Curran Walters (born January 16, 1998)
is an American actor and former model. He is best known for portraying
Jason Todd on the
DC Universe /
HBO Max superhero series ''
Titans'' (2018–2021).
Early life
Walters was born on January 16, 1998, in
Oak Park, California and attended
Oak Park High School. He has a younger sister, Harlowe Walters.
Career
He began modeling for fashion brands including
Tillys and
Lee
Lee may refer to:
Name
Given name
* Lee (given name), a given name in English
Surname
* Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee:
** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname
** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese ...
. He began his acting career in commercials for
Samsung Galaxy and the sports video game ''
NBA 2K15
''NBA 2K15'' is a 2014 basketball simulation video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. It is the sixteenth installment in the ''NBA 2K'' franchise and the successor to ''NBA 2K14''. It was released in October 2014 for Mi ...
''. He made his television debut in the comedy film ''Growing Up and Down'' in 2014. Curran got more roles on television, including his recurring role as "Young Jackson" in the series ''
Game of Silence'' in 2016. He also appeared in the first and second two-part episode (8 & 9) of "Girl Meets Ski Lodge" in 2016 during the third season of ''
Girl Meets World'' as Evan. Other television credits include ''Too Close to Home'' in 2016, ''
Alexa & Katie
''Alexa & Katie'' is an American sitcom created by Heather Wordham as a Netflix original series. Matthew Carlson serves as showrunner. The series stars Paris Berelc and Isabel May as Alexa and Katie, a high schooler suffering from cancer and her ...
'' in 2018, and the 2016 sitcom ''
Speechless''.
He made his second film appearance in the comedy-drama ''
20th Century Women
''20th Century Women'' is a 2016 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Mills and starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann and Billy Crudup. The film is set in 1970s Southern Californi ...
'' in 2016, starring
Annette Bening,
Elle Fanning and
Greta Gerwig. Walters made his third film appearance in the science fiction film for television ''Playing Dead'' in 2018.
Walters made his breakthrough as
Jason Todd, the second
Robin
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Animals
* Australasian robins, red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae
* Many members of the subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats), including:
**European robin (''Erithacus rubecula'')
**Bush-robin
**Forest rob ...
, in the fifth episode of ''
Titans'' and had a recurring role in the series throughout the rest of the first season. For the second season in 2019, Walters returned as a series regular. He is the first
live action portrayal of Jason Todd in the character's history. He booked the role after just one audition after the callbacks were canceled. He later appeared as the character in the CW's ''
Supergirl'' for the "
Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover event, alongside
Alan Ritchson
Alan Michael Ritchson (born November 28, 1982) is an American actor, model, singer and songwriter. He made his acting debut as Aquaman / Arthur Curry on The CW superhero series ''Smallville'' (2005–2010), where he appeared as a guest star betw ...
's
Hawk
Hawks are bird of prey, birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. They are widely distributed and are found on all continents except Antarctica.
* The subfamily Accipitrinae includes goshawks, sparrowhawks, sharp-shinned hawks and others. Th ...
, via archive footage from the first season of ''Titans''. Walters returned for the third season of ''Titans'', where his character took up the mantle of
Red Hood
The Red Hood is an alias used by multiple characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The identity was first used in the 1951 storyline "The Man Behind the Red Hood!", which provides the earliest origin story for the Joke ...
.
He appeared in the 2019 horror film ''Do Not Reply''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
21st-century American male actors
People from Oak Park, California
American male television actors