Jackie Earle Haley
Biography
Jackie Earle Haley, born July 14, 1961 in Northridge, California, is an American male actor with a career spanning more than four decades. He began as a child performer and later earned an Academy Award nomination as an adult. Haley’s filmography includes 79 credited roles. Notable early parts are Moocher in “Breaking Away” and Kelly Leak in “The Bad News Bears.” As an adult he portrayed Ronnie McGorvey in “Little Children,” Rorschach in the superhero film “Watchmen,” and Freddy Krueger in the 2010 remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” released April 30, 2010. His most recent television work listed is the role of Guerrero in Fox’s drama series “Human Target.”
Career overview
Jackie Earle Haley was born on July 14, 1961 in Northridge, California, USA. He began his career as a child actor, gaining early recognition for his performance as Moocher in the film Breaking Away and as Kelly Leak in The Bad News Bears. Those roles established him in the industry while he was still a teenager, and his work during that period contributed to a substantial body of credits that would later total seventy‑nine entries on the database.
As an adult, Haley continued to build a varied résumé that includes a nomination for an Academy Award. He portrayed the pedophile Ronnie McGorvey in Little Children and took on the iconic vigilante Rorschach in the adaptation of Watchmen. In 2010 he appeared as horror legend Freddy Krueger in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, which was released on April 30, 2010. More recently, he played the character Guerrero in the Fox drama Human Target. Throughout his career Haley has been credited primarily as an actor, with a total of seventy‑nine known credits listed, and he remains recognized for his transition from child performer to an adult nominee for the Academy’s highest honor.
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- Family Movie (2026)
- Your Host (2025) as The Host
- Tuesday's Flu (2025)
- The Long Game (2025) as Richard Metzger
- The Long Game (2025) Executive Producer
- The Union (2024) as Foreman
- Dead Money (2024) as Wendel AKA Shotgun
- The Retirement Plan (2023) as Donny
- Hypnotic (2023) as Jeremiah
- Devil's Peak (2023) as Rogers
- The First Lady (2022) as Louis Howe
- My Father's Dragon (2022) as Tamir the Tarsier (voice)
- Oak Thorn & the Old Rose of Love (2022) as Magician
- No Future (2021) as Philip
- Death of a Telemarketer (2021) as Asa Ellenbogen
- Life Imitates Art: Jackie Earle Haley on 'The Bad News Bears' (2021) as Self
- Alita: Battle Angel (2019) as Grewishka
- Bunker of Blood Chapter 3: Death Heads: Brain Drain (2018)
- Genius (2017) as J. Edgar Hoover
- The Dark Tower (2017) as Richard Sayre
- Preacher (2016) as Odin Quincannon
- The Tick (2016) as The Terror
- London Has Fallen (2016) as Deputy Chief Mason
- The Birth of a Nation (2016) as Raymond Cobb
- Criminal Activities (2015) as Gerry
- Criminal Activities (2015) Director
- RoboCop (2014) as Rick Mattox
- Parkland (2013) as Father Oscar Huber
- Dark Shadows (2012) as Willie Loomis
- Lincoln (2012) as Alexander Stephens
- Dark Shadows: The Collinses - Every Family Has Its Demons (2012) as Self
- Shutter Island (2010) as George Noyce
- Human Target (2010) as Guerrero
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) as Freddy Krueger
- Louis (2010) as Judge Perry
- Watchmen (2009) as Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
- Winged Creatures (2009) as Bob Jaspersen
- Real Super Heroes: Real Vigilantes (2009)
- The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics (2009)
- Semi-Pro (2008) as Dukes
- Little Children (2006) as Ronnie J. McGorvey
- All the King's Men (2006) as Roderick "Sugar Boy" Ellis
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- The View (1997) as Self
- An Unknown Encounter (1997) Writer
- An Unknown Encounter (1997) Second Unit Director
- Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993) as Braxton Reed
- Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story (1993) as Eddie Marston
- Renegade (1992) as Stick
- Nemesis (1992) as Einstein
- Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992) as Frank Jessup
- Dollman (1991) as Braxton Reed
- Get a Life (1990) as Cousin Donald
- Gravedale High (1990) as Gill Waterman (voice)
- Playroom (1990) Story
- Oh No, Not Them (1989) as Rip
- MacGyver (1985) as Turk
- The Zoo Gang (1985) as Little Joe
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Billy Willetts
- Whiz Kids (1983)
- Losin' It (1983) as Dave
- American Playhouse (1982) as Seventeen-and-Desperate
- Breaking Away (1980) as Moocher
- The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980) as Kraik
- Breaking Away (1979) as Moocher
- The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) as Kelly Leak
- The Love Boat (1977) as Paul Turner's Son
- Damnation Alley (1977) as Billy
- The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) as Kelly Leak
- The Bad News Bears (1976) as Kelly Leak
- The Day of the Locust (1975) as Adore Loomis
- Planet of the Apes (1974)
- Valley of the Dinosaurs (1974) as Greg Butler
- The Waltons (1972)
- Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972) as Jamie Boyle (voice)
- The Outside Man (1972) as Eric
- The Partridge Family (1970) as Rusty
- Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) as Tony
- Widow
- They Follow
- The Block
- The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow as The Adversary