David Mazouz

David Albert Mazouz^[1] (/dəˈviːd məˈzuːz/;^[2] born (2001-02-19)February 19, 2001^[3][4]) is an American actor, best known for his leading role as Bruce Wayne in Fox's Batman-prequel TV drama Gotham (2014–2019). Mazouz started his acting career with several guest roles before joining the Fox TV series Touch (2012–2013), for which he was nominated for a Young Artist Award. He has had leading roles in the films The Games Maker and The Darkness.

David Mazouz
Mazouz at WonderCon 2017
Born	David Albert Mazouz (2001-02-19) February 19, 2001 (age 24) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Stanford University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010–present

Early life

Mazouz was born in Los Angeles to a Sephardic Jewish family.^[5][6][7] His father, Michel Mazouz, is a physician from Tunisia and his mother, Rachel Cohen, is a psychotherapist whose parents are Greek Jews.^[5] He has a sister, Rebecca.^[5] He was a student at Shalhevet High School, a Modern Orthodox Jewish school, from 2015 to 2019^[8] and appeared in a music video promoting the school.^[9][10] His Bar Mitzvah service was held at the Orthodox Young Israel of Century City in February 2014.^[5] In fall 2019, he began attending Stanford University^[11] studying economics, psychology, and computer science and graduated in 2023.^[12]

Career

Mazouz in 2015

Mazouz started his career in commercials at age 8.^[2] In 2012, he played the role of mute Jacob "Jake" Bohm in the TV series Touch.^[13] Mazouz has appeared in several television series including: Mike & Molly, Gotham, The Office, and Criminal Minds. He has also appeared in the ABC show Private Practice as the adopted brother of Betsy.

From 2014 to 2019, Mazouz portrayed a younger version of Bruce Wayne, and eventually the superhero Batman, in Fox's action-crime TV series Gotham. The show explored the young-to-teenage days and the transition to Batman of the famous DC Comics character, as well as the origins of its villains including Penguin, The Riddler, Poison Ivy, and The Joker. He received praise for his performance. ^[14]

In 2016, he had leading roles in the horror films The Darkness, as Michael Taylor,^[15] and Incarnate, as Cameron.^[16]

Filmography

Mazouz in 2016

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Coming & Going	Timmy
2013	Sanitarium	Steve Mansworth
	Dear Dumb Diary	Hudson Rivers	Television movie
2014	The Games Maker	Ivan Drago
2016	The Darkness	Michael Taylor
	Incarnate	Cameron Sparrow
2021	The Birthday Cake	Young Gio
2023	Nothing, Except Everything.	Miles	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Amish Grace	Andy Roberts	Television film
	Mike & Molly	Randy	Episode: "After the Lovin'"
2011	Private Practice	Marshall Rakoff	Episode: "God Bless the Child"
	Criminal Minds	Ryan Hall	Episode: "The Bittersweet Science"
	The Office	Bert California	Episode: "Spooked"
2012–2013	Touch	Jake Bohm	Main role
2013	Major Crimes	Steve	Episode: "All In"
	Dear Dumb Diary	Hudson Rivers	Television film
2014	Drop Dead Diva	Ryan Hatcher	Episode: "Life & Death"
2014–2019	Gotham	Bruce Wayne / The Dark Knight	Lead role
2017	Family Guy	Peter Griffin's Co-Worker	Voice, episode: "Don't Be a Dickens on Christmas"
2020	Day by Day	Caleb / narrator	Episode: "Destiny Cinema 2"

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	34th Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series – Leading Young Actor	Touch	Nominated	[17]
2018	44th Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series	Gotham	Nominated	[18]
	2018 Teen Choice Awards	Teen Choice Award for Choice Action TV Actor		Nominated	[19]
2019	45th Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series		Nominated	[20]