---
name: "Jackie Earle Haley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jackie-earle-haley"
fi1m_id: "jackie-earle-haley"
imdb_id: "nm0355097"
tmdb_id: 17183
wikidata_id: "Q314841"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 July 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T15:09:21.983694+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."
---

# Jackie Earle Haley

## Identity

Jackie Earle Haley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jackie-earle-haley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jackie-earle-haley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0355097
- **TMDB ID:** 17183
- **Wikidata ID:** Q314841
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Earle_Haley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314841, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17183

Actor. Born 14 July 1961 in Northridge, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 July 1961, Northridge, California, USA
- **Active:** 1979–2019
- **Frequently works with:** [Jennifer Connelly](https://film.one/person/jennifer-connelly.md), [Laeta Kalogridis](https://film.one/person/laeta-kalogridis.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (1), 2000s 77 (1), 2010s 64 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 64 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 7 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 2, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Thriller 2, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,461m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Earle_Haley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314841, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17183

## Coming up

- *Family Movie* (2027-04-23)

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shutter Island*](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md) (80), [*London Has Fallen*](https://film.one/film/london-has-fallen.md) (38)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Little Children*](https://film.one/film/little-children.md) (77)

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## Fi1m on Jackie Earle Haley

> Jackie Earle Haley gives damaged supporting characters a force that has little to do with size. We rate him most when there is sympathy beneath the intimidation; menace alone gives him too little to play.

In *Shutter Island* (2010), Jackie Earle Haley's George Noyce is an intense presence in a film already full of strain. Haley has a slight frame, but the physical and vocal force of his acting keeps him from disappearing beside larger performances. We rate him as a supporting actor who makes damaged people worth attending to, even when they are difficult company. He is less interesting when intimidation is all a part requires.

The early roles give that familiar severity some useful context. He broke through as Kelly Leak in *The Bad News Bears* (1976), then played Moocher in *Breaking Away* (1979), establishing himself in youth ensembles before a long interruption in his screen acting. His return in *Little Children* (2006) brought a different kind of outsider: Ronald James McGorvey, a sex offender. Haley finds sympathy for him without making sympathy feel like an instruction to forgive.

*Shutter Island* uses his capacity for unease within Martin Scorsese's gothic thriller. We were unsettled by Haley's intensity as Noyce; it adds to an atmosphere already made anxious by Leonardo DiCaprio's strained, watchful performance. Our reservations about the film concern its length and its insistence on explaining too much, not its ability to hold our attention. Haley's contribution is concentrated enough that we would not make him the sole reason to watch it, but this is a strong place to see what he adds to an ensemble.

The masked roles test a different strength. As Rorschach in *Watchmen* (2009), he can still make physical and vocal intensity register when his face is covered. That skill does not settle every casting question: his Freddy Krueger in *A Nightmare on Elm Street* (2010) is less distinctive than the part needs. We would not confuse an ability to play frightening men with a reason to keep asking him to do it.

*Lincoln* (2012), with Haley as Alexander Stephens, takes him into Steven Spielberg's historical ensemble. The bargaining is absorbing, and Daniel Day-Lewis is persuasive even at rest; the attraction here is watching a company of actors take complicated business seriously. The reverence sometimes gets heavy, but the attention paid to the detail earns our patience. For a less obvious evening with Haley, choose *Lincoln* and give the bargaining its time.

## Biography

Jackie Earle Haley is an American actor. He began his career as a child performer in the 1970s, appearing in films including *The Bad News Bears* (1976) as Kelly Leak and *Breaking Away* (1979) as Moocher.

After a period working in advertising, Haley returned to acting with a supporting role in *All the King's Men* (2006). His performance as Ronnie McGorvey in *Little Children* (2006) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Subsequent roles include Walter Kovacs / Rorschach in *Watchmen* (2009), Freddy Krueger in *A Nightmare on Elm Street* (2010), George Noyce in *Shutter Island* (2010), and Grewishka in *Alita: Battle Angel* (2019). He has also appeared in *Dark Shadows* (2012), *Lincoln* (2012) and *RoboCop* (2014).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Alita: Battle Angel* (2019), Fi1m 72, as Grewishka — [page](https://film.one/film/alita-battle-angel.md)
- *London Has Fallen* (2016), Fi1m 38, as Deputy Chief Mason — [page](https://film.one/film/london-has-fallen.md)
- *Dark Shadows* (2012), Fi1m 50, as Willie Loomis — [page](https://film.one/film/dark-shadows.md)
- *Lincoln* (2012), Fi1m 82, as Alexander Stephens — [page](https://film.one/film/lincoln.md)
- *Shutter Island* (2010), Fi1m 80, as George Noyce — [page](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md)
- *Little Children* (2006), Fi1m 77, as Ronnie J. McGorvey — [page](https://film.one/film/little-children.md)
- *Breaking Away* (1979), Fi1m 86, as Moocher — [page](https://film.one/film/breaking-away.md)

## Complete filmography (75)

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

- *Family Movie* (2027), Actor
- *Tuesday's Flu* (2025), Actor
- *Your Host* (2025), as The Host
- *The Long Game* (2025), as Richard Metzger · Executive Producer
- *Dead Money* (2024), as Wendel AKA Shotgun
- *The Union* (2024), as Foreman
- *The Retirement Plan* (2023), as Donny
- *Hypnotic* (2023), as Jeremiah
- *Devil's Peak* (2023), as Rogers
- *Oak Thorn & the Old Rose of Love* (2022), as Magician
- *My Father's Dragon* (2022), as Tamir the Tarsier (voice)
- *The First Lady* (2022), series, as Louis Howe
- *Death of a Telemarketer* (2021), as Asa Ellenbogen
- *No Future* (2021), as Philip
- *Alita: Battle Angel* (2019), as Grewishka — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/alita-battle-angel.md)
- *Bunker of Blood Chapter 3: Death Heads: Brain Drain* (2018), Actor
- *The Dark Tower* (2017), as Richard Sayre
- *Genius* (2017), series, as J. Edgar Hoover
- *The Birth of a Nation* (2016), as Raymond Cobb
- *The Tick* (2016), series, as The Terror
- *Preacher* (2016), series, as Odin Quincannon
- *London Has Fallen* (2016), as Deputy Chief Mason — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/london-has-fallen.md)
- *Criminal Activities* (2015), as Gerry · Director
- *RoboCop* (2014), as Rick Mattox
- *Parkland* (2013), as Father Oscar Huber
- *Lincoln* (2012), as Alexander Stephens — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/lincoln.md)
- *Dark Shadows* (2012), as Willie Loomis — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/dark-shadows.md)
- *A Nightmare on Elm Street* (2010), as Freddy Krueger
- *Shutter Island* (2010), as George Noyce — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md)
- *Human Target* (2010), series, as Guerrero
- *Louis* (2010), as Judge Perry
- *The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics* (2009), Actor
- *Real Super Heroes: Real Vigilantes* (2009), Actor
- *Winged Creatures* (2009), as Bob Jaspersen
- *Watchmen* (2009), as Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
- *Semi-Pro* (2008), as Dukes
- *Little Children* (2006), as Ronnie J. McGorvey — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/little-children.md)
- *All the King's Men* (2006), as Roderick "Sugar Boy" Ellis
- *An Unknown Encounter* (1997), Writer, Second Unit Director
- *Dollman vs. Demonic Toys* (1993), as Braxton Reed
- *Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story* (1993), as Eddie Marston
- *Nemesis* (1992), as Einstein
- *Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence* (1992), as Frank Jessup
- *Renegade* (1992), series, as Stick
- *Dollman* (1991), as Braxton Reed
- *Get a Life* (1990), series, as Cousin Donald
- *Gravedale High* (1990), series, as Gill Waterman (voice)
- *Playroom* (1990), Story
- *Oh No, Not Them* (1989), as Rip
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, as Turk
- *The Zoo Gang* (1985), as Little Joe
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Billy Willetts
- *Whiz Kids* (1983), series, Actor
- *Losin' It* (1983), as Dave
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Seventeen-and-Desperate
- *Breaking Away* (1980), series, as Moocher
- *The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes* (1980), as Kraik
- *Breaking Away* (1979), as Moocher — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/breaking-away.md)
- *The Bad News Bears Go to Japan* (1978), as Kelly Leak
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Paul Turner's Son
- *Damnation Alley* (1977), as Billy
- *The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training* (1977), as Kelly Leak
- *The Bad News Bears* (1976), as Kelly Leak
- *The Day of the Locust* (1975), as Adore Loomis
- *Planet of the Apes* (1974), series, Actor
- *Valley of the Dinosaurs* (1974), series, as Greg Butler
- *The Outside Man* (1972), as Eric
- *The Waltons* (1972), series, Actor
- *Wait Till Your Father Gets Home* (1972), series, as Jamie Boyle (voice)
- *The Partridge Family* (1970), series, as Rusty
- *Marcus Welby, M.D.* (1969), series, as Tony
- *The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow*, as The Adversary
- *The Block*, Actor
- *They Follow*, Actor
- *Widow*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Jackie Earle Haley](https://film.one/media/person/103147/gallery-86285feff187.jpg) Jackie Earle Haley — BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Jackie_Earle_Haley_at_WonderCon_2010_4.JPG/1280px-Jackie_Earle_Haley_at_WonderCon_2010_4.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![WonderCon 2011 - Human Target panel with Jackie Earle Haley, Janet Montgomery, Mark Valley and Matthew Miller.](https://film.one/media/person/103147/gallery-512332d5213b.jpg) WonderCon 2011 - Human Target panel with Jackie Earle Haley, Janet Montgomery, Mark Valley and Matthew Miller. — pop culture geek from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Human_Target_-_Main_Cast_Season_2.jpg/1280px-Human_Target_-_Main_Cast_Season_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor Jackie Earle Haley participating in the panel for A Nightmare on Elm Street at WonderCon 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/103147/gallery-4f8eec0452d1.jpg) Actor Jackie Earle Haley participating in the panel for A Nightmare on Elm Street at WonderCon 2010. — BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Jackie_Earle_Haley_at_WonderCon_2010_1.JPG/1280px-Jackie_Earle_Haley_at_WonderCon_2010_1.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jackie Earle Haley (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/103147/gallery-6ed3f2fa64bb.jpg) Jackie Earle Haley (2010) — BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Jackie_Earle_Haley_at_WonderCon_2010_1_vertical.jpg/1280px-Jackie_Earle_Haley_at_WonderCon_2010_1_vertical.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jackie Earle Haley](https://film.one/media/person/103147/gallery-86c9abbaaf0e.jpg) Jackie Earle Haley — Image via TMDB
- ![Jackie Earle Haley](https://film.one/media/person/103147/gallery-580df31fa9a2.jpg) Jackie Earle Haley — Image via TMDB
- ![Actor Jackie Earle Haley participating in the panel for A Nightmare on Elm Street at WonderCon 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/103147/gallery-47a7a1f66041.jpg) Actor Jackie Earle Haley participating in the panel for A Nightmare on Elm Street at WonderCon 2010. — BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Jackie_Earle_Haley_at_WonderCon_2010_2.JPG/1280px-Jackie_Earle_Haley_at_WonderCon_2010_2.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor Jackie Earle Haley participating in the panel for A Nightmare on Elm Street at WonderCon 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/103147/gallery-35c62e256497.jpg) Actor Jackie Earle Haley participating in the panel for A Nightmare on Elm Street at WonderCon 2010. — BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Jackie_Earle_Haley_at_WonderCon_2010_3.JPG/1280px-Jackie_Earle_Haley_at_WonderCon_2010_3.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2007: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Little Children*

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

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