One of today's leading talents across both independent and mainstream film, Logan Lerman is an immensely talented actor who takes on challenging roles and brings dynamic characters to life on screen.
Logan was born in Beverly Hills, to a Jewish family. His parents are Lisa (Goldman), who worked as his manager, and Larry Lerman, an orthotist and businessman. He has two siblings, Lindsey and Lucas, both older. His family operate the orthotics and prosthetics company Lerman & Son, which was founded by his great-grandfather, Jacob Lerman.
When he was two and a half years old, Logan told his mother that he wanted to be an actor. At the age of four, Logan had an agent and was booked for two commercials. He made his big screen debut as William, the youngest son of Mel Gibson's character, in Roland Emmerich's war drama The Patriot (2000), and then appeared as the younger version of Gibson's character Nick Marshall in Nancy Meyers's romantic comedy What Women Want (2000). After a small role in 2001's Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), by 'Penny Marshall', he starred in the John Grisham adaptation A Painted House (2003), a made-for-television film that won him the first of his three Young Artist Awards.
Logan played the younger version of Ashton Kutcher's character, Evan, in The Butterfly Effect (2004). After a guest-starring role in 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003), he starred in the WB Network's series Jack & Bobby (2004), where he portrays Bobby (Robert) McCallister, a teenager who will grow up to be President of the United States. After the show's cancellation in 2005, Logan returned to film, starring in the family adventure Hoot (2006). The next year, he played the son of Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) in the dark thriller The Number 23 (2007), and co-starred with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in James Mangold's critically-acclaimed Western remake 3:10 to Yuma (2007). His next two roles were a foul-mouthed private school student in the comedy Meet Bill (2007) and actor George Hamilton in the period drama My One and Only (2009). Both were independent films that received limited releases. Also in 2009, Logan appeared with Gerard Butler in the R-rated action thriller Gamer (2009), as a foul-mouthed teenager who controls Butler's character in a real-life video game.
In 2010, Logan starred as Percy in the fantasy adventure Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), based on the best-selling young adult book series of the same title. The film gave him notice among a wider audience. Subsequently, he starred as D'Artagnan in a remake of The Three Musketeers (2011), which was Logan's grandfather's favorite childhood book. Lerman then headlined the coming-of-age indie drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), alongside Emma Watson, Paul Rudd and Ezra Miller, based on the 1999 novel of the same name. Perks garnered numerous nominations and wins at the People's Choice Awards, The Independent Spirit Awards and the Teen Choice Awards, and Logan received a 2013 Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor in a Drama. Around this time, he had a supporting role in the independent film Stuck in Love. (2012), and returned to star in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013).
His first 2014 role was in Darren Aronofsky's acclaimed Biblical epic film Noah (2014), playing one of the title character's sons, Ham. The film, also starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, Douglas Booth, and Emma Watson, grossed over $100 million at the North American box office. Logan next starred with Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Bernthal, and Michael Peña in the World War II-set action drama Fury (2014); in the film, he played one of several American soldiers engaged in tank combat against the German forces, during the last weeks of the Nazi regime.
Lerman next played the lead in writer-director James Schamus's 1950s-set drama Indignation (2016). Logan received rave reviews for his performance as Marcus Messner, an idealistic Jewish atheist from Newark who travels to Ohio to study at a conservative Midwestern Lutheran college. The film is based on Philip Roth's bestselling novel of the same name, and premiered at 2016's Sundance Film Festival.
In 2018, Logan voiced real-life soldier Robert Conroy in Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018), about the famous World War I war dog. He began the 2020s starring with Al Pacino and Josh Radnor in the stylish television drama Hunters (2020), playing Jonah Heidelbaum, a Brooklyn teenager who joins a group hunting down escaped Nazis. His upcoming roles include Sean Fogle in the Irish-set drama End of Sentence (2019), with John Hawkes as his character's father, and Fred Nemser in the thriller Shirley (2020).
When Logan is not working, he likes to play soccer and baseball. He is an LA Lakers fan.
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We Were the Lucky Ones (2024)
Starring as Addy Kurc
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Warsaw (Apr 18, 2024)
- Episode 1x05: Ilha Das Flores (Apr 11, 2024)
- Episode 1x04: Casablanca (Apr 4, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: Siberia (Mar 28, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: Lvov (Mar 28, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Radom (Mar 28, 2024)
The Drew Barrymore Show (2020)
Guest starring as Logan Lerman
- Episode 4x110: Joey King, Logan Lerman (Apr 8, 2024)
Hunters (2020)
Starring as Jonah Heidelbaum
(18 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: The Trial of Adolf Hitler (Jan 13, 2023)
- Episode 2x07: The Home (Jan 13, 2023)
- Episode 2x06: Only the Dead (Jan 13, 2023)
- Episode 2x05: Blutsbande (Jan 13, 2023)
- Episode 2x04: The Fare (Jan 13, 2023)
- Episode 2x03: Duck. Quail. Goose. Crow. (Jan 13, 2023)
- Episode 2x02: Buenos Aires (Jan 13, 2023)
- Episode 2x01: Van Glooten's Day 1972 Butter Sculptor of the Year (Jan 13, 2023)
- Episode 1x10: Eilu v' Eilu (Feb 21, 2020)
- Episode 1x09: The Great Ole Nazi Cookout of '77 (Feb 21, 2020)
- Episode 1x08: The Jewish Question (Feb 21, 2020)
- Episode 1x07: Shalom Motherf***er (Feb 21, 2020)
- Episode 1x06: (Ruth 1:16) (Feb 21, 2020)
- Episode 1x05: At Night, All Birds are Black (Feb 21, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: The Pious Thieves (Feb 21, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: While Visions of Safta Danced in His Head (Feb 21, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: The Mourner's Kaddish (Feb 21, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: In the Belly of the Whale (Feb 21, 2020)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Logan Lerman
- Episode 5x111: Joey King, Logan Lerman, Kit Hoover, Triple H, Fletcher (Apr 5, 2024)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Logan Lerman
- Episode 2016-08-02: Will Smith; Logan Lerman; Tony Bennett (Aug 2, 2016)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Logan Lerman
- Episode 2020-02-24: Christina Hendricks, Logan Lerman, Yola (Feb 24, 2020)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Logan Lerman
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2024-03-27: Jerry Seinfeld, Logan Lerman, Lizzy McAlpine (Mar 27, 2024)
- Episode 2023-01-09: Al Pacino, Logan Lerman, Rupert Grint, Dry Cleaning (Jan 9, 2023)
- Episode 2020-02-13: Rosario Dawson, Logan Lerman, Megan Thee Stallion (Feb 13, 2020)
- Episode 2014-10-14: Emma Stone, Logan Lerman, Sam Smith (Oct 14, 2014)
Anderson Live (2011)
Guest starring as Logan Lerman
- Episode 2x06: Co-Host Tamar Braxton | Emma Watson | The Cast of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Sep 17, 2012)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Logan Lerman
- Episode 18x18: Plane; A Man Called Otto; House Party (Jan 14, 2023)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Logan Lerman
- Episode 2013-07-31: Johnny Knoxville, Logan Lerman, Queens of the Stone Age (Jul 31, 2013)
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (1987)
Guest starring as Logan Lerman
- Episode 2013-03-23: Kids' Choice Awards 2013 (Mar 23, 2013)
Good Morning America (1975)
Guest starring as Logan Lerman
- Episode 2024-03-28: Barbara Corcoran, Joey King, Logan Lerman (Mar 28, 2024)