Jacob Batalon (; born October 9, 1996) is an American actor. Batalon achieved international recognition playing Ned Leeds in five

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superhero films, beginning with '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017). Cameos in '' Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018) and '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), and in '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'' (2019) and '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021). He also played keon in the

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film '' Let it Snow'' (2019).

Early life

Jacob Batalon was born on October 9, 1996, in Hawaii, to Filipino parents. Batalon has seven half-siblings: a brother and a sister from his mother, and three brothers and two sisters from his father. Upon graduating from the private Catholic school St. Anthony's School, he went to

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, then Batalon attended Kapi'olani Community College to study

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, but later dropped out. He then took a two-year program to study acting at the

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Career

Batalon made his acting debut in the 2016 film ''North Woods''. As part of the

, he first appeared as

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's best friend Ned Leeds in '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017). It was Batalon's first major role. He reprised the role in '' Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018), '' Avengers: Endgame'', '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'', (both 2019) and '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021). In 2018, Batalon played one of the bodies inhabited by spirit A in the young-adult film '' Every Day''. In 2021, Batalon was cast as the titular Reginald in

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's dramedy series ''Reginald the Vampire''.

Personal life

In 2020, Batalon lost for his role in ''Spider-Man: No Way Home''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web series

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Batalon, Jacob 1996 births Living people 21st-century American male actors American male actors of Filipino descent American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Honolulu