David Albert Mazouz (;
born ) is an American actor. He is best known for his leading role as
Bruce Wayne
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in
Fox
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Twelve sp ...
's
Batman
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-prequel TV drama ''
Gotham'' (2014–2019). Mazouz started his acting career with several guest roles before joining the Fox TV series ''
Touch
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'' (2012–2013), for which he was nominated for a
Young Artist Award
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. He has had leading roles in the films ''
The Games Maker
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Young Ivan Drago places first in a mail-in contest for board game inventors, only to be di ...
'' and ''
The Darkness''.
Early life
Mazouz was born in
Los Angeles
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, to a
Sephardic Jewish
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family;
his father Michel Mazouz is a medical doctor from
Tunisia
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, and his mother Rachel Cohen is a
psychotherapist
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whose parents are from
Greece
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.
He has a sister, Rebecca.
He was a student at
Shalhevet High School
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, a
Modern Orthodox Jewish
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school, from 2015 to 2019 and appeared in a music video promoting the school. His
Bar Mitzvah service was held at the Orthodox synagogue
Young Israel
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of
Century City
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in February 2014.
In Fall 2019, he began attending
Stanford University
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studying
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
,
psychology
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, and
computer science
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in the Class of 2023
Career
Mazouz started his career in commercials at age 8.
In 2012, he played the role of
mute
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Jacob "Jake" Bohm in the TV series ''
Touch
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''.
Mazouz has appeared in several television series including: ''
Mike & Molly
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'', ''
Gotham'', ''
The Office
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The original series of ...
'', and ''
Criminal Minds
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''. He has also appeared in the ABC show ''
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'' as the adopted brother of Betsy.
From 2014 to 2019, Mazouz portrayed a younger version of
Bruce Wayne
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, and eventually the superhero
Batman
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, in
Fox
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Twelve sp ...
's action-crime TV series ''
Gotham.'' The show explored the young-to-teenage days and the transition to Batman of the famous
DC Comics
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character, as well as the origins of its villains including
Penguin
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,
The Riddler
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,
Poison Ivy, and
The Joker
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.
In 2016, he had leading roles in the horror films ''
The Darkness'', as Michael Taylor,
and ''
Incarnate
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'', as Cameron.
Filmography
Film
Television
Accolades
References
External links
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2001 births
Living people
American male child actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
Male actors from Los Angeles
Jewish American male actors
American people of Tunisian-Jewish descent
American people of Greek-Jewish descent
American people of French-Jewish descent
American Sephardic Jews
American Mizrahi Jews
21st-century American Jews