Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an American actor and voice
actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the 1990s
and 2000s, including a minor part in Forrest Gump playing the title
character's son (also named Forrest Gump), Osment rose to fame as a
prominent child actor for his performance as a young unwilling medium
in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller film The Sixth Sense, which earned
him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He
subsequently appeared in leading roles in several high-profile
Hollywood films, including Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial
Intelligence, Mimi Leder's Pay It Forward, and Secondhand Lions,
alongside Michael Caine and Robert Duvall. He played Davis Cable in
Last Stand at Saber River alongside Tom Selleck in 1997.He made his
Broadway debut in 2008 in a short-lived revival of David Mamet's play
American Buffalo, starring John Leguizamo and Cedric the Entertainer.
Osment is also known for his voice-roles of Sora since 2002 at the age
of 14 and Vanitas since 2010 in the Kingdom Hearts video games, as
well as his later roles in comedies such as Sex Ed and The Spoils of
Babylon.Osment was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Theresa
(née Seifert), a teacher, and Michael Eugene Osment, a theater and
film actor, both natives of Birmingham, Alabama. Osment was raised
Roman Catholic. He has one sibling, actress Emily Osment, who is
almost four years younger. Osment's parents have described his
childhood as a "good old-fashioned Southern upbringing". His father
said that when Osment was learning to speak, he deliberately avoided
using baby talk when communicating with his son.
actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the 1990s
and 2000s, including a minor part in Forrest Gump playing the title
character's son (also named Forrest Gump), Osment rose to fame as a
prominent child actor for his performance as a young unwilling medium
in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller film The Sixth Sense, which earned
him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He
subsequently appeared in leading roles in several high-profile
Hollywood films, including Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial
Intelligence, Mimi Leder's Pay It Forward, and Secondhand Lions,
alongside Michael Caine and Robert Duvall. He played Davis Cable in
Last Stand at Saber River alongside Tom Selleck in 1997.He made his
Broadway debut in 2008 in a short-lived revival of David Mamet's play
American Buffalo, starring John Leguizamo and Cedric the Entertainer.
Osment is also known for his voice-roles of Sora since 2002 at the age
of 14 and Vanitas since 2010 in the Kingdom Hearts video games, as
well as his later roles in comedies such as Sex Ed and The Spoils of
Babylon.Osment was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Theresa
(née Seifert), a teacher, and Michael Eugene Osment, a theater and
film actor, both natives of Birmingham, Alabama. Osment was raised
Roman Catholic. He has one sibling, actress Emily Osment, who is
almost four years younger. Osment's parents have described his
childhood as a "good old-fashioned Southern upbringing". His father
said that when Osment was learning to speak, he deliberately avoided
using baby talk when communicating with his son.
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