Haley Joel Osment

Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is a well known child actor. He began acting at the age of six, when he tried out for a Pizza Hut commercial in a shopping mall. The commercial launched his career and he landed his first television role later that year. As a younger child he played Forrest Gump's son, also named Forrest Gump, in the film of the same name. He starred in numerous TV Series productions such as "Walker, Texas Ranger", "Murphy Brown" and most notably "The Jeff Foxworthy Show".

Osment first achieved stardom in 1999 when he appeared in the blockbuster The Sixth Sense, co-starring Bruce Willis. For this role he won the Saturn Award for best young actor. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor but lost to Michael Caine. Osment then appeared in Steven Spielberg's AI: Artificial Intelligence, cementing his stature as one of the leading young actors in Hollywood. This role got him his second Saturn Award. He has since appeared in several films, including Pay It Forward and Secondhand Lions. Osment also provided the voice for Sora, the main protagonist of Squaresoft's game Kingdom Hearts. He starred in "Bogus" alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Gérard Depardieu.

Haley Joel Osment currently resides in Los Angeles, California, living with his parents, Eugene and Theresa Osment and sister Emily (who is also an acredited actress).


Filmography

Film

  • Secondhand Lions (2003) as Walter
  • A.I. (2001) as David Swinton
  • Edges of The Lord (2000) as Romek
  • Pay It Forward (2000) as Trevor McKinney
  • Sixth Sense, The (1999) as Cole Sear
  • I'll Remember April (1999) as Peewee Clayton
  • Bogus (1996) as Albert Franklin
  • For Better or Worse (1996) as Danny
  • Forrest Gump (1994) as Forrest Junior
  • Mixed Nuts (1994) as Little Boy


Television

  • Cab To Canada (1998) as Bobby
  • Lake, The (1998) as Dylan Hydecker
  • Last Stand at Saber River (1997) as David
  • Ransom of Red Chief (1996) as Andy Dorset
  • Deadly Lessons: The Story of Laurie Kellogg (1994) as Kyle

Osment has appeared in a few Lifetime movies as well, some of which are listed above.

Voice acting

  • Kingdom Hearts II (2005) playing Sora (video game)
  • The Country Bears (2002) playing Beary
  • Kingdom Hearts (2002) playing Sora (video game)
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame Deux (2002) playing Zephyr
  • Disney's "Discover Spot" Videos (2000) playing Spot
  • A Beauty and the Beast Christmas (1997) playing Chip
  • Hey Arnold, playing Curly
  • Buzz Lightyear, playing Mika

Haley has also done minor voices on at least three Family Guy episodes.


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Haley has also done minor voices on at least three Family Guy episodes. Soon afterwards he died of cerebral thrombosis. Osment has appeared in a few Lifetime movies as well, some of which are listed above. His last public appearance was in 1974 as a guest in the TV show Milleluci hosted by Mina and Raffaella Carrà.
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Haley Joel Osment currently resides in Los Angeles, California, living with his parents, Eugene and Theresa Osment and sister Emily (who is also an acredited actress). From 1940 to 1965 he starred in some twenty movies, including The Barefoot Contessa, Montecarlo, Il Vedovo. He starred in "Bogus" alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Gérard Depardieu. His enormous fame as a singer helped his acting career restart. Osment also provided the voice for Sora, the main protagonist of Squaresoft's game Kingdom Hearts. Indeed, the Fascist government decided to make use of his popularity by choosing his song Sposi (c'è una casetta piccina) ("Wed (there's a little home)") as their demographic campaign anthem. He has since appeared in several films, including Pay It Forward and Secondhand Lions. At a time when anything foreign was banned, the idol Rabagliati was allowed to maintain his American-influenced style.

This role got him his second Saturn Award. Female audience went crazy for him, and covered him with red roses at every performance. Osment then appeared in Steven Spielberg's AI: Artificial Intelligence, cementing his stature as one of the leading young actors in Hollywood. He was so popular that his name was sung in the lyrics of La famiglia canterina, Quando canta Rabagliati, Quando la radio. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor but lost to Michael Caine. Every Monday night EIAR aired Canta Rabagliati ("Rabagliati sings"), with the singer presenting his most famous songs such as Ma l'amore no, Mattinata fiorentina, Ba-ba-baciami piccina, Silenzioso slow, Bambina innamorata. For this role he won the Saturn Award for best young actor. Rabagliati soon became a radio star, and in 1941 even had his own radio show.

Osment first achieved stardom in 1999 when he appeared in the blockbuster The Sixth Sense, co-starring Bruce Willis. While with the Lecuona Cuban Boys he met Giovanni D'Anzi who proposed him an audition with Italian state radio station EIAR. He starred in numerous TV Series productions such as "Walker, Texas Ranger", "Murphy Brown" and most notably "The Jeff Foxworthy Show". He performed with his face painted black and made a hit with the song Maria la O. As a younger child he played Forrest Gump's son, also named Forrest Gump, in the film of the same name. After a brief experience with Pippo Barzizza's orchestra, he joined the Lecuona Cuban Boys, a Cuban band. The commercial launched his career and he landed his first television role later that year. Back in Europe he became a singer.

He began acting at the age of six, when he tried out for a Pizza Hut commercial in a shopping mall. During his stay he had however the opportunity to get to know new musical genres such as jazz, swing, scat. Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is a well known child actor. He remained four years in America, but his career as an actor never took off. Buzz Lightyear, playing Mika. He later recalled: "For someone like me, who had seen no more than Lake Como or Monza's cathedral so far, finding myself on board a luxury steamer with three cases full of clothes, a few rolls of dollars, granduchesses and countesses flirting with me was something extraordinary". Hey Arnold, playing Curly. In 1927 Alberto Rabagliati moved to Hollywood from native Italy as the winner of a Rudolph Valentino look-alike contest.

A Beauty and the Beast Christmas (1997) playing Chip.
. Disney's "Discover Spot" Videos (2000) playing Spot.
. The Hunchback of Notre Dame Deux (2002) playing Zephyr. Alberto Rabagliati (Milan, 26 June 1906 - Rome, 7 March 1974) was Italy's first pop star. Kingdom Hearts (2002) playing Sora (video game).

The Country Bears (2002) playing Beary. Kingdom Hearts II (2005) playing Sora (video game). Deadly Lessons: The Story of Laurie Kellogg (1994) as Kyle. Ransom of Red Chief (1996) as Andy Dorset.

Last Stand at Saber River (1997) as David. Lake, The (1998) as Dylan Hydecker. Cab To Canada (1998) as Bobby. Mixed Nuts (1994) as Little Boy.

Forrest Gump (1994) as Forrest Junior. For Better or Worse (1996) as Danny. Bogus (1996) as Albert Franklin. I'll Remember April (1999) as Peewee Clayton.

Sixth Sense, The (1999) as Cole Sear. Pay It Forward (2000) as Trevor McKinney. Edges of The Lord (2000) as Romek. (2001) as David Swinton.

A.I. Secondhand Lions (2003) as Walter.