Which young actor played Forrest's son in the movie "Forrest Gump"?

Little Forrest (referred to in the film as Forrest Jr.) is a character in the "Forrest Gump" novel and film. He is the son of Forrest Gump and Jenny Curran and is played by the American actor Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) in the movie. The director of the movie, Robert Zemeckis, cast Osment to play Forrest Jr due to his role in a Pizza Hut commercial.

After a series of roles in television and film during the 1990s, Osment rose to fame as a prominent child actor for his performance as a young unwilling medium in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller film "The Sixth Sense", which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He afterward appeared in leading roles in several high-profile Hollywood films, including Steven Spielberg's "A.I. Artificial Intelligence", Mimi Leder's "Pay It Forward", and "Secondhand Lions", alongside Michael Caine and Robert Duvall. He played Davis Cable in "Last Stand at Saber River" alongside Tom Selleck in 1997.

Osment made his Broadway debut in 2008 in a short-lived revival of David Mamet's play "American Buffalo", starring John Leguizamo and Cedric the Entertainer. Osment is also known for his voice roles of Sora since 2002 at the age of 14 and Vanitas since 2010 in the "Kingdom Hearts" video games, as well as his later roles in comedies such as "Sex Ed" and "The Spoils of Babylon".

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Denise Currie

Picture gave it away. This boy was great in The Sixth Sense

Player

lls, 'Futureman' might change that opinion

Char

lls, me too

Char

I know him more for the Sixth Sense with Bruce Willis

Wyla Reedy

A great child actor.

Iriss Blaine

YET ANOTHER question with the answer shown in the photo. No challenge there.

Julie Allen

And then there was Michael Conner Humphries. More than 25 years have passed since moviegoers first caught a glimpse of Michael Conner Humphreys playing a young Forrest Gump, in the heartfelt classic that launched a thousand catchphrases. The casting team, particularly taken by his thick Southern accent, selected Humphreys to play the role of young Forrest Gump in the movie adaptation of Winston Groom's 1986 novel. As part of his preparation to play the character as an adult, Tom Hanks worked to emulate Humphreys's speech and mannerisms. Alongside his Forrest Gump costars Hanna Hall and Haley Joel Osment, he received a nomination at the 16th Youth in Film Awards, though he was ultimately bested in his category by Matthew McCurley from the movie North.