Haley Joel Osment made his screen debut in the 1994 Robert Zemeckis-directed American comedy-drama film ‘Forrest Gump’ where he portrayed ‘Forrest Gump Jr.’ The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and was a major box office success, grossing over $678.2 million on a budget of $55 million. Osment also became a recipient of the ‘Young Artist Award’ for his performance in the film. The same year, he was also seen in the American Christmas dark comedy film ‘Mixed Nuts’ directed by Nora Ephron. The film was panned by critics and was a commercial failure. He went on to star in films like ‘For Better or Worse’ (1995), ‘Bogus’ (1996), ‘Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas’ (1997), and ‘The Ransom of Red Chief’ (1998). In 1999, he played the role of ‘Cole Sear’ in the M. Night Shyamalan-directed American supernatural psychological thriller film ‘The Sixth Sense.’ The film received a positive response from critics and was a massive commercial success, grossing over $672.8 million on a $40 million budget. Osment also received several awards, including the ‘Satellite Award’ and ‘Saturn Award’ for his portrayal of Cole Sear in the film.Â
He next starred in films like ‘Pay It Forward’ (2000), ‘A.I. Artificial Intelligence’ (2001), ‘Edges of the Lord’ (2001), ‘The Country Bears’ (2002), ‘Secondhand Lions’ (2003), ‘The Jungle Book 2’ (2003), ‘Home of the Giants’ (2007), ‘Montana Amazon’ (2010), ‘Sassy Pants’ (2012), ‘I'll Follow You Down’ (2013), ‘Tusk’ (2014), and ‘Sex Ed’ (2014). He played the role of ‘Travis McCredle’ in the 2015 American comedy film ‘Entourage’ directed by Doug Ellin. The film saw mostly negative reviews upon release and grossed over $49.3 million on a $39 million budget. Osment continued to appear in films like ‘Yoga Hosers’ (2016), ‘Almost Friends’ (2016), ‘Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town’ (2017), ‘Clara's Ghost’ (2018), ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’ (2019), ‘Bad Therapy’ (2020), and ‘Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics’ (2020). He last appeared in the American computer-animated streaming television series ‘DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms’ in 2022.