Gabriel Basso

Early life

Basso was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Marcie and Louis J. Basso. He was home-schooled along with his two sisters, actresses Alexandria and Annalise Basso. His family attended Grace Doctrine Church in St. Charles, Missouri. Basso wanted to become a professional football player before he found acting.

Career

Basso played minor roles in two feature films in early 2007 while living in St. Louis: Meet Bill, starring Aaron Eckhart; and Alice Upside Down, starring Alyson Stoner. Basso's older sister Alexandra also had a role in the latter. He later moved with his mother and sisters to Los Angeles. He found representation his first week there, securing a lead role in the Dailymotion Kids web series Ghost Town.

Basso has had several television guest roles in popular series such as Nickelodeon's iCarly, and ABC's The Middle. From 2010 until 2013, he maintained a regular role in the Showtime comedy series The Big C, portraying Adam Jamison, the son of the lead character played by Laura Linney. He then starred as Hal Mitchell in the independent film Alabama Moon (2009), starring John Goodman and Clint Howard, directed by Tim McCanlies, and based on the best-selling novel by Watt Key.

Basso appeared in the J. J. Abrams science fiction adventure film Super 8 (2011), and Jordan Vogt-Roberts' comedy-drama The Kings of Summer (2013), which had its premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. He then appeared in Kyle Newman's action comedy Barely Lethal (2015), with Hailee Steinfeld and Dove Cameron. In September 2014 he joined the cast of Meg Ryan's directorial debut film Ithaca, alongside Tom Hanks. Basso also appeared in the courtroom drama film The Whole Truth (2016), directed by Courtney Hunt and starring Keanu Reeves and Renée Zellweger. In 2020, he starred as JD Vance in Netflix's film adaptation Hillbilly Elegy.

In September 2021 Basso was added to the cast of Netflix's action-thriller film Trigger Warning directed by Mouly Surya. In November 2021, he was set to lead the political conspiracy thriller series The Night Agent with Luciane Buchanan on Netflix, created by Shawn Ryan and based on the 2019 New York Times bestselling novel of the same name by author Matthew Quirk. In 2022 he joined the cast of Renny Harlin's The Strangers Trilogy.

In November 2025, Basso began work on his directorial debut Iconoclast for Netflix.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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