Haley Joel Osment
Haley Joel Osment is an American actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the 1990s, including a small part in Forrest Gump playing the title characters son , Osment rose to fame for his performance as a young unwilling medium in M. Night Shyamalans 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 highprofile Hollywood films, including Steven Spielbergs A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Mimi Leders Pay It Forward. He made his Broadway debut in 2008 in a shortlived revival of David Mamets play American Buffalo, starring John Leguizamo and Cedric the Entertainer. Osment is also known for his voiceroles of Sora and Vanitas in the Kingdom Hearts video games, as well as his more recent roles in comedies such as Sex Ed and The Spoils of Babylon.
Osment was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Theresa , 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, a sister, actress Emily Osment, who is almost four years his junior. Osments parents have described his childhood as a good oldfashioned 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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