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Born in Los Angeles, California
April 10, 1988
Osment was born in Los Angeles, California (where his family still resides), the son of Theresa (née Seifert), a teacher, and Michael Eugene Osment, a theater and film actor, both natives of Alabama.[1][2][3] His younger sister is actress Emily Osment of Spy Kids and Hannah Montana fame. Osment was raised Catholic.[4] He was a student at Flintridge Preparatory School in La Cañada, California, and currently attends New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Forrest Gump
June 6, 1994
As a young child Osment's first film role was as Forrest Gump's son, also named Forrest Gump, in the 1994 film of the same name.
Mixed Nuts
December 21, 1994
The movie is centered around the goings-on at the Lifesavers suicide prevention hotline, whose lack of funding has resulted in an eviction notice from the landlord (Garry Shandling). The hotline is staffed by Philip (Steve Martin), the crabby Mrs. Munchnik (Madeline Kahn), and the mousy and passive Catherine (Rita Wilson). Supposedly the expectations "of everyone thinking of jumping off a bridge or slitting their wrists on Christmas Eve" has only resulted in a few women frightened against a serial killer called the Seaside Strangler, several obscene phone calls, and one unfortunate misunderstanding involving a man, a gun, and a static-filled phone connection.
Bogus
September 6, 1996
Osment starred in Bogus alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Gérard Depardieu. A fantasy, it tells the story of a boy named Albert Franklin, the son of a Las Vegas magician's assistant who dies in a car crash. The boy is sent to New Jersey to live with his mother's foster sister, Harriet, who has trouble coping with sudden parenthood. Albert invents an imaginary friend named Bogus, a French magician, who helps the boy cope with his transition. Gradually Harriet, who can also see Bogus, also comes to terms with her new situation as well.
Murphy Brown
October 22, 1997 - May 18, 1998
Osment had roles in numerous TV series, most notably the final season of Murphy Brown, in which he replaced Dylan Christopher as Murphy's son Avery.
The Lake
Feburary 1, 1998
Osment appeared in the 1998 made-for-TV movie The Lake with Yasmine Bleeth. This is a suspenseful, sci-fi movie in which Jackie Ivers (Yasmine Bleeth) is a Los Angeles nurse who returns home to find that her friends and family have taken on bizarrely different personalities. Jackie states that everyone who goes into the lake, comes out different. As the movie progresses, Jackie first-handedly witnesses what is happening to everyone around her as she is kidnapped by aliens from a parallel universe. The aliens take the bound and gagged victims to the middle of a lake and throw them overboard. Once their victim is killed, the aliens transform their appearance into that of their victim and take on their victim's life. Fortunately for Jackie, she escapes from the aliens with the aid of a fishing lure, to which she uses to cut her bonds.
I'll Remember April
April 5, 1999
Osment appeared in the film I'll Remember April, in which four young boys find a shipwrecked Japanese sailor during World War II and struggle with the decision to save him.
The Sixth Sense
August 6, 1999
Osment first achieved stardom in 1999 when he appeared in the blockbuster The Sixth Sense, co-starring 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 Actor but lost to Michael Caine (alongside whom he would later star in Secondhand Lions). One of Osment's lines in The Sixth Sense, "I see dead people" is often repeated or parodied on television programs and in other media.
Pay It Forward
October 20, 2000
A schoolboy in Las Vegas, Nevada named Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) is given a project to complete by his social studies teacher Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey), who has terrible burn scars on his face and neck. His task is to come up with a plan that will change the world through direct action. On his way home from school later that day, Trevor notices a homeless man, Jerry (James Caviezel) and decides to make a difference in Jerry's life. Trevor then comes up with the plan to "pay it forward" by doing a good deed for three people who must in turn each do good deeds for three other people. Trevor's plan is to help Jerry by feeding and housing him so he can "get on his feet."
Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
June 29, 2001
Osment appeared in Steven Spielberg's Artificial Intelligence: A.I., cementing his stature as one of the leading young actors in Hollywood. This role earned him his second Saturn Award.
Based on the short story Super-Toys Last All Summer Long, the film stars Haley Joel Osment, Frances O'Connor, Jude Law, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas and William Hurt. The film takes place at an unspecified date in the future, and tells the story of David, a mecha programmed with the ability to love. David is adopted by a married couple, but is then left on his own with a robotic teddy bear a male prostitute mecha named Gigolo Joe.
Secondhand Lions
September 19, 2003
In the 1960s, Walter Coleman (Haley Joel Osment) is sent to live with his uncles by his mother (who claims she is going to go to court reporting school), so that he can find the fortune they have supposedly accumulated. When they first arrive, Hub and Garth McCann (Robert Duvall, Michael Caine) are knee-deep in their pond, shooting at bass with shotguns. His cousins, also strong believers in the fortune, arrive a day after his mother leaves to ingratiate themselves into the good graces of Hub and Garth. They scare Walter away, and he runs to telephone his mother. He discovers that she is not actually enrolled at the school, but has lied — again.
With no recourse but to return to his uncles' farm, Walter eventually becomes used to their quirky, socially atypical mannerisms and they become used to him and his shyness. While encouraging them to eat vegetables and stop shooting at visiting salesmen, he becomes aware of his uncles' mysterious past. Garth reveals to him that he and Hub were adventurers beginning in World War I.
Auto Accident
July 20, 2006
Osment received injuries, including a broken shoulder when his car struck a mailbox and overturned near his home on July 20, 2006.
Drunk Driving and Drugs
October 19, 2006
On October 19, 2006 Osment pleaded no contest to one count each of misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol, and possession of marijuana while driving. He was sentenced to three years probation, 60 hours in an alcohol rehabilitation and education program, a fine of $1500, and a minimum requirement of 26 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings over a six-month period.
Home of the Giants
March 1, 2008
Gar is a high school journalist who covers the basketball team as it heads toward a state championship; when his best friend Matt, the team's star, is asked by a drug dealer to throw the big game, Gar inevitably gets caught in the middle.
