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.