Thomas Horn (actor)

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Thomas Horn [1] [2] (born 1997 or 1998) [3] [4] [5] is an American former child actor. [6] He played Oskar Schell in the 2011 feature film Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close . [7] [8] [9] [10] For his performance in that film, Horn won a Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actor. [11] [12] He also played Jimmy Hawkins in the 2013 television film Space Warriors . [13] [14] [15] [16]

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Horn was reportedly cast in Extreme Loud & Incredibly Close after film producer Scott Rudin discovered him in Jeopardy! , where Horn was a contestant. [17] He was to have appeared opposite Kris Kristofferson in a film titled Joe's Mountain. [18] [19] [20]

Personal life

Horn is from Oakland, California. [21] He was born to father Erich Horn, an eye surgeon [22] and Biljana Horn, [23] a pediatric oncologist. [24] Horn is of Croatian descent on his mother's side. [25]

Filmography

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