Jared Abrahamson

Jared Abrahamson is a Canadian actor.^[1] He is known for his performance in the 2016 film Hello Destroyer, for which he was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor and won the award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2016.

Early life and education

Jared Abrahamson is originally from Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada, a mining town of 5,500. Abrahamson spent two years working underground there as a miner before studying acting at the Vancouver Film School.^[1]

Career

Abrahamson is known for his performance in the 2016 film Hello Destroyer, for which he was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor^[2] and won the award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2016.^[3]

He portrayed Trevor Holden in the Showcase and Netflix series Travelers.^[4]

He was named one of the Toronto International Film Festival's Rising Stars of 2016, alongside Grace Glowicki, Mylène Mackay and Sophie Nélisse.^[5]

Abrahamson has also appeared in the television series Awkward and Fear the Walking Dead, Letterkenny, and the films The Submarine Kid and Never Steady, Never Still.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days	Tim Warren
2015	The Submarine Kid	Cooper Koll
2016	Blowtorch	Dave Willis
	Detour	Paul
	Hello Destroyer	Tyson Burr
	Texas Heart	Roy
2017	Be Afraid	Ben Chambers
	Break Night	Jimmy
	Gregoire	Felix
	Gun	Tommy
	Hollow in the Land	Brandon Miller
	Keep Watching	Josh Canfield
	Never Steady, Never Still	Daryl
	Sweet Virginia	Paul Anderson
2018	American Animals	Eric Borsuk
2020	The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw	Colm Dwyer
2021	Like a House on Fire	Danny
	On the Count of Three	Wyatt
2022	God's Time	Russel
2023	Bad Things	Brian
2024	Asleep in My Palm	José
	Venom: The Last Dance	Captain Forrest

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Finding a Family	Alex Chivescu	Television film
	Possessing Piper Rose	Dylan Maxwell	Television film
2012	The Manzanis	Mikey	Television film
	Seattle Superstorm	Wyatt Foster	Television film
2014–2015	Awkward	Pete	5 episodes
2015	Fear the Walking Dead	CPL Cole	2 episodes
2016–2018	Travelers	Trevor Holden	Main role
2019	Letterkenny	Jake	Guest
2020	Ramy	Dennis	2 episodes
2023	The Changeling	Brian West	Main role
2024	The Penguin	Squid	Recurring

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Leo Awards	Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama	Destroyer	Nominated	[6]
2016	Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Actor in a Canadian Film	Hello Destroyer	Won	[7]
2017	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Hello Destroyer	Nominated	[8]
	Leo Awards	Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Motion Picture	Hello Destroyer	Won	[9]
	Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Actor in a Canadian Film	Gregoire	Nominated	[10]
2018	Leo Awards	Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Motion Picture	Gregoire	Nominated	[11]
2019	Leo Awards	Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Motion Picture	American Animals	Nominated	[12]