Jared Abrahamson (born November 19, 1987[1]) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his performance in the 2016 film Hello Destroyer, for which he was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor and won the award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2016.
Jared Abrahamson is originally from Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada, a mining town of 5,500. Abrahamson spent two years working underground there as a miner before studying acting at the Vancouver Film School.[2]
Abrahamson is known for his performance in the 2016 film Hello Destroyer, for which he was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor[3] and won the award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2016.[4]
He portrayed Trevor Holden in the Showcase and Netflix series Travelers.[5]
He was named one of the Toronto International Film Festival's Rising Stars of 2016, alongside Grace Glowicki, Mylène Mackay and Sophie Nélisse.[6]
Abrahamson has also appeared in the television series Awkward and Fear the Walking Dead, Letterkenny, and the films The Submarine Kid and Never Steady, Never Still.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | Tim Warren | ||
| 2015 | data-sort-value="Submarine Kid, The" | The Submarine Kid | Cooper Koll | |
| 2016 | Blowtorch | Dave Willis | ||
| Detour | Paul | |||
| Hello Destroyer | Tyson Burr | |||
| Texas Heart | Roy | |||
| 2017 | Be Afraid | Ben Chambers | ||
| Break Night | Jimmy | |||
| Gregoire | Felix | |||
| Gun | Tommy | |||
| Hollow in the Land | Brandon Miller | |||
| Keep Watching | Josh Canfield | |||
| Never Steady, Never Still | Daryl | |||
| Sweet Virginia | Paul Anderson | |||
| 2018 | American Animals | Eric Borsuk | ||
| 2020 | data-sort-value="Curse of Audrey Earnshaw, The" | The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw | Colm Dwyer | |
| 2021 | Like a House on Fire | Danny | ||
| On the Count of Three | Wyatt | |||
| 2022 | God's Time | Russel | ||
| 2023 | Bad Things | Brian | ||
| 2024 | Asleep in My Palm | José | ||
| Captain Forrest | ||||
| Relay | Ryan |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Finding a Family | Alex Chivescu | Television film | ||
| Possessing Piper Rose | Dylan Maxwell | Television film | |||
| 2012 | data-sort-value="Manzanis, The" | The Manzanis | Mikey | Television film | |
| Seattle Superstorm | Wyatt Foster | Television film | |||
| 2014–2015 | Awkward | Pete | 5 episodes | ||
| 2015 | Fear the Walking Dead | CPL Cole | 2 episodes | ||
| 2016–2018 | Travelers | Trevor Holden | Main role | ||
| 2019 | Letterkenny | Jake | Guest | ||
| 2020 | Ramy | Dennis | 2 episodes | ||
| 2023 | data-sort-value="Changeling, The" | The Changeling | Brian West | Main role | |
| 2024 | data-sort-value="Penguin, The" | The Penguin | Squid | Recurring |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Leo Awards | Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama | Destroyer | [7] | |
| 2016 | Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor in a Canadian Film | Hello Destroyer | [8] | |
| 2017 | Canadian Screen Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Hello Destroyer | [9] | |
| Leo Awards | Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Motion Picture | Hello Destroyer | [10] | ||
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actor in a Canadian Film | Gregoire | [11] | ||
| 2018 | Leo Awards | Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Motion Picture | Gregoire | [12] | |
| 2019 | Leo Awards | Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Motion Picture | American Animals | [13] | |
