Person in history
Haley Joel Osment
Haley Joel Osment, American actor
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1988 · April 10
- Age this year
- 38No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 38th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Personal life Osment plays the guitar and piano. [ 1 ] He is an avid golfer who began playing at the age of seven, playing for the U.S. team in the All-Star Cup 2005 under team leader Mark O'Meara , [ 2 ] and has participated in the annual Michael Douglas & Friends Celebrity Golf Tournament. [ 3 ] In 2006, Osment suffered a broken rib and fractured shoulder blade in an auto accident. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
Haley Joel Osment is an American actor. Beginning his career as a child actor, Osment's role in the comedy-drama film Forrest Gump (1994) won him a Young Artist Award. His breakthrough came with the psychological thriller film The Sixth Sense (1999), for which he won a Saturn Award and was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Osment achieved further success with the drama film Pay It Forward (2000), the science fiction film A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001),
Early life
Early life Haley Joel Osment was born on April 10, 1988 in Los Angeles, California . [ 1 ] He is the son of Theresa ( née  Seifert ), a teacher, and Michael Eugene Osment, [ 2 ] a theater and film actor, both natives of Birmingham, Alabama . Osment was raised Roman Catholic . [ 3 ] He has a younger sister, Emily , who is also an actress. Osment's parents have described his childhood as a "good old-fashioned Southern upbringing". His father said that when Osment was learning to speak,
Path and career
Career Child actor While visiting a store at age four, Osment signed up with a talent scout. After being called back for an audition, he was asked to describe the biggest thing he had ever seen; Osment's description of an IMAX theater screen helped win him a part in a Pizza Hut TV commercial. [ 1 ] The commercial launched Osment's career, and later that year he starred in the ABC TV sitcom Thunder Alley , his first role in a television series. [ 2 ]
Why this date
Haley Joel Osment appears on our April 10 calendar for 1988 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1988.
- June 1Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
- September 12Hurricane Gilbert
- September 9Vietnam Airlines Flight 831
- September 188888 Uprising
- September 18Henri Namphy
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1988Sam WhitelockOctober 12
- 1988Tim MoltzenSeptember 15
- 1988Virat KohliNovember 5
- 1988Sergio AgüeroJune 2
- 1988Norris ColeOctober 13
- 1988Jorge Torres NiloJanuary 16
- 1988Kelley O'HaraAugust 4
- 1988Chelsea KaneSeptember 15
Sources
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Questions about Haley Joel Osment
When was Haley Joel Osment born?
April 10 1988.
How old would Haley Joel Osment be today?
38 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on April 10?
Ahmed Adel Abdel Moneam, Andreas Christensen, Siobhan Hunter and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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