Thomas Horn (born 1997 or 1998) is an American actor. He played Oskar Schell in the 2011 feature film '' Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close''. For his performance in that film, Horn won a Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actor. He also played Jimmy Hawkins in the 2013 television film '' Space Warriors''. Horn was cast in ''Extreme Loud & Incredibly Close'' after film producer

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discovered him in ''

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'', where Horn was a contestant. He was to appear opposite

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in a film titled ''Joe's Mountain.''

Personal life

Horn is from

Oakland, California Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major We ...

. He was born to father Erich Horn, an ophthalmic surgeon and Biljana Horn, a pediatric oncologist. Horn is of Croatian descent on his mother's side.

Filmography

*'' Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' (2011) *'' Space Warriors'' (TV movie) (2013) *''A Financial Engagement'' (Short film) (2016)

References

External links

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Thomas Horn's profile
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