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Gabriel LaBelle (born September 2002) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his leading role as young aspiring filmmaker Sammy Fabelman in Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans (2022), for which he received acclaim and won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer.
Actor: The Fabelmans. Gabriel LaBelle plays the lead role of Sammy Fabelman, an aspiring 16-year-old filmmaker based on young Steven Spielberg in The Fabelmans (2022) alongside Michelle Williams, Paul Dano and Seth Rogen.
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- Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
Actor: The Fabelmans. Gabriel LaBelle plays the lead role of Sammy Fabelman, an aspiring 16-year-old filmmaker based on young Steven Spielberg in The Fabelmans (2022) alongside Michelle Williams, Paul Dano and Seth Rogen.
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- Gabriel was born on September 20, 2002 in Vancouver to a family with a Jewish father.
- His father is Rob LaBelle, an actor and producer!
- Gabriel got his start in acting at age 8, when he got involved with a theater summer camp in his hometown.
- Gabriel is still mad about some of the first roles he didn’t get at his theater summer camp! He was cast as Lord Farquaad in “Shrek: The Musical” and Aladdin in “Aladdin,” despite wanting to play Donkey and Genie, respectively.
Dec 20, 2022 · Gabriel LaBelle Is Still Learning About Spielberg, Even After Becoming Him. Playing the director’s young avatar in The Fabelmans gave the Canadian 20-year-old the opportunity of a lifetime—and...
Dec 22, 2022 · The 20-year-old Vancouver native bested some 2,000 aspirants for the role of teenage Sammy Fabelman in The Fabelmans, Spielberg’s thinly veiled movie memoir. “You never would have expected to be...
Sep 20, 2002 · Gabriel LaBelle (September 20, 2002) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his leading role as young aspiring filmmaker Sammy Fabelman in Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film "The Fabelmans" (2022), for which he received acclaim and won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer.
