Gabriel Basso
Birthdate: Dec 11, 1994
Birthplace: St Louis, Missouri, USA
Gabriel Basso (birthname: Louis Gabriel Basso III) made his feature credited acting debut as a co-lead in the family drama, Alabama Moon (2009), based on Watt Key’s novel, co-starring Jimmy Bennett, John Goodman, Uriah Shelton, and Clint Howard under Tim McCanlies’s direction and released by Myriad Pictures.
Basso made his first impact as a child actor on the big screen as part of the ensemble of director/writer/producer J.J. Abrams’s sci-fi thriller, Super 8 (2011), produced by Steven Spielberg, and co-starring Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney, Noah Emmerich and Ron Eldard, and grossing $260 million globally (on a $50 million budget) for Paramount Pictures.
Basso co-starred with Nick Robinson, Moises Arias, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Erin Moriarty, Megan Mullaly, Alison Brie, and Nick Offerman in the coming-of-age comedy-drama, The Kings of Summer (2013), directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival (under the title, Toy’s House) and released by CBS Films to a $1.4 million gross. Basso led the cast of director/co-writer David Yarovesky’s sci-fi horror movie, The Hive (2014), with Kathryn Prescott, Gabrielle Walsh, Jacob Zachar, Sonya Ed, and Stephen Blackehart, and was released in a limited pattern by Nerdist Industries/Fathom Events.
Gabriel Basso had a supporting role in the Kyle Newman-directed action comedy, Barely Lethal (2015), starring Hailee Steinfeld, Sophie Turner, Jessica Alba, Dove Cameron, Thomas Mann and Samuel L. Jackson, and given a limited release by A24, and then Basso landed another supporting role in star-director Meg Ryan’s drama, Ithaca (2015), based on William Saroyan’s 1943 novel, The Human Comedy, co-starring Sam Shepard, Hamish Linklater, Alex Neustaedter, Jack Quaid and Tom Hanks, and released by Momentum Pictures.
Basso topped the cast of director/writer/producer Joel Strunk’s adolescent drama, Anatomy of the Tide (2015), with Nathan Keyes, Spencer Locke, Danny Flaherty, John Shea, Robbie Amell, James Colby, John Fiore and Jamie Lynn Sigler, and then Basso joined the cast of star/co-writer/producer Ali Afshar’s autobiographical sports drama, American Wrestler: The Wizard (2016), starring George Kosturos, William Fichtner and Jon Voight under Alex Ranarivelo’s direction, and released by Warner Bros./ESX Entertainment.
Basso landed a prominent role in the legal thriller starring Keanu Reeves, Renée Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Jim Belushi, The Whole Truth (2016), written by Nicholas Kazan, and resulting in a money-losing ($1.7 million) release by Lionsgate. Basso then portrayed young JD Vance in director/producer Ron Howard’s biopic adaptation of Vance’s 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy (2020), starring Amy Adams, Glenn Close (Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actress), Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, and Bo Hopkins, produced by Howard’s and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment, and released theatrically and digitally by Netflix.
Gabriel Basso co-starred in the first two parts of the Renny Harlin-directed horror trilogy relaunch of the 2008 original, The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) and The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025), with Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, and Ema Horvath, and which was primarily produced and released by Lionsgate, with the first movie delivering a $48 million gross. Basso was cast by director/producer Clint Eastwood for a role in the courtroom drama written by Jonathan Abrams, Juror #2 (2024), co-starring Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Zoey Deutch, Leslie Bibb, and Kiefer Sutherland, and released to disappointing business by Warner Bros. ($27 million against $35 million costs).
Basso co-starred with Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson in director/producer Kathryn Bigelow’s political thriller, A House of Dynamite (2025), written by Noah Oppenheim, with Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Greta Lee, and Jason Clarke, premiering in competition at the Venice Film Festival before a theatrical and streaming release by Netflix. Basso co-starred with Ben Foster in director/co-writer Cameron Duddy’s rodeo Western, Cowboy (date to be announced), with Simon Rex, Mary Wystrach, Laysla De Oliveira, and Leah Gibson, and which was co-produced by Paint Horse Pictures/Brightlight Pictures/Deafinitely for All Entertainment.
Gabriel Basso co-starred in the drama, Love of Your Life (date to be announced), starring Margaret Qualley, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aaron Pier, and Catherine Keener under Rachel Morrison’s direction, written by Julia Cox, and produced by Ryan Gosling and Jessie Henderson for AmazonMGMMStudios/General Admission/Open Invite Entertainment.
Personal life
Gabriel Basso was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, by his parents, Louis J. Basso and Marcie Basso. Basso has two sisters, Annalise and Alexandria, who are also actors. Basso was home-schooled with his sisters as the three pursued child acting careers. has been married to since; the couple has children. Basso’s height is 6.
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- 2025 |
The Strangers: Chapter 2
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On the final day of their cross country road trip, a couple's vehicle breaks down, forcing them to take refuge in a remote Airbnb. As night falls, three masked strangers terrorize them until dawn.
- 2024 |
- 2024 |
The Strangers: Chapter 1
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After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple is forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive.
- 2011 |
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Footballer: Gabriel Basso had early ambitions to be a pro football player, but now plays soccer for pleasure.
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