Thomas Horn (born 1997 or 1998) [1] [2] [3] is an American actor. [4] He played Oskar Schell in the 2011 feature film Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close . [5] [6] [7] [8] For his performance in that film, Horn won a Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actor. [9] [10] He also played Jimmy Hawkins in the 2013 television film Space Warriors . [11] [12] [13] [14]
Horn was cast in Extreme Loud & Incredibly Close after film producer Scott Rudin discovered him in Jeopardy! , where Horn was a contestant. [15] He was to have appeared opposite Kris Kristofferson in a film titled Joe's Mountain. [16] [17] [18]
Horn is from Oakland, California. [19] He was born to father Erich Horn, an ophthalmic surgeon [20] and Biljana Horn, [21] a pediatric oncologist. [22] Horn is of Croatian descent on his mother's side. [23]