---
name: "Dominic Sessa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dominic-sessa"
fi1m_id: "dominic-sessa"
imdb_id: "nm14073757"
tmdb_id: 3918497
wikidata_id: "Q123486087"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 October 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:01:37.316061+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dominic Sessa

## Identity

Dominic Sessa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dominic-sessa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dominic-sessa
- **IMDb ID:** nm14073757
- **TMDB ID:** 3918497
- **Wikidata ID:** Q123486087
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Sessa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123486087, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14073757/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3918497

Actor. Born 25 October 2002 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 October 2002, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 72 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Crime 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $302m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Sessa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123486087, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14073757/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3918497

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Holdovers*](https://film.one/film/the-holdovers.md) (81)
- **Apple TV:** [*Now You See Me: Now You Don't*](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont.md) (57)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Dominic Sessa

> Dominic Sessa makes difficult young men worth watching by showing how hard they work to seem confident. We rate his restraint, especially when another actor gives him something to resist.

In *The Holdovers* (2023), Dominic Sessa's face can lose its insolence before the shot has changed. As Angus Tully, he gives us a clever, wary boy without making an immediate claim on our sympathy. His film debut pairs him with Paul Giamatti under Alexander Payne, and their exchanges across an empty refectory are where we would send anyone curious about his appeal. Sessa lets Angus enjoy the insults without quite conceding that he enjoys the company. Payne's film sometimes explains its lessons too insistently, but Sessa knows when to leave a feeling alone.

In *Now You See Me: Now You Don't* (2025), he plays Bosco, a young magician who seems unused to being refused anything. Alongside Ariana Greenblatt's June and Justice Smith's Charlie, he finds an easy comic rhythm, particularly when the film lets the three recruits work without the established Horsemen. Greenblatt supplies the impatience and Smith the nerves; Sessa can afford to be blithe. Ruben Fleischer's film keeps explaining its illusions until little pleasure remains in being fooled. We would not recommend it on Sessa's account alone, though the recruits give its busyness some welcome ease.

Matt Johnson's *Tony* (2026) gives him more to do as a young Anthony Bourdain whose fast talk runs ahead of his competence. Sessa makes the swagger look practised and tiring, with a defensive scowl ready for anyone who might find him wanting. We laughed at his showing off, then felt sorry for him because the effort to impress was so plain. Antonio Banderas's Chef supplies resistance, and the sadness Banderas brings to the mentor keeps their scenes from feeling like instruction alone. The coming-of-age story repeats its lessons, but Sessa sustains our interest even when Tony has apparently failed to learn them.

Across these parts, we find him most persuasive when he has someone to listen to, rather than another opportunity to prove how sharp he is. Payne gives him that space, and Johnson puts his need to impress to good use. There is a risk in returning too often to the clever boy whose bad manners conceal uncertainty. We would like to see him play someone who has less to prove. Start with *The Holdovers*, where he is allowed to be unpleasant without immediately explaining himself.

## Biography

Dominic Sessa is an American actor. He was born on 25 October 2002 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and grew up in the area. He attended Deerfield Academy, a boarding school in Massachusetts, where he was cast in his first film role after auditioning while a student there.

Sessa made his screen debut as Angus Tully in Alexander Payne's *The Holdovers* (2023). For the performance he received the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He has since appeared in *Tow* (2025), *Now You See Me: Now You Don't* (2025) as Bosco, and *Oh. What. Fun.* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, newyorker.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Tony* (2026), Fi1m 76, as Tony — [page](https://film.one/film/tony.md)
- *Now You See Me: Now You Don't* (2025), Fi1m 57, as Bosco — [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont.md)
- *The Holdovers* (2023), Fi1m 81, as Angus Tully — [page](https://film.one/film/the-holdovers.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tony* (2026), as Tony — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/tony.md)
- *Tow* (2026), as Kevin Eggers
- *Oh. What. Fun.* (2025), as Sammy
- *Now You See Me: Now You Don't* (2025), as Bosco — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont.md)
- *The Holdovers* (2023), as Angus Tully — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-holdovers.md)

## Gallery

- ![Dominic Sessa](https://film.one/media/person/515/gallery-113814729755.jpg) Dominic Sessa — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Dominic_Sessa_Tow-059_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Dominic_Sessa_Tow-059_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo by: Kareem Wilder (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/515/gallery-45f0cccf63ac.jpg) Photo by: Kareem Wilder (2025) — Montclair Film, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Caplan%2C_Fleischer%2C_Sessa_2025.jpg/1280px-Caplan%2C_Fleischer%2C_Sessa_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cast of Tow during the premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival](https://film.one/media/person/515/gallery-cfe5a8217701.jpg) Cast of Tow during the premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Cast_of_Tow-086.jpg/1280px-Cast_of_Tow-086.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cast of Tow during the premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival](https://film.one/media/person/515/gallery-93f57c7b981e.jpg) Cast of Tow during the premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Cast_of_Tow-090.jpg/1280px-Cast_of_Tow-090.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dominic Sessa](https://film.one/media/person/515/gallery-d816ed4794bb.jpg) Dominic Sessa — Image via TMDB
- ![Dominic Sessa](https://film.one/media/person/515/gallery-21cd4e8e7246.jpg) Dominic Sessa — Image via TMDB
- ![Dominic Sessa](https://film.one/media/person/515/gallery-fab679568a3c.jpg) Dominic Sessa — Image via TMDB
- ![Dominic Sessa Rose Byrne Stephanie Laing during the Tow premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival](https://film.one/media/person/515/gallery-01313a11956c.jpg) Dominic Sessa Rose Byrne Stephanie Laing during the Tow premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Dominic_Sessa_Rose_Byrne_Stephanie_Laing_Tow-084.jpg/1280px-Dominic_Sessa_Rose_Byrne_Stephanie_Laing_Tow-084.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dominic Sessa during the Tow premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival](https://film.one/media/person/515/gallery-4cb593d7743b.jpg) Dominic Sessa during the Tow premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Dominic_Sessa_Tow-057.jpg/1280px-Dominic_Sessa_Tow-057.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dominic Sessa](https://film.one/media/person/515/gallery-1599afd95f3e.jpg) Dominic Sessa — Image via TMDB
- ![Dominic Sessa](https://film.one/media/person/515/gallery-ce3766b4bdac.jpg) Dominic Sessa — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer 2024: Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer (won), for *The Holdovers*
- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Breakthrough Performance 2023: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Breakthrough Performance (won), for *The Holdovers*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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