Gabriel Basso Was A Child Star Before His Role In The Night Agent

Publish date: 2024-05-09

Gabriel Basso's early roles in entertainment were in a web series, "Ghost Town," as well as smaller TV roles before his breakout as Laura Linney's son in the series "The Big C." Then, Basso expanded into film with "Super 8," a sci-fi thriller by J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg. "Gabriel is an amazing kid," Abrams said of the teen actor.

Reflecting on the actor's childhood, it makes perfect sense that he would one day land the role of an action-ready FBI agent. "I was raised by a trial lawyer, so I enjoy the mental conflict as well as the physical," Basso told Netflix. For the physical side, Basso came into the show with an impressive set of skills to perform stunts. "I've boxed my whole life. I did tae kwon do as a child, which is a sort of sport fighting. I think it helped my movement," Basso explained. From the rest of the family, Basso appeared to catch the desire to act. Basso's older sister Alexandria, his younger sister Annalise, and his mom Marcie, are all actors, too. The family moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to pursue opportunities in entertainment, something that Gabriel loved from his days growing up in St. Louis, Missouri. He and his best friend "were both deathly afraid of dolls, so we made these fake doll movies and we ended up being scared of our own movies," Gabriel told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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