Jackie Earle Haley
Biography
Jackie Earle Haley is an American actor who began performing as a child, voicing Dennis the Menace in animated commercials at age five before playing Kelly Leak in The Bad News Bears (1976) and its two sequels. He was a well-known child actor, often cast as tough, angry misfits, and appeared as Moocher in Breaking Away (1979). After a long stretch away from acting, during which he directed and produced television commercials, he returned with All the King's Men (2006) and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Little Children (2006). Later roles include Rorschach in Watchmen (2009), Freddy Krueger in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), and Grewishka in Alita: Battle Angel (2019). He also appeared in Shutter Island (2010) and played Odin Quincannon on Preacher and The Terror on The Tick.
65years old
Turns 66 on July 14in 269 days
- Born Northridge
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Jack Earle Haley
Movie Career
- Films
- 33
- Career span
- 50 years1975 to 2025
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First role
Haley was five when he first acted, voicing Dennis the Menace in animated commercials. He played Dennis again in two episodes of Curiosity Shop, which was his earliest known television series role.
Big break
Haley returned to acting in 2006 on the recommendation of Sean Penn, first appearing in Steven Zaillian's All the King's Men as Sugar Boy, Penn's bodyguard.
Behind the camera
Haley wrote the script for what became the 1990 film Playroom, then titled Schizo, and intended to direct it, but the job went to first-time director Manny Coto.
Jackie Earle Haley movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Robert Rodriguez directed two of these films, Albert Pyun two. Six actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Brett Marx's page
Erin Blunt's page
David Pollock's page
David Stambaugh's page
George Gonzales3 films together, 1976 to 1978
George Gonzales's page
All films by Robert Rodriguez
Albert PyunDirector, 2 films, 1991 to 1992
Box office
What Jackie Earle Haley's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.1 billion
21 of the 33 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 33 films: 21 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 3 figure not found; 1 too new to count.
- 21Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 3Figure not found
- 1Too new to count
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$405M19.6% of the total
- 2$295M14.3% of the total
- 3$275M13.3% of the total
- 4$246M11.9% of the total
- 5$243M11.7% of the total
- 6$185M9.0% of the total
- 7$116M5.6% of the total
- 8$113M5.5% of the total
$190 millionfrom the other 13 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total