Chances are, you’ve seen Jacob Tremblay before.
In 2017, Tremblay toldJimmy Kimmelthat he now wears suits “every day.”
“You’re still technically a kid, right?”
Let’s take a look back at his evolution over the years.
By the sounds of things, his pre-stardom childhood was pretty normal.
His father was a police detective, and Tremblay spent his time simply enjoying kids' movies.
“Pixar is a big part of my childhood,” he later told theCalgary Herald.
“Obviously I’m still growing, still going through part of my childhood.
But I think in my earlier childhood years, Pixar played a big part.
I mean, Lightning McQueen, I really looked up to him.”
As he toldColliderof his home town, “I really, really love the mountains.
I can ski and snowboard …
I just love to go down the hill on the snow as fast as I can.”
A casting director spotted him and suggested he audition for a few commercials, too.
Even at the young age of 5, filmmakers could tell that Tremblay was exceptionally talented.
I just never really connected with that," he said.
“For me it was all about the movies.
And his “Star Wars” obsession has continued to motivate him throughout his career.
The pair initially bonded over Tremblay’s love of “Star Wars.”
Working with Larson on set, a younger Tremblay learned a lot about the craft of acting.
And that helped with the role so much because it’s the character himself.
Larson also helped Tremblay let go of looking “cool” on screen.
But when he saw her cry, he knew it was okay.
“I think that’s really helped my career,” he reflected.
Clearly, Tremblay owes a lot to Larson!
Suddenly, he was on everyone’s radar.
He was appearing on chat shows and even being tipped for an Oscar nomination.
“After I did ‘Room’ a lot of things have changed,” he toldKTLA 5.
“I definitely traveled a lot, for sure, and I was getting a lot of parts.”
And, naturally, people at school saw him differently, which he shared withThe Globe and Mail.
But he added, “But mostly, I’m just Jacob.”
Tremblay played Auggie, a boy with a rare facial deformity.
His parents were played by Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson.
Apparently, he was given an iPad to keep him entertained.
It was in a music video with fellow Canadian, Justin Bieber.
Tremblay played the young Bieber in the singer’s music video for the song “Lonely.”
Apparently Bieber himself asked the actor to be in the video.
“I kind of didn’t believe it at the beginning,” he said in aninterview.
“I thought this was maybe someone, like, scamming me.”
Sounds like the whole Tremblay family are huge Bieber fans.
Not only was Tremblay a big Bieber fan, he also connected with the song’s message.
“I learned how to really elevate my voice,” he toldDiscussing Film.
But for animation, you don’t really have that.”
Whether he intended to go into voice acting or not, he’s clearly very good at it!
In fact, when he recorded “My Father’s Dragon,” he ran into a few difficulties.
But I’m completely unable to do that anymore now."
It sounds like Tremblay’s days of voicing child characters might be over!
For Tremblay, this movie offered a whole new style of recording.
As he toldPeople, he managed to record his songs just before his voice changed even more drastically.
“I find it hard to not have voice cracks in regular conversations.”
The internet was blown away in response.
Images of the actor on the red (or rather blue) carpet quickly went viral.
He was just a tiny thing just yesterday," one fan wrote onTwitter.
Others even compared his appearance to Timothee Chalamet.
Well, by the sounds of things, he’s hoping to move away from children’s animated movies.
Instead, he’s keen on returning to his dramatic roots with more serious roles.
“I would love to maybe play a more dramatic role,” the actor toldDiscussing Filmin 2022.
“I haven’t done that in a real while … invest really deep into a character.”
Tremblay is also interested in getting into screenwriting.
Over the years, he’s even written his own scripts.
“I’ve written a couple stories right now, actually,” he told Flaunt back in 2017.
Still, the actor shared that he hopes to continue playing roles in front of the camera too.
And we can’t wait to see what he does next.
He is currently set to star in a staggering eight upcoming projects according to IMDb.
First up is “Cold Copy,” a journalism thriller starring Bel Powley and Tracee Ellis Ross.
One thing’s for sure Tremblay has never been so busy.
And we can’t wait to watch him transition into more mature roles as he continues growing up.
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