Jacob Batalon

Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.

Film Actor

Jacob Batalon is an actor from America. He became famous for playing Ned Leeds in five superhero movies from Marvel. The first one was Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017. He also had small roles in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame in 2018 and 2019. After that, he had bigger parts in Spider-Man: Far From Home in 2019 and Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021. He was also in a web series called The Daily Bugle from 2019 to 2021. In 2019, he acted in a Netflix movie called Let It Snow, and in 2022, he played the main character in the TV show Reginald the Vampire on Syfy.

Early Life:

Jacob Batalon was born on October 9, 1996, in Hawaii. His parents are from the Philippines. He has seven half-siblings, with some from his mom and some from his dad. After finishing a Catholic school, he went to Damien Memorial School. Later, he started studying music theory at Kapiʻolani Community College but dropped out. He then took a two-year acting program at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.

Career:

Jacob’s first movie was North Woods in 2016. He became well-known when he played Ned Leeds in Spider-Man: Homecoming. He continued this role in other Marvel movies like Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Spider-Man: No Way Home.

In 2018, he acted in a film called Every Day. In 2021, he got the main role in the TV series Reginald the Vampire on Syfy.

Personal Life:

In 2021, Jacob lost 102 pounds (46 kg) for his role in Spider-Man: No Way Home.