "What He Beheld"
My Name Is Earl Gerald Episode: "I Won't Die with a Little Help from My Friends: Part 2"
2008–2009 American Dad! TV Announcer / Matty Moyer (voices) 2 episodes
2009 CSI: NY Jake Kaplan Episode: "The Party's Over"
2009–2010 Eastwick Gene Friesen 2 episodes
2010–2012 Psych Young Shawn Recurring cast; 10 episodes
2013 Once Upon a Time Devin Episode: "Good Form"
2017 Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later Jeremy "Deegs" Deegenstein 3 episodes
2017–2019 Santa Clarita Diet Eric Bemis Main role
2018 The Real Bros of Simi Valley Tyler Episode: "Obnoxiously Depressed"
2019–present The Righteous Gemstones Gideon Gemstone Main role
2020 Curb Your Enthusiasm Sam Winokur Episode: "The Ugly Section"
Close Enough Cameron (voice) Episode: "So Long Boys"
2021–2022 Fairfax Dale (voice) Main role
2022 The Resort Sam Knowlston Main role;
2023 Solar Opposites Zylenol (voice) Episode: "Down and Out on Planet X-Non"
Scavengers Reign Charlie Episode: "The Demeter"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2022 The Quarry Max Brinly Voice, motion capture and likeness

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2007 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Guest Starring Young Actor House Nominated [53]
2009 Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actor The Bill Engvall Show Nominated [54]
Outstanding Young Performers in a TV Series
(with Graham Patrick Martin and Jennifer Lawrence) 		Won [55]
2010 Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actor Nominated [56]
2012 Best Performance in a DVD Film - Young Ensemble Cast Spooky Buddies Won [57]
2016 Young Entertainer Awards Best Young Ensemble Cast - Feature Film Vacation Nominated [58]

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