Thomas Horn (actor)

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Thomas Horn (born December 14, 1997 in San Francisco ) is an American film actor.

Horn was best known in 2011 for his leading role as Oskar Schell in the movie Extrem Loud & Unbelievably Close , where he played alongside Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock .

Life

In 2010 Horn won the TV game Jeopardy! in "Kids Week" $ 31,800. The film producer Scott Rudin was so impressed by Horn that he offered to audition for the role of Oskar Schell , which he then got. In 2012, Horn was awarded the PC Award for best child actor for his performance in Extrem loud & unbelievably close . 2013 Horn played in the movie Space Warriors to Jimmy Hawkins .

Thomas Horn speaks fluent Croatian (his mother is Croatian), a little Spanish and learned Mandarin for two years.

Filmography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Success at Jeopardy!
  2. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/15/PK5D1MKVEM.DTL
  3. http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_19732926
  4. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12020/1204674-120.stm