Isaac Kragten

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Isaac Kragten
Born (2002-05-16) May 16, 2002 (age 21)
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present
Family Hattie Kragten (sister)

Isaac Kragten is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Agent Otis in Odd Squad for which he won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Pre-School Children's or Family Viewing Program at the 44th Daytime Emmy Awards. [2] He also portrayed Josh in Breakthrough .

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Early life

Isaac Kragten was born in Caledonia, Ontario. He has an older brother and a younger sister, [3] Hattie Kragten, an actress who has appeared in Snoopy in Space and Abby Hatcher among other roles. [4] [5]

Career

Kragten was found through dance competitions when a judge of the competition offered to give Kragten an agent. [6] He began his acting career in 2015 when he appeared in an episode of Rookie Blue . [7] Kragten later appeared as Agent Otis in the PBS Kids/TVOKids educational, comedy series Odd Squad . He reprised his role as Agent Otis in Odd Squad: The Movie , marking his first theatrical appearance.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Odd Squad: The Movie Agent OtisTelevision film with limited theatrical release [8]
2016 Total Frat Movie Young Billy
2019 Breakthrough Josh
2020 The War with Grandpa Steve
The Kid Detective Billy
2022 Luckiest Girl Alive Liam Ross

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Rookie Blue Hip Hop KidEpisode: "Letting Go"
2016–2017 OddTube Agent Otis
2016–2019 Odd Squad Agent OtisMain role (season 2)
2016 Odd Squad: The Movie [9] Agent OtisTelevision film
2018 Odd Squad: World Turned Odd Agent OtisTelevision film
2018 Taken Young Bryan MillsEpisode: "Quarry"

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2017 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Pre-School Children's or Family Viewing Program Odd Squad Won [2]
2019Youth Media AllianceOutstanding Youth PerformerNominated [10]
Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series [11]

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