--- name: "Ty Simpkins" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ty-simpkins" fi1m_id: "ty-simpkins" imdb_id: "nm1339223" tmdb_id: 17181 wikidata_id: "Q545357" roles: ["Actor"] born: "6 August 2001" reviewed_on_fi1m: 8 average_fi1m_score: 66 average_as: "actor" average_over: 8 updated: "2026-10-03T08:08:39.362876+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." --- # Ty Simpkins ## Identity Ty Simpkins - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ty-simpkins - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** ty-simpkins - **IMDb ID:** nm1339223 - **TMDB ID:** 17181 - **Wikidata ID:** Q545357 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Simpkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1339223/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17181 Actor. Born 6 August 2001 in New York City, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 6 August 2001, New York City, New York, USA - **Active:** 2005–present - **Also known as:** Ty Keegan Simpkins - **Frequently works with:** [Patrick Wilson](https://film.one/person/patrick-wilson.md), [James Wan](https://film.one/person/james-wan.md), [Jason Blum](https://film.one/person/jason-blum.md), [Leigh Whannell](https://film.one/person/leigh-whannell.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 8 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 73 (3), 2010s 67 (3), 2020s 54 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 62 across 8 titles - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 5 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Thriller 4, Adventure 3, Drama 3, Science Fiction 3, Horror 2, Romance 2 - **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $3,929m across 8 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Simpkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1339223/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17181 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Jurassic World*](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world.md) (60), [*Insidious: The Red Door*](https://film.one/film/insidious-the-red-door.md) (54) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Little Children*](https://film.one/film/little-children.md) (77) - **AMC+:** [*Insidious*](https://film.one/film/insidious.md) (70) - **The Roku Channel:** [*The Whale*](https://film.one/film/the-whale.md) (54) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Ty Simpkins > A child actor who grew up inside one horror franchise and came back to it as an adult lead. Ty Simpkins's gift is stillness, holding a frame without doing much, and so far the films around him have asked for little else. In *Insidious: The Red Door* (2023), Dalton Lambert sits in a car beside his father and says almost nothing. Patrick Wilson, directing for the first time, lets Simpkins hold long stretches of screen without a line, and the awkwardness of a father and son who have run out of things to say is the best thing in the film. It is also the thing Simpkins does. He does not fidget or plead or play to the camera; he waits, and the waiting reads as a young man who has had something taken out of his head and cannot say what. He began as an infant on daytime soaps and was in *War of the Worlds* (2005) and *Little Children* (2006) before he could have read the scripts. The part that fixed him in people's minds was Dalton in *Insidious* (2011) and *Insidious: Chapter 2* (2013). Then came the franchises: Harley Keener opposite Robert Downey Jr in *Iron Man 3* (2013), a part he returned to in *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), and Gray, the younger nephew, in *Jurassic World* (2015). *The Whale* (2022) gave him an adult dramatic part, and *The Red Door* his first lead. The blockbusters are not much use as evidence. In *Jurassic World* Gray and his brother carry a subplot about their parents that the film raises twice and drops, and Simpkins is asked mainly to look frightened in the right direction. The *Iron Man 3* scenes are where people tend to notice his comic timing against Downey, and they are the one place in the big films where he is allowed to be quick rather than scared. For most of his working life he has been the boy the plot happens to. Which is why *The Red Door* matters more than its score suggests. We were surprised at how much the father and son scenes got to us, in a car and in a dormitory corridor, given how tired the rest of the film is. The reason is simple: Wilson and Simpkins have played these two men across four films, and the fatigue between them looks lived rather than acted. Wilson plays Josh as a man losing the thread of his own sentences; Simpkins plays Dalton as someone who stopped listening years ago and is only now wondering why. Around them the film is red light and a violin. The nearest thing to a criticism of his early years is that he was only ever scared or creepy, and it is fair. The stillness that serves him in *The Red Door* could become a limit if it is all anyone wants. Wilson, four films in, plainly trusts him. Someone else should now cast him in a film where nothing at all is trying to get into his head, and see what he does with the quiet. ## Biography Ty Simpkins is an American actor. Born in New York City on 6 August 2001, he began appearing on television as an infant and made his feature film debut in *War of the Worlds* (2005). He is known for playing Dalton Lambert in the *Insidious* films, including *Insidious* (2011), *Insidious: Chapter 2* (2013) and *Insidious: The Red Door* (2023). Other credits include Harley Keener in *Iron Man 3* (2013) and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), Gray in *Jurassic World* (2015), and Thomas in *The Whale* (2022). He has a sister, actress Ryan Simpkins, and attended San Diego State University. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (8) - *Insidious: The Red Door* (2023), Fi1m 54, as Dalton Lambert — [page](https://film.one/film/insidious-the-red-door.md) - *The Whale* (2022), Fi1m 54, as Thomas — [page](https://film.one/film/the-whale.md) - *Jurassic World* (2015), Fi1m 60, as Gray — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world.md) - *Iron Man 3* (2013), Fi1m 72, as Harley Keener — [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-3.md) - *Insidious* (2011), Fi1m 70, as Dalton Lambert — [page](https://film.one/film/insidious.md) - *Revolutionary Road* (2008), Fi1m 71, as Vince Lathrop — [page](https://film.one/film/revolutionary-road.md) - *Little Children* (2006), Fi1m 77, as Aaron Adamson — [page](https://film.one/film/little-children.md) - *War of the Worlds* (2005), Fi1m 70, as 3 Year Old Boy — [page](https://film.one/film/war-of-the-worlds.md) ## Complete filmography (33) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Isolate Thief* (2026), as Calvin Ed - *The Re-Education of Molly Singer* (2023), as Elliot - *Insidious: The Red Door* (2023), as Dalton Lambert — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/insidious-the-red-door.md) - *The Whale* (2022), as Thomas — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-whale.md) - *Where’s Rose* (2022), as Eric Daniels · Producer - *Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.* (2021), series, as Anthony - *Summer Lightning* (2019), as Philip Olson - *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), as Harley Keener — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md) - *Insidious: The Last Key* (2018), as Dalton Lambert (archival footage) - *The Nice Guys* (2016), as Bobby - *Meadowland* (2015), as Adam - *Barbados* (2015), as Gary - *Jurassic World* (2015), as Gray — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world.md) - *Hangman* (2015), as Max - *Insidious: Chapter 2* (2013), as Dalton Lambert - *Iron Man 3* (2013), as Harley Keener — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-3.md) - *Extracted* (2012), as Young Anthony - *Arcadia* (2012), as Nat - *Insidious* (2011), as Dalton Lambert — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/insidious.md) - *The Next Three Days* (2010), as Luke Brennan - *Abracadabra* (2009), as Tucker - *Family of Four* (2009), as Ty Keegan Simpkins - *Revolutionary Road* (2008), as Vince Lathrop — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/revolutionary-road.md) - *Gardens of the Night* (2008), as Dylan Whitehead - *Pride and Glory* (2008), as Matthew Egan - *Private Practice* (2007), series, as Braden - *Little Children* (2006), as Aaron Adamson — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/little-children.md) - *War of the Worlds* (2005), as 3 Year Old Boy — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/war-of-the-worlds.md) - *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Jake Nikos - *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Tyler Waldrip - *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Little Drummer Boy (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md) - *Birds of Prey*, Actor - *Busted*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Ty Simpkins](https://film.one/media/person/16421/gallery-5c92235c5f21.jpg) Ty Simpkins — Image via TMDB - ![Ty Simpkins](https://film.one/media/person/16421/gallery-eea0ad68c50f.jpg) Ty Simpkins — Image via TMDB - ![Ty Simpkins](https://film.one/media/person/16421/gallery-7f4d85306706.jpg) Ty Simpkins — Image via TMDB - ![Ty Simpkins](https://film.one/media/person/16421/gallery-9723a89ee7ff.jpg) Ty Simpkins — Image via TMDB - ![Ty Simpkins](https://film.one/media/person/16421/gallery-cd05253b3639.jpg) Ty Simpkins — Image via TMDB - ![Ty Simpkins](https://film.one/media/person/16421/gallery-e7b786d9e4ed.jpg) Ty Simpkins — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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