Haley Joel Osment

Biography

HALEY JOEL OSMENT received numerous film critic awards plus nominations for the Academy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for his performance in the record-breaking, internationally acclaimed thriller "Sixth Sense, The (1999)."

Osment made his acting debut opposite Ed Asner in the television series "Thunder Alley." He went on to regular roles in "The Jeff Foxworthy Show" and "Murphy Brown, and guest-starred in a number of popular series, including "The Pretender," "Chicago Hope," "Touched By an Angel," “Walker, Texas Ranger" and "Ally McBeal."

His starring roles in television films include the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of "The Ransom of Red Chief" and NBC's science fiction thriller "The Lake," in which he played two parts: one good, one evil. He received Young Star Awards for his performances in TNT's "Last Stand at Saber River," opposite Tom Selleck, and Hallmark's "Cab to Canada," with Maureen O'Hara.

Among Osment's feature film credits are the critically acclaimed and Oscar-winning "Forrest Gump (1994)," which earned him a Youth in Film Award; Nora Ephron's "Mixed Nuts"; Jason Alexander's "For Better or Worse (1996)"; and Norman Jewison’s fantasy "Bogus (1996)." He also lent his voice to the Disney animated features "A Beauty and the Beast Christmas" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame Deux."