Owen Wilder Vaccaro (born 2005/2006) is an American

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. He has appeared in feature films since 2015, including '' Daddy's Home'' (2015), ''

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'' (2017), and in the lead role of ''

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'' (2018).

Life and work

Vaccaro was born in 2005/2006. He has an older sister and a younger brother. He lives in

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. In first grade, he acted in a play and became interested in acting further. An agent helped him get roles on the independent films ''The Product of Me'' and ''Rom'', which led to his role in the 2015 feature film ''Daddy's Home''. He attended

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films '' Daddy's Home'' (2015) and ''

'' (2017). The ''

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'' noted of his appearance in ''Daddy's Home'' that "it has to be said that the child actors playing the kids, Megan (Scarlett Estevez) and Dylan (Owen Vaccaro) actually give real comic performances". In 2018, ''

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'' reported that Vaccaro was "poised to breakout ic for playing the lead role of Lewis Barnavelt in the

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film ''

'', with

Jack Black Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his acting roles in the films '' High Fidelity'' (2000), ''Shallow Hal'' (2001), ''Orange County'' (2002), '' School of Rock'' (2003), ''E ...

and

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. In 2021, he gave an interview for

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magazine, concurrent with his role in the

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film ''

Finding ʻOhana ''Finding Ohana'' is a 2021 American family adventure film by Jude Weng in her directorial debut and written by Christina Strain. The film stars Kea Peahu, Alex Aiono, Lindsay Watson, Owen Vaccaro and Kelly Hu. It premiered on Netflix on Januar ...

''.Owen Vaccaro on The Goonies, Heritage and Child Actors
5 February 2021. ''Vanity Teen.''

Filmography

Nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaccaro, Owen American male child actors Male actors from Atlanta Living people 2000s births