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Born | [1] Palm Beach County, Florida, U.S. | July 22, 1996
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2003–present |
Skyler Augustus Gisondo (born July 22, 1996) [2] is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the films Licorice Pizza , Booksmart , and Vacation , as well as the television programs The Righteous Gemstones and Santa Clarita Diet .
Gisondo was born on July 22, 1996, in Palm Beach County, Florida. His parents, Stacey (née Berke) and Ron, are ocean engineers. His last name comes from his paternal grandfather, who was Italian-American. His other three grandparents were Jewish. [3] After he began working frequently, he was homeschooled for several years. [4] He spent a number of years in high school involved in the Jewish organization USY, including going to Israel on a program offered by them. He attended Milken Community High School in Los Angeles, graduating in 2014. [5] [6]
Gisondo grew up in Florida, and later moved to South Bay, Los Angeles. [5]
In 2015, he began attending the University of Southern California's film school, at first full-time and later, part-time before taking a hiatus to film Santa Clarita Diet. He has stated that he plans to finish his college education. [4]
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Gisondo began acting on television at the age of six. In Southern California, his mother sent photos of him to talent agencies. This led to a successful audition for a national Pizza Hut commercial.
In 2003, Gisondo made his first appearance on television, playing Jeffrey in the comedy-drama series Miss Match in the episode "Forgive and Forget". [7] In 2006, Gisondo made his feature film debut in the drama film by Craig E. Serling's Jam portraying Robert. Gisondo was cast in the voice role of B-Dawg in the sports comedy film Air Buddies . [8]
From 2007 to 2009, Gisondo was cast to play the main role in the sitcom The Bill Engvall Show [9] opposite Bill Engvall, Nancy Travis, Jennifer Lawrence and Graham Patrick Martin, he won the Outstanding Young Performers in a TV Series at the 30th Young Artist Awards. [10]
In 2007, Gisondo took on a supporting role in the slasher film Halloween , which is a remake of John Carpenter's 1978 film of the same name and the ninth installment in the Halloween franchise, which was released on August 31, 2007. [11] On the same year, he appeared as Dewford "Dewdrop/Dewey" Cox, Jr. in the comedy film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story , which was released on December 21, 2007. [12]
In 2008, Gisondo reprised the voice role of B-Dawg in Snow Buddies , the second installment in the Air Buddies series. [13] On the same year, he appeared as Connor McVie in the Christmas comedy film Four Christmases , was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 26, 2008. [14]
In 2009, Gisondo reprised his role in the third and fourth installments of the Air Buddies franchise, Space Buddies and Santa Buddies . [15]
In early 2010, Gisondo had a recurring role in the detective comedy-drama series Psych portraying a young version of James Roday's character Shawn Spencer replacing Liam James. [16] [17] In 2011, Gisondo played live action as Billy and voice role of B-Dawg in the supernatural comedy film Spooky Buddies , the fifth installment in the Air Buddies series, [18] he won the Best Performance in a DVD Film - Young Ensemble Cast shared with Tucker Albrizzi, Sierra McCormick, Jake Johnson and Sage Ryan at the 33rd Young Artist Awards. [19]
In 2012, Gisondo played the voice role in the comedy film Treasure Buddies , the sixth installment in the Air Buddies franchise. [20] On the same year, he played the lead role of young version of Chris Diamantopoulos' character Moe Howard in the comedy movie The Three Stooges directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly. [21] Gisondo played the role of Howard Stacy in the 2012 American superhero film by Marc Webb titled The Amazing Spider-Man . In 2014, he reprised his role in the film sequels The Amazing Spider-Man 2 . Gisondo was cast in the 2014 fantasy comedy film by Shawn Levy's titled Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb starring Ben Stiller, in which he played the role of Nicholas "Nick" Daley. [22] [23] He was played by Jake Cherry in the previous films. [24] [25]
In 2015, Gisondo starred in the road comedy movie Vacation opposite Ed Helms, Christina Applegate and Steele Stebbins, which was released on July 29, 2015. [26] [27] In 2016, Gisondo starred along with Katrina Bowden and Kristin Chenoweth in the comedy-drama movie Hard Sell written and directed by Sean Nalaboff, which was released on May 20, 2016. [28] [29]
In 2017, Gisondo starred alongside Olivia Holt, Kristin Chenoweth, Kathleen Chalfant, Nick Krause, and Peter Maloney in the romantic comedy film Class Rank as Bernard Flannigan, [30] [31] which was premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 21, 2017 and was limited released by Cinedigm on May 11, 2018. [32] [33] [34] On the same year, he appeared in the satirical comedy miniseries Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later . [35] [36]
From 2017 to 2019, Gisondo was cast to play a main role in the comedy horror series Santa Clarita Diet opposite Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant and Liv Hewson, in which he played the main role of Eric Bemis. [37] [38]
In 2018, Gisondo co-starred opposite Asa Butterfield and Sophie Turner in the sci-fi comedy drama movie Time Freak , which was released in limited release and on digital on November 9, 2018. [39] [40] He starred with Madison Iseman in the comedy movie Feast of the Seven Fishes , which was premiered on November 1, 2018 in Fairmont, West Virginia and was released on November 15, 2019. [41]
In 2019, Gisondo was cast to play the main role in the black comedy crime series The Righteous Gemstones portraying Gideon Gemstone. On the same year, he appeared in Olivia Wilde's Booksmart starring Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever, playing Jared. He starred opposite Alex Wolff, Mike Epps, Tommy Nelson and Stefania LaVie Owen in the coming-of-age drama film The Cat and the Moon portraying Seamus. [42]
In early 2020, Gisondo appeared in the docudrama film The Social Dilemma as Ben. He starred alongside Eduardo Franco and Dexter Darden in the parody film The Binge playing Griffin, which was released on August 28, 2020. [43] [44]
In 2021, he appeared in the fantasy comedy-drama film The Starling portraying Dickie. [45] He also appeared in the comedy-drama film Licorice Pizza as Lance Brannigan. [46]
From 2021 to 2022, Gisondo starred alongside Kiersey Clemons, Peter S. Kim and Jaboukie Young-White in the adult animated comedy series Fairfax , in which he played the lead role as Dale. [47]
In 2022, Gisondo was cast to play the main role in the dark comedy mystery series The Resort starring William Jackson Harper and Cristin Milioti, [48] where he played the main role of Sam Knowlston. [49] [50]
In Late 2023, Gisondo was cast as Jimmy Olsen in Superman (2025). [51]
Skyler is a resident of Manhattan Beach. [5]
While filming Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb in Vancouver, Gisondo asked Ben Stiller and Robin Williams to help him film a "promposal" formally asking his girlfriend to senior prom. They filmed a three-minute comedy routine with Crystal the Monkey. [5] [52]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Jam | Robert | |
Air Buddies | B-Dawg (voice) | ||
2007 | Halloween | Tommy Doyal | |
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Dewdrop | ||
2008 | Snow Buddies | B-Dawg (voice) | |
Four Christmases | Connor McVie | ||
2009 | Space Buddies | B-Dawg (voice) | |
Santa Buddies | |||
2011 | Spooky Buddies | B-Dawg (voice) and Billy (live action) | |
2012 | Treasure Buddies | B-Dawg (voice) | |
The Three Stooges | Young Moe | ||
The Amazing Spider-Man | Howard Stacy | ||
2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | ||
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Nicholas "Nick" Daley | ||
2015 | Vacation | James Griswold | |
2016 | Hard Sell | Hardy Buchanan | |
2017 | Class Rank | Bernard Flannigan | |
2018 | Time Freak | Evan | |
2019 | Booksmart | Jared | |
The Cat and the Moon | Seamus | ||
Feast of the Seven Fishes | Tony | ||
2020 | The Binge | Griffin | |
The Social Dilemma | Ben | ||
2021 | The Starling | Dickie | |
Licorice Pizza | Lance Brannigan | ||
2025 | Superman † | Jimmy Olsen | Post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Miss Match | Jeffrey | Episode: "Forgive and Forget" |
2005 | Huff | Jackson Coleman | Episode: "Christmas Is Ruined" |
Everybody Loves Raymond | Chris | Episode: "The Faux Pas" | |
What I Like About You | Ryan | Episode: "The Kid, the Cake, and the Chemistry" | |
Monk | Kyle | Episode: "Mr. Monk Stays in Bed" | |
Cold Case | Ned Burton (1972) | Episode: "Honor" | |
Strong Medicine | Tommy Nauls | Episode: "We Wish You a Merry Cryst-Meth" | |
2006 | Criminal Minds | Boy #1 | Episode: "What Fresh Hell?" |
House | Clancy Green | Episode: "Cane and Able" | |
ER | Timmy Jankowski | Episodes: "Twenty-One Guns" and "Bloodline" | |
Drake & Josh | Tyler | Episode: "I Love Sushi" | |
2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Danny Curtis | Episode: "Leaving Las Vegas" |
2007–2009 | The Bill Engvall Show | Bryan Pearson | Main role; 31 episodes |
2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Young Kyle Reese | Episode: "What He Beheld" |
My Name Is Earl | Gerald | Episode: "I Won't Die with a Little Help from My Friends: Part 2" | |
2008–2009 | American Dad! | TV Announcer / Matty Moyer (voices) | 2 episodes |
2009 | CSI: NY | Jake Kaplan | Episode: "The Party's Over" |
2009–2010 | Eastwick | Gene Friesen | 2 episodes |
2010–2012 | Psych | Young Shawn | Recurring cast; 10 episodes |
2013 | Once Upon a Time | Devin | Episode: "Good Form" |
2017 | Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later | Jeremy "Deegs" Deegenstein | 3 episodes |
2017–2019 | Santa Clarita Diet | Eric Bemis | Main role |
2018 | The Real Bros of Simi Valley | Tyler | Episode: "Obnoxiously Depressed" |
2019–present | The Righteous Gemstones | Gideon Gemstone | Main role |
2020 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Sam Winokur | Episode: "The Ugly Section" |
Close Enough | Cameron (voice) | Episode: "So Long Boys" | |
2021–2022 | Fairfax | Dale (voice) | Main role |
2022 | The Resort | Sam Knowlston | Main role; |
2023 | Solar Opposites | Zylenol (voice) | Episode: "Down and Out on Planet X-Non" |
Scavengers Reign | Charlie | Episode: "The Demeter" | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2022 | The Quarry | Max Brinly | Voice, motion capture and likeness |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2007 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Guest Starring Young Actor | House | Nominated | [53] |
2009 | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actor | The Bill Engvall Show | Nominated | [54] | |
Outstanding Young Performers in a TV Series (with Graham Patrick Martin and Jennifer Lawrence) | Won | [55] | |||
2010 | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actor | Nominated | [56] | ||
2012 | Best Performance in a DVD Film - Young Ensemble Cast | Spooky Buddies | Won | [57] | |
2016 | Young Entertainer Awards | Best Young Ensemble Cast - Feature Film | Vacation | Nominated | [58] |
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