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Ty Simpkins

Biography

Ty Simpkins is an American actor, born in New York City in 2001, who first appeared on television at three weeks old and played the recurring part of Jack Manning on One Life to Live before four years as Jude Cooper Bauer on Guiding Light. His film debut came in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds (2005), and he went on to play Dalton Lambert in Insidious (2011), reprising the part for Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) and Insidious: The Red Door (2023). Simpkins is also known as Harley Keener in Iron Man 3 (2013), returned for a cameo in Avengers: Endgame, and appeared in Jurassic World (2015), The Nice Guys (2016), Meadowland and The Whale (2022), playing a missionary in the last.

25years old

Turns 26 on August 6in 298 days

  • Born New York City
  • Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
  • Also credited as Ty Kegan Simpkins and Ty Keegan Simpkins

Movie Career

Films
17
Career span
20 years2006 to 2026

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  1. A first

    Simpkins was the first child character featured prominently in the Iron Man films when he played Harley Keener in Iron Man 3.

  2. First role

    At three weeks old, Simpkins made his television debut. He shared the recurring role of John "Jack" Cramer Manning on One Life to Live.

Ty Simpkins movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Jurassic World2015 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Gray

    IMDb rating 6.9738K votes

  2. Insidious2011 Horror, Thrilleras Dalton Lambert

    IMDb rating 6.8374K votes

  3. Insidious: Chapter 22013as Dalton Lambert

    IMDb rating 6.6206K votes

  4. The Whale2022as Thomas

    IMDb rating 7.6310K votes

  5. The Next Three Days2010as Luke

    IMDb rating 7.3217K votes

  6. Iron Man 32013as Harley Keener

    IMDb rating 7.1984K votes

  7. Little Children2006as Aaron Adamson

    IMDb rating 7.5123K votes

  8. The Nice Guys2016as Bobby

    IMDb rating 7.4425K votes

Most often with

Shane Black directed two of these films, James Wan two. Patrick Wilson appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Ty Simpkins's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$3.5 billion

9 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 17 films: 9 worldwide figure; 7 figure not found; 1 too new to count.

  • 9Worldwide figure
  • 7Figure not found
  • 1Too new to count

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Jurassic World2015as Gray
    $1.7B47.1% of the total
  2. 2
    Iron Man 32013as Harley Keener
    $1.2B34.2% of the total
  3. 3
    Insidious: The Red Door2023as Dalton Lambert
    $189M5.3% of the total
  4. 4
    Insidious: Chapter 22013as Dalton Lambert
    $162M4.6% of the total
  5. 5
    Insidious2011as Dalton Lambert
    $100M2.8% of the total
  6. 6
    The Nice Guys2016as Bobby
    $71M2.0% of the total
  7. 7
    $67M1.9% of the total
  8. 8
    The Whale2022as Thomas
    $58M1.6% of the total
Little Children (2006), $14.8 million

$14.8 millionfrom the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total