Gabriel LaBelle
Birthdate – September 20, 2002 (22 Years Old)
Birthplace – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Gabriel LaBelle is an actor cast by Steven Spielberg (and beating out over 2000 other young actors) to play a fictionalized version of his young self, named Sammy Fabelman, in his mainly autobiographical drama, The Fabelmans (2022), starring Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch, and winner of the Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award.
LaBelle had his on-screen debut in an episode of the Canadian series, Motive (2013), with his father Rob serving as producer. LaBelle’s first feature roles were in the Warner Bros. kids’ movie, Max 2: White House Hero (2017), and writer-director Peter Ricq’s Canadian indie horror-comedy, Dead Shack (2017), premiering at the Vancouver and Fantasia Film Festivals. LaBelle won the TIFF Rising Star Award at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival for The Fabelmans.
LaBelle starred in writer-director Adam Rehmeier’s comedy-romance, The Snack Shack (date to be announced), with David Costabile and Mika Abdalla. LaBelle then portrayed Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels in the lead role in director/co-writer/producer Jason Reitman’s ensemble comedy-drama for Columbia Pictures-Reitman/Kenan Productions, Saturday Night (2024), co-starring Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Emily Fairn, Lamorne Morris, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys and J.K. Simmons, premiering at the Telluride Film Festival and released by Sony Pictures Releasing.
Personal Details
Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, by father and producer-director Rob LaBelle. After schooling in Vancouver, LaBelle attended Concordia University in Montreal, where he studied theater while building his professional acting career. In 2022, LaBelle moved to Los Angeles to further develop his career after completing his role in The Fabelmans.
Filmography
The Fabelmans
Sammy Fabelman (2022)
The Predator
EJ (2018)
Snack Shack
Moose (2024)
Saturday Night
Lorne Michaels (2024)
Some Facts About Gabriel LaBelle
Audition Surprise: When he auditioned for Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, Gabriel LaBelle said that he had no idea what the role was for except “Untitled Amblin Film,” nor how big the role was.
Awards
Nominee, Best Emerging Performer, UBCP/ACTRA Awards (2018); Winner, Breakthrough Male Performance, National Board of Review Awards (2022); Winner, Chairman’s Vanguard Award, Palm Springs Film Festival Awards (2023); Nominee, Best Motion Picture Cast, Screen Actors Guild Awards (2023); Winner, TIFF Rising Star, Toronto Film Festival (2022).
