Gabriel Bateman

Gabriel Michael Bateman born September 10 2004 is an American actor He is best known for starring in numerous horror films including as Robert in Annabelle 2014 Martin Wells in Lights Out 2016 Andy Barclay in Childs Play 2019 and Kyle Hunter in Unhinged 2020 Bateman made his acting debut in 2012 appearing in the film George Biddle CPA In 2014 he had a supporting role as Robert in the supernatural horror film Annabelle a spinoff of the acclaimed horror film The Conjuring From 2014 to 2015 he starred as Ethan Taylor in the CBS drama thriller series Stalker In November 2014 he was cast in Robert Kirkmans Cinemax horror drama series Outcast He appeared in the series as Joshua Austin from 2016 to 2017 In 2015 he had guest roles in various television series including Your Family or Mine Wicked City and Code Black In 2016 Bateman played a leading role alongside Teresa Palmer in the supernatural horror film Lights Out which was produced by James Wan Also that year he starred as Jack Hawthorne in the CBS mystery drama series American Gothic which ran for one season In 2018 he starred as Carter Hughes in the Netflix family comedy film Benji He also starred as Wyatt McKenna in the Prime Video comedy drama series The Dangerous Book for Boys Bateman starred in commercials for Staples Frigidaire Energizer EcoAdvanced Recycled Batteries Iams and the Cadillac CTS Sedan He also appeared in two music videos Its a Job and A New Beginning for the album I Remembered But Then I Forgot by Wolfies Just Fine a folk music side project of Jon Lajoie In 2019 Bateman received further recognition for starring as Andy Barclay in the horror film Childs Play alongside Aubrey Plaza The film was a critical and commercial success Also that year he starred as Charlie Brenner in the musical adventure film Playmobil The Movie and as Scott in the historical war film Robert the Bruce In 2020 he starred as Oliver Reed in the family film Think Like a Dog and as Kyle Hunter in the thriller film Unhinged alongside Russell Crowe