Joel Courtney
Joel Courtney (Joel Courtney), born on January 31, 1996 in Monterey, California, is an American actor.
On June 10, 2011, the first movie " Super 8 " starring Joel Courtney was released in North America
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. In 2012, with his performance in " Super 8 ", he won the Saturn Award for Best Young Actor and was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in a film
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. In 2013, he starred in the second movie " The Between "
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Early Experience
Joel Courtney was born on January 31, 1996 in Monterey, California, and grew up in Moscow, Idaho. Before starting his acting career, he was a member of a swimming team
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Performing Experience
In 2010, when Joel Courtney was 14 years old, he used his summer vacation to visit his brother Caleb, who was pursuing an acting career in Los Angeles. Joel Courtney decided to spend a month in Los Angeles for a TV commercial interview, hoping that he could earn $100 in pocket money when he returned home. His brother's acting coach suggested that Joel Courtney participate in the audition for Jeffrey Jacob Abrams ' secret film. After 11 interviews, he finally got the chance to star in the film
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On June 10, 2011, the sci-fi movie " Super 8 " produced by Steven Allan Spielberg and directed by Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was released in North America. He plays the lead actor Joe Lamb in the play. In the play, his life is pitiful. His mother died unexpectedly, and he was alienated from the father played by Kyle Chandler , so he often went to make movies with neighbors and children (including the heroine Mary Elle Fanning )
. This year, he also played a guest appearance in the series "RL Stine's The Haunting Hour"
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In 2012, Joel Courtney won the Saturn Award for Best Young Actor for his performance in " Super 8 " and was also nominated for Best Young Actor in a Young Artist Award
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In 2013, Joel Courtney played a rebellious son in the film " The Between " directed by Giorgio Serafini , and had the opportunity to collaborate with the heroine Isabelle Fuhrman in the play
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Personal Life
Joel Courtney is of British and German descent. He is the youngest of the four children in the family. His sister is Chantelle and his two brothers are Caleb and Josh
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Character Evaluation
Joel Courtney before starring in the movie " Super 8 ". He is a freshman who has never had experience in film and television acting. But his performance feels free and autonomous, very attractive. His performance is authentic, but full of expressiveness. The audience will find their own shadow and position in him, and feel that they have returned to their childhood, the same persistence, the same fearlessness of the world and anything else
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