Haley Joel Osment is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the early 1990s, Osment came to fame with his starring role in the 1999 thriller, The Sixth Sense. He also had leading roles in several films, including Pay It Forward and A.I., with his most recent being 2003's Secondhand Lions.

Osment began acting at the age of four, when he tried out for a Pizza Hut commercial. The commercial launched his career, and he landed his first television role later that year. As a young child, he played Forrest Gump's son, also named Forrest Gump, in the 1994 film of the same name. He had roles in numerous TV series, including Walker, Texas Ranger, or show Ally McBeal.

Osment starred in Bogus alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Gérard Depardieu, and The Sixth Sense, co-starring with Bruce Willis. For this role, he won the Saturn Award for best young actor. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting.

The 2000 Academy Awards ceremony honored another future co-star, Best Actor Kevin Spacey, who, along with Helen Hunt, appeared in Osment's next film, Pay It Forward. The following year, he appeared in Steven Spielberg's AI: Artificial Intelligence, cementing his stature as one of the leading young actors in Hollywood. This role got him his second Saturn Award.

Osment's next film will be Home of the Giants, playing a high school journalist opposite Ryan Merriman and Danielle Panabaker.

Osment has confirmed in an interview that he will star in two new films in 2007.

Public Name: Haley Joel Osment
Date of birth: 10 April 1988
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Filmography

• Home of the Giants (2007)
• Kingdom Hearts II (2005)
• "IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix" (2005)
• Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (2004)
• Secondhand Lions (2003)
• The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
• The Country Bears (2002)
• Kingdom Hearts (2002)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002)
• Edges of the Lord (2001)
• "Family Guy" (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
• Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
• "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command" (1 episode, 2000)
• Pay It Forward (2000)
• Discover Spot (2000)
• Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big (2000)
• "Hey Arnold!" (1 episode, 1999)
• The Sixth Sense (1999)
• "Ally McBeal" (1 episode, 1999)
• I'll Remember April (1999)
• Cab to Canada (1998)
• The Ransom of Red Chief (1998)
• "The Pretender" (2 episodes, 1998)
• "Murphy Brown" (6 episodes, 1997-1998)
• "Touched by an Angel" (1 episode, 1998)
• The Lake (1998)
• "Chicago Hope" (1 episode, 1998)
• Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
• "Walker, Texas Ranger" (2 episodes, 1997)
• Last Stand at Saber River (1997)
• "The Jeff Foxworthy Show" (8 episodes, 1995-1996)
• Bogus (1996)
• For Better or Worse (1996)
• "Thunder Alley" (24 episodes, 1994-1995)
• Mixed Nuts (1994)
• "The Larry Sanders Show" (1 episode, 1994)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg (1994)
• "Sesame Street" (1969)

Awards

• ShoWest Supporting Actor of the Year 2001
• MTV Movie Award Breakthrough Male Performance "The Sixth Sense" 2000
• Saturn Award Performance by a Younder Actor "The Sixth Sense" 2000
• YoungStar Award Young Actor in a Motion Picture Drama "The Sixth Sense" 2000
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Child Performer "The Sixth Sense" 1999
• Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actor "The Sixth Sense" 1999
• Florida Film Critics Circle Award Best Supporting Actor "The Sixth Sense" 1999
• Golden Satellite Outstanding New Talent 1999
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Youth in Film Award "The Sixth Sense" 1999
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award Best Supporting Actor "The Sixth Sense" 1999
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award Most Promising Actor "The Sixth Sense" 1999
• Online Film Critics Society Award Best Supporting Actor "The Sixth Sense" 1999
• YoungStar Award Young Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries "Cab to Canada" 1999
• YoungStar Award Young Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries "Last Stand at Saber River" 1997