Jack Griffo

Acting

Griffo first made appearances as an extra in 2011, on the television series Kickin' It^[4] and Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures.^[5] He followed this up with several guest appearances on television series such as See Dad Run^[6] and Jessie.^[6]

From 2013 to 2018, Griffo starred in the Nickelodeon series The Thundermans, where he played Max Thunderman, the twin brother who strived to become a supervillain (his twin sister Phoebe is played by Kira Kosarin).^[6][7] In the same year, Griffo starred alongside Ciara Bravo in the Nickelodeon original film Jinxed.^[8]

Griffo starred alongside Isabela Moner, Tony Cavalero, and Jace Norman in the Nickelodeon original movie Splitting Adam, which aired in February 2015.^[9] He played the role of Billy, the boyfriend of Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering)'s daughter Claudia Shepard (Ryan Newman), in the Syfy original movie Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, which premiered on July 22, 2015.^[10] In 2016, Griffo guest-starred in the season 7 finale of NCIS: Los Angeles as a military cadet named McKenna.^[11]

In 2017, Griffo played the role of Sebastian in the inspirational family drama film Apple of My Eye (originally titled And Then There Was Light).^[12] That same year, he was cast as Noah in the indie drama film Those Left Behind.^[13] In August 2017 Griffo was added to the cast of the Netflix original series Alexa & Katie, playing the recurring role of Dylan.^[14] He guest starred in School of Rock, Knight Squad, and SEAL Team.^[15] In 2020, Griffo starred as Sean Davis in the action film The 2nd alongside Ryan Phillippe.^[16] In 2020, he had a minor role in the Lifetime original movie The Christmas High Note.^[17]

Music

Griffo has a YouTube channel where he posts music covers. As of November 2019, the channel has over 178,000 subscribers and over 8.60 million views.^[18] Griffo released a single, "Hold Me", with his friend Kelsey, on October 17, 2011.^[19] The music video for "Hold Me" was released on October 29, 2011, and received over 4 million views.^[20] He released his solo debut single, "Slingshot", on November 13, 2013, which features Douglas James.^[21] The music video for "Slingshot" was released on Griffo's YouTube channel on January 14, 2014, and has received over 1.8 million views.^[22]

Griffo has been nominated for five Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite TV Actor, the first in 2014,^[25][26] the second in 2015,^[27] the third in 2016,^[28] the fourth in 2017,^[29] and the fifth in 2018.^[30]

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