Skylar Gaertner

Skylar Gaertner (born May 13, 2004) is an American actor, best known for playing Jonah Byrde in the Netflix TV series Ozark from 2017 to 2022,^[1][2] and young Matt Murdock in the 2015 TV series Daredevil.^[3] In 2011, aged seven, Gaertner was handpicked by Steven Spielberg to play Bode Locke in the TV pilot horror-thriller Locke & Key.^[4]

Skylar Gaertner
Gaertner in 2022
Born	(2004-05-13) May 13, 2004 (age 21) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor

Work

Gaertner started acting in TV commercials aged three. He landed the role of Jonah Byrde in Ozark aged 12.^[5]

TV

Year	Title	Role
2008–2009	Lipstick Jungle	Sam
2009–2015	Nurse Jackie	Jake
2011	Locke & Key (TV Pilot)	Bode Locke[6][7]
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Emmett Drake
2012	Person of Interest	Danny Cahill
2013–2018	The Americans	Doug Tanner
2015–2018	Daredevil	Young Matt Murdock[8][9]
2017–2022	Ozark	Jonah Byrde[10][11]
2023	Accused	Wyatt

Film

Year	Title	Role
2014	Alex of Venice	Dakota[12]
	They Came Together	Tucker
	Every Secret Thing	Jimmy (uncredited)
2015	Sleeping with Other People	Oliver
	I Smile Back	Eli[13][14]
2016	The Ticket	Jonah[15][16]

Nominations

For his role in Ozark, Gaertner was part of the ensemble nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2019,^[17] 2021,^[18] and 2023.^[19]

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