Oakes Fegley

Oakes Tonne Fegley ( born November 11, 2004) is an American actor.

Fegley was born November 11, 2004, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the son of actors Michael Fegley and Mercedes "Merce" (née Tonne).

He is the older brother of Winslow Fegley, also an actor.

In 2014, Fegley made his acting debut with the drama film Fort Bliss, playing Paul Swann along with Michelle Monaghan and Ron Livingston.

The film, which premiered in 2014, was directed by Claudia Myers.

He played the young Judd Altman in the comedy-drama film This Is Where I Leave You, directed by Shawn Levy and released in September 2014 by Warner Bros. Pictures.

He later appeared as Young Elias "Eli" Thompson in the fifth season of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.

He also has appeared in CBS' Person of Interest as Gabriel Hayward.

Fegley played the lead role of Pete in Walt Disney Pictures' fantasy comedy-drama film Pete's Dragon, opposite Oona Laurence, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Robert Redford.

He has starred in Pete's Dragon (2016), Wonderstruck (2017), The Goldfinch (2019), The War with Grandpa (2020), and The Fabelmans (2022).

The film was directed by David Lowery and released in August 2016.

Fegley appeared in The Weinstein Company's comedy film The War with Grandpa starring Robert De Niro, released in August 2020.

In 2022, he played Chad Thomas in Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans, the character being based on a student who levied anti-Semitic abuse towards Spielberg during his high school years in real life.