Ty Simpkins

Ty Keegan Simpkins was born on August 6, 2001, in New York City, to Monique Simpkins and Stephen Simpkins. Simpkins has a younger sister, Ryan Simpkins, who appeared alongside him in the film ‘Revolutionary Road’.

Ty Simpkins’ first appearance on television came as a child artiste when he was just three weeks old. He appeared in the American soap opera ‘One Life to Live’ as the baby version of ‘Jack Manning’, the only son of super-couple ‘Blair Cramer’ and ‘Todd Manning’. He was part of the show for just four episodes between 2001 and 2002. In 2001, he also bagged his first regular role on television, appearing in ‘Guiding Light’. The talented young actor portrayed the character of ‘Jude Cooper Bauer’ in the American television soap opera between 2001 and 2005, making appearances in 47 episodes.

Simpkins made his debut in the film industry at the age of four. He played the role of a three-year-old boy in Steven Spielberg’s directorial American science fiction disaster film ‘War of the Worlds’, starring Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning. He then appeared in films like ‘Little Children’, ‘Gardens of the Night’, and ‘Pride and Glory’ between 2006 and 2008. He was also part of the critically praised romantic drama film ‘Revolutionary Road’. He appeared in the film alongside his real-life sister Ryan. The siblings portrayed the characters of ‘Michael Wheeler’ and ‘Jennifer Wheeler’, appearing with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

In 2010, Simpkins appeared as ‘Dalton Lambert’ in the American-Canadian supernatural horror film ‘Insidious’. He also reprised the role in the second part of the film in 2013. In the same year, Simpkins was signed to play the role of ‘Harley Keener’, a child sidekick to Robert Downey Jr.’s character of ‘Iron Man,’ in the third part of the Iron Man series by Marvel Cinematic Universe. As part of his contract with Marvel, he will be appearing in three films in the near future, including an upcoming “Avengers” film in 2019.

Simpkins appeared as the “younger kid brother” in the 2015 American science fiction adventure film ‘Jurassic World’. He also appeared in the 2016 American neo-noir action comedy film ‘The Nice Guys’, alongside Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling.