Jonah Bobo : biography
Jonah Bobo (January 24, 1997) is an American actor.
Awards and nominations
Award | Year | Category | Result | Work |
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Young Artist Award | 2006 | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actor Age Ten or Younger | Zathura | |
2012 | url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms33.html |title=33nd Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations / Special Awards |publisher=The Young Artist Foundation |year=2012 |accessdate=April 6, 2012}} | Crazy, Stupid, Love. |
Filmography
Film | |||
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Year | Film | Role | Notes |
2004 | The Best Thief in the World | Sam Zaidman | |
Around the Bend | Zach Lair | ||
2005 | Strangers with Candy | Shamus Noblet | (uncredited) |
Zathura | Danny | ||
2006 | The Fox and the Hound 2 | Tod | voice |
2008 | Choke | Young Victor Mancini | |
2011 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | Robbie Weaver | |
2012 | Disconnect | Ben Boyd | |
Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2004–2009 | The Backyardigans | Austin | voice |
Guest appearances | |||
Year | Title | Role | Episodes |
2009 | 30 Rock | Ethan | Episode: Jackie Jormp-Jomp |
Royal Pains | Arlo Grant | Episode: No Man Is an Island |
Life and career
Bobo was born on Roosevelt Island, New York.http://www.siegelproductions.ca/filmfanatics/aroundbend.htm He was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home. His paternal great-grandmother was businesswoman and philantropist Salha "Mama" Bobo.http://www.jewishtampa.com/blog_post.aspx?id=6758
His first film role was in the 2004 independent film, The Best Thief in the World. He co-starred opposite Christopher Walken and Josh Lucas in the 2004 drama Around the Bend, playing the youngest of a four-generation family. Bobo was subsequently cast in the fantasy film Zathura.
Bobo’s next role was in another independent film, Strangers with Candy, which opened on June 28, 2006. Bobo played young Victor Mancini in the film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Choke. He has also made an appearance on 30 Rock as a paparazzo named Ethan. He appeared on Roosevelt Island in the play Seussical Jr. at the Main Street Theatre and Dance Alliance. He was also on episode 5 of Royal Pains. In 2011 he appeared in the film Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Robbie, the son of divorcing parents Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily Weaver (Julianne Moore).