Iain Armitage (/ˈiːən/; born July 15, 2008)[2][3] is an American actor. He is widely known for his role as Sheldon Cooper in Young Sheldon, a spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory.
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Born | Savannah, Georgia, U.S.[1] | July 15, 2008
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2012–present |
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Relatives | Richard Armitage (grandfather) |
Armitage resides in Arlington, Virginia and is the son of the actor Euan Morton, who was born in Bo’ness, Scotland,[4] and theater producer Lee Armitage. He is the grandson of former United States Deputy Secretary of State Richard Lee Armitage.[5]
Armitage first gained prominence via his YouTube series Iain Loves Theatre where he reviews stage shows from musical theater.[5] His videos caught the attention of the theater industry, including two agents who wanted to sign him for the video's success.[6] During the 2015 Tony Awards, he served as a correspondent for Perez Hilton and was referenced in the opening number of the show.[6]
In January 2017, Armitage starred in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ("Chasing Theo"), playing a young child, Theo Lachere, who had been kidnapped. He appeared in Impractical Jokers "Look Out Below", where he was talked to by Murr in "Who Let The Dogs Out?", in the second challenge of that episode. He played Ziggy Chapman in the HBO miniseries Big Little Lies and he appeared in The Glass Castle, a film adaptation of Jeannette Walls' memoir of the same name.[5] In the same year, he was also in the films I'm Not Here and Our Souls at Night,[7] which also starred Jane Fonda and Robert Redford.[8]
In 2017, Armitage was cast as Sheldon Cooper as a child in Young Sheldon, a prequel to the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.[9][10][11] In December 2018, he appeared in an episode of The Big Bang Theory,[12] playing young Sheldon on a videotape recording intended to cheer up and encourage an older Sheldon.
In 2020, Armitage voiced young Shaggy Rogers in the Scooby-Doo film Scoob!. He was set to reprise the role in the film Scoob! Holiday Haunt, which was set for release in late 2022 on HBO Max, but it was canceled in August 2022.[13]
In 2021, Armitage voiced Chase in PAW Patrol: The Movie, replacing Justin Paul Keelly from the Nickelodeon television series.
He can speak multiple languages to different extents given his interest in learning them.[14] He is remarkably proficient in Russian, which he started to acquire through a language-learning app in COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.[15] Other than that, he has dabbled in Armenian, Ukrainian,[16] Assyrian, Sinhalese, German, Spanish, and Italian.[14]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | The Glass Castle[17] | Young Brian Walls | |
Our Souls at Night[18] | Jamie Moore | ||
I'm Not Here | Stevie | ||
2020 | Scoob![19] | Young Shaggy Rogers | Voice |
2021 | PAW Patrol: The Movie[20][21] | Chase |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Impractical Jokers | Himself | Episode: "Look Out Below" |
2016 | Little Big Shots | Guest judge | Episode: "The Idiom of Love" |
2017 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[22] | Theo Lachere | Episode: "Chasing Theo" |
2017–2019 | Big Little Lies[23] | Ziggy Chapman | Main role |
2017–present | Young Sheldon[24] | Sheldon Cooper | |
2018 | Jeopardy! | Video Clue Giver | 6 episodes |
The Big Bang Theory | Young Sheldon Cooper | Episode: "The VCR Illumination" | |
2020 | Nickelodeon's Unfiltered | Himself | 2 episodes |
Group Chat | Episode: "Group Chat Unleashed - Party Pooper Prank" | ||
2022 | The Price Is Right | Episode: "The Price is Right at Night with Iain Armitage and Raegan Revord" |
Year | Title | Role |
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2012–present | Iain Loves Theatre[5] | Presenter |
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actor | Young Sheldon | Won | [25] |
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Breakout TV Star | Nominated | [26] | ||
2020 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Big Little Lies | Nominated | [27] |
2021 | Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Male TV Star | Young Sheldon | Nominated | [28] |
2022 | Critics' Choice Awards | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | [29] | |
Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Male TV Star | Nominated | [30] |
His birthday is July 15Archived May 2, 2020, at the Wayback Machine