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name: "Mateo Zoryan Francis-DeFord"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mateo-zoryan-francis-deford"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T08:45:18.100011+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."
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# Mateo Zoryan Francis-DeFord

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12873476/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3731015

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Fabelmans*](https://film.one/film/the-fabelmans.md) (76)

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## Biography

Mateo Zoryan Francis-DeFord is an American actor. He made his screen debut in the short film *The Best Things in Life* (2020), in which he played Noah.

He appeared as Younger Sammy Fabelman in Steven Spielberg’s *The Fabelmans* (2022). The role marked his feature-film debut.

*Sources: imdb.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Fabelmans* (2022), Fi1m 76, as Younger Sammy Fabelman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fabelmans.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *The Fabelmans* (2022), as Younger Sammy Fabelman — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fabelmans.md)

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