Jacob Batalon

Jacob Andres Batalon (born October 9, 1996) is an American actor. Batalon achieved international recognition playing Ned Leeds in five Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero films, beginning with a supporting role in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), cameos in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), and further supporting roles in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), also appearing in the web series The Daily Bugle (2019–2021). He also played Keon in the Netflix film Let It Snow (2019), and the titular character in the Syfy television series Reginald the Vampire (2022–2024).

Early life
Jacob Batalon was born on October 9, 1996,  in Hawaii, to Filipino migrant parents, Billy Batalon and Vangie Andres from Pangasinan. Batalon has seven half-siblings: a brother and a sister from his mother, and three brothers and two sisters from his father. His mother regularly accompanied him at auditions. In an episode of 'Reginald the Vampire', Batalon spoke Ilocano language to trace his real life heritage, even using 'Andres' as Reginald’s surname to honor his mother, Vangie.

Upon graduating from the private Catholic school St. Anthony's School, he went to Damien Memorial School, then Batalon attended Kapiʻolani Community College to study music theory, but later dropped out. He then took a two-year program to study acting at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.

Career
Batalon made his acting debut in the 2016 film North Woods.

As part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he first appeared as Peter Parker's best friend Ned Leeds in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). It was Batalon's first major role. He reprised the role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home, (both 2019) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).

In 2018, Batalon played one of the bodies inhabited by spirit A in the young-adult film Every Day.

In 2021, Batalon was cast as the titular Reginald in Syfy's dramedy series Reginald the Vampire.

Personal life
In 2021, he lost 102 lb for his role in Spider-Man: No Way Home.