Teo Halm

Teo Halm

Teo Halm star of "Earth To Echo" at the Lollipop Theater Network screening of Rio 2, April 26, 2014
Born May 18, 1999 [1]
Occupation Actor
Years active 2009-present
Website
www.teohalm.com

Teo Lucas Halm (born May 18, 1999) is an American teenage actor. He starred in the 2014 movie Earth to Echo and has roles in the upcoming movies Bukowski and Memoria.

Life and career

Teo Halm was born in Los Angeles, California. His parents are both Jewish; his mother's family is from France and Morocco and his father is Australian, with British/Czech forebears.[2][3]

Halm grew up performing in theater, doing "The Sound of Music" and "The Music Man".[4] His father posted a picture of Halm on the talent website newfaces.com, attracting the attention of a producer for the PBS series Nova.[5] In 2009 he was cast as a Neanderthal boy.[6] In 2010 he was hired to play "Will Campbell" a fictitious UCLA spokesperson in a fund-raising e-solicitation to UCLA alumni.[7]

In 2012 Halm played the lead in a short coming of age film, "Waltham Vanguard", written and directed by Bill Barker, Halm played opposite Jaime P. Gomez of Nash Bridges fame.[8] In 2013 he was cast in the Disney Channel Boy Meets World follow-up series Girl Meets World as Elliot, the son of Cory (Ben Savage) and Topanga (Danielle Fishel). In 2014 he starred as vulnerable foster child Alex in the sci-fi fantasy film Earth to Echo receiving the Best Actor award at the 9th Annual PICK Awards for his performance.[9] He will play Frank Sullivan, Charles Bukowski's childhood best friend, in the upcoming James Franco-directed movie Bukowski.[10] He was also cast in a supporting lead role as Alex, a rebellious skater kid, in the upcoming movie Memoria.[11]

Girl Meets World

Halm was cast as Elliot Matthews, older brother of Riley (Rowan Blanchard), and shot the pilot in March, 2013.[12] However, on October 5, 2013, Halm tweeted that he was no longer on the show.[13] Disney Channel instead gave Riley a younger brother, Auggie (August Maturo).

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Nova Neanderthal boy TV series, episode: "Becoming Human: Last Human Standing"
2012 Waltham Vanguard Bud CINE Golden Eagle winner
2014 15 Young Brother
2014 Earth to Echo Alex PICK Awards winner - Best Actor
2015 Bukowski Frank Sullivan Upcoming
2015 Memoria Alex (13 yrs) Upcoming

Awards and nominations

His performance as Alex in Earth To Echo received the Best Actor award at the 9th Annual PICK Awards.[14]

References

  1. "About Teo". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  2. Rivera, Jhanelle (2014-07-01). "There's More To Gaze At This 'Earth To Echo' Star - Teo Halm". Bello Magazine. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  3. http://www.filmysphere.com/teohalm
  4. Rivera, Jhanelle (2014-07-01). "There's More To Gaze At This 'Earth To Echo' Star - Teo Halm". Bello Magazine. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  5. "About Teo Halm". TeoHalm.com. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  6. Becoming Human: Last Human Standing (2009) at the Internet Movie Database.
  7. Bernsen, Joel (2010-01-22). "UCLA Fund 2010 eSolicitation - "Will"". Vimeo. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  8. Waltham Vanguard (2012) at the Internet Movie Database.
  9. "Fanlala Voters PICK The Fault in Our Stars". Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  10. Pace, Robert (2014-03-05). "Girl Meets World Casts Teo Halm As Elliot Matthews". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  11. Memoria (2014) at the Internet Movie Database.
  12. Swift, Andy (2014-03-04). "Girl Meets World Scoop: Teo Halm Cast As Cory & Topanga's Son Elliott". Hollywood Life. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
  13. "'Girl Meets World' Axes Older Brother Character, Teo Halm Tweets". The Huffington Post. 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  14. "Fanlala Voters PICK The Fault in Our Stars". Retrieved February 18, 2015.

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