JACOB
BATALON

Jacob Batalon was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on 9 October 1996, to Filipino parents. His route into acting included studying at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) then introduced him to a wide audience as Ned Leeds. That transition, from training to a large franchise, is an important beginning; it is also only the first chapter of work that would later place him at the centre of a television series.

Ned gives the Spider-Man films a point of contact with ordinary friendship. FLM.RED’s reading of Batalon’s performance follows the response to someone else’s secret: curiosity, excitement and the effort to be useful can coexist in one exchange. The comic beat works through the relationship. Watching who is listening, and how much each person already knows, can be as revealing as following the superhero action itself.

Reginald the Vampire, which premiered in 2022, gave him the title role and a co-executive-producer credit. Its protagonist’s transformation does not remove the difficulty of finding a place among other people. FLM.RED’s comparison with Ned focuses on where the story places its attention: a supporting friend responds to another person’s adventure, while a lead has to carry the uncertainty of what happens next. Similar comic warmth can serve a different dramatic task.

His other film work includes Every Day, Let It Snow and Tarot. Those credits offer a path beyond the franchise without requiring every character to resemble Ned. For a viewer starting from the collection below, the useful next step is to compare the demands of the scene: a romantic encounter, a frightened group or an awkward introduction each asks for a different response. The list reflects films currently linked to him in FLM.RED, not a complete filmography.