Biography
Louis Gabriel Basso III (born December 11, 1994) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and from 2010 to 2013, he had a regular role on the Showtime series The Big C. In film, he starred in the 2011 science fiction film Super 8 and the 2013 comedy-drama The Kings of Summer. In 2020, he portrayed J. D. Vance in the drama Hillbilly Elegy and in 2023, he played the title role in the action thriller series The Night Agent, both for Netflix.
Known For
Complete Filmography

A House of Dynamite
2025
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

The Strangers: Chapter 2
2025
On the final day of their cross country road trip, a couple's vehicle breaks down, forcing them to take refuge in a remote Airbnb. As night falls, thr...

Juror #2
2024
as James Michael Sythe
While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use...

Trigger Warning
2024
as Mike
A Special Forces commando uncovers a dangerous conspiracy when she returns to her hometown looking for answers into her beloved father's death.

The Strangers: Chapter 1
2024
as Gregory
After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorize...

Hillbilly Elegy
2020
as J.D. Vance
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

American Wrestler: The Wizard
2017
as Jimmy Petersen
In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins th...

The Whole Truth
2016
as Mike Lassiter
A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.

Ithaca
2015
as Tobey George
In a small town in California's San Joaquin Valley, 14-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger an...

The Hive
2015
as Adam
An amnesiac must reach back into his mind for memories that will help him save the love of his life before a virus completely takes over.

Barely Lethal
2015
as Gooch
A 16-year-old international assassin yearning for a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls as a senior in a suburban high school. She qu...

Anatomy of the Tide
2013
as Kyle Waterman
Three island boys, in their final summer of adolescence, look beyond an ocean that has incarcerated them since birth to plot their hopes and dreams. D...

The Kings of Summer
2013
as Patrick Keenan
Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his f...

Super 8
2011
as Martin Read
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train dera...

Scared Shrekless
2010
as Teenager (voice)
Shrek challenges Donkey, Puss in Boots and his other fairy tale character friends to spend the night in Lord Farquaad's haunted castle, telling scary ...

Alabama Moon
2009
as Hal Mitchell
After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven year old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the mod...

Alice Upside Down
2007
as Classmate / Theater Club Member (uncredited)
Still mourning the death of her mother a few years back, Alice McKinley finds her life seriously disrupted when her father Ben buys a store and moves ...

Meet Bill
2007
as Kid with Cancer (uncredited)
A mild-mannered bank executive mentors a teenage con artist and tries to make a career change as a doughnut merchant.
Cowboy
N/A
Follows a traveling rodeo and the group of entertainers within it as they deal with the harsh realities of their chosen careers.