Joel Courtney is an American actor who made his debut in the television film R. L. Stein: The Time of Ghosts. But the role of Joe Lamb in the sci-fi movie Super 8 brought him popularity.
short biography
Joel Courtney was born on January 31, 1996 in the small American town of Monterey, California, located on the Pacific coast. He became the fourth child in the family of school teachers Dale and Karla Courtney. Joel has two older brothers, Caleb and Josh, and a sister, Chantal.
Shortly after the birth of their youngest child, Dale and Carla made the decision to move to Moscow, Idaho, which is known as the birthplace of writer Carol Brink and singer Josh Ritter. Here the childhood of the future actor passed.
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From an early age, Joel Courtney showed interest in acting, sang well, and later began to take an active part in school performances. Parents tried to support their son in his hobby. They put Joel on several acting training programs, but he received no further professional training.
Joel Courtney moved to Los Angeles in 2010. It was the first week of his summer school vacation. And although he came to this city to spend time with his older brother Caleb, Joel also hoped to star in commercials and earn $ 100 before returning home.
His brother attended acting classes and it was Caleb's teacher who suggested that Joel audition for Super 8 directed by J. J. Abrams. This was the beginning of Joel Courtney's career in cinema.
Career and creativity
While busy auditioning for Super 8, Joel got the opportunity to star in the TV series R. L. Stein: The Time of Ghosts. He was offered to play John Westmore, a character who will appear in two episodes of the second season of this fantastic thriller. So the boy, who only wanted to appear in commercials, made his television debut.
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Shortly thereafter, Joel Courtney was cast as the lead role of Joe Lamb in the fantasy action movie Super 8. The film was directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by the famous American film director, screenwriter Steven Spielberg. On the set, Courtney worked with such popular actors as Kyle Chandler, Noah Emmerich, Bruce Greenwood and others.
With a budget of US $ 50 million, Super 8 gross sales totaled US $ 260 million. In addition to being a commercial success, the film was well received by film critics. The work of aspiring actor Joel Courtney was also highly appreciated.
In 2012, he was invited to play the role of young Tony in the movie "Killers in Leisure" and Griffin Jones in the television series "Rogue". In 2013, Joel starred in The Healer, where he played one of the main characters in Nick Madsen.
The next year was very busy for the actor. He received an invitation to play the lead role in the thriller "Sins of Our Youth", which tells the story of four teenagers who decided to have fun with firearms. Joel then appeared as a young man named Buddy in the horror film Mercy. His character is a teenager who, along with his mother and brother, moves to his grandmother. From that moment on, inexplicable things begin to happen to them.
The year ended with a performance as Tom Sawyer in the adventure film "Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn", where Val Kilmer, Katherine McNamara, Jake T. Austin and others became Courtney's partners.
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In 2015, he played the role of Peter Moore in The CW's The Messengers. In 2016, Joel appeared in the melodrama Dear Eleanor, playing a character named Billy. He also starred in the crime drama "The River Thief", appearing in front of the audience as the thief Dees. But his work received a lot of negative reviews. In the same year, he played Nathaniel Malik in one of the episodes of the superhero television series Agents of SHIELD.
In 2017, Joel starred as Cole Reed in the youth comedy Kill the Prom. He then played a character named Luke in the television drama series Wanted. The film premiered on Fox. But creative differences among the crew led to the show being canceled after the first season.
One of Joel Courtney's new works was his performance in the thriller Assimilation and the role of Lee Flynn in the romantic comedy The Kissing Booth. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Bet Rickles and was a huge box office success, becoming Joel Courtney's most popular work to date.
Family and personal life
It is known about Joel Courtney's personal life that he was in a relationship with the American actress Katherine McNamara. She is familiar to audiences for her roles in The Maze Runner: Trial by Fire and The Shadowhunters. Young people started dating in 2012, but after a while they broke up.
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In 2014, Joel Courtney began a romantic relationship with the performer of the roles of Esther in the thriller "Child of Darkness" and Myrtha in the drama "The Hunger Games" Isabelle Furman. However, very soon the actors announced their separation.
Whether Joel Courtney is currently in a relationship is unknown. We can only say with confidence that the young man continues to act in films, and devotes his free time to sports. He plays basketball, lacrosse, or runs.
