Jacob Andres Batalon (born October 9, 1996) is an American actor. Batalon achieved international recognition playing Ned Leeds in five

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(MCU) superhero films, beginning with a supporting role in '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017), cameos in '' Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018) and '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), and further supporting roles in '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'' (2019) and '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021), as well as appearing in the web series '' The Daily Bugle'' (2019–2021). He also played Keon in the

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film '' Let It Snow'' (2019), and the titular character in the Syfy television series '' Reginald the Vampire'' (2022–2024).

Early life

Jacob Batalon was born on October 9, 1996, in

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, to Filipino migrant parents, Billy Batalon and Vangie Andres from

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. Batalon has seven

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s: a brother and a sister from his mother, and three brothers and two sisters from his father. His mother regularly accompanied him at

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s. In an episode of ' Reginald the Vampire', Batalon spoke

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to trace his

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, even using 'Andres' as Reginald’s

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to honor his mother, Vangie. Upon graduating from the private Catholic school St. Anthony's School, he went to Damien Memorial School, then Batalon attended Kapiʻolani Community College to study

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, but later dropped out. He then took a two-year program to study acting at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.

Career

Batalon made his acting debut in the 2016 film ''North Woods''. As part of the

, he first appeared as Peter Parker's best friend Ned Leeds in '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017). It was Batalon's first major role. He reprised the role in '' Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018), '' Avengers: Endgame'', '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'', (both 2019) and '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021). In 2018, Batalon played one of the bodies inhabited by spirit A in the young-adult film '' Every Day''. In 2020, he lost for his role in ''Spider-Man: No Way Home''. In 2021, Batalon was cast as the titular Reginald in Syfy's dramedy series '' Reginald the Vampire''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web series

Personal life

In March 2025, Batalon got engaged to architectural designer Veronica Leahov.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Batalon, Jacob 1996 births Living people American male actors of Filipino descent American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Honolulu Kapiʻolani Community College alumni 21st-century American male actors Ilocano people