Joel Courtney (born January 31, 1996) is an American actor known for his role in the 2011 film Super 8 and for his starring role in Netflix's The Kissing Booth film trilogy.
Filmography
Film
- 2011 Super 8 - Joe Lamb
- 2012 Spare Time Killers - Young Tony
- 2013 Don't Let Me Go - Nick Madsen
- 2014 Mercy - Buddy Bruckner
- 2014 Sins of Our Youth - David
- 2014 Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn - Tom Sawyer
- 2016 Dear Eleanor - Billy Hobgood
- 2016 The River Thief - Diz
- 2017 F the Prom - Cole Reed
- 2018 Assimilate - Zach Henderson
- The Kissing Booth series - Lee Flynn
- 2018 The Kissing Booth
- 2020 The Kissing Booth 2
- 2021 The Kissing Booth 3
- 2020 The Empty Man - Brandon Maibum
- 2023 The Jesus Revolution - Pastor Greg Laurie
Television
- 2011 The Haunting Hour - John Westmore
- 2015 The Messengers - Peter Moore
- 2016 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Nathaniel Malick
- 2017 APB - Luke
- 2019 Double Dare (1986) - Himself
- 2020 Group Chat with Annie & Jayden - Himself
Tropes associated with his roles:
- Dawson Casting:
- Averted for Super 8, where he was 15 playing a 14-year-old.
- He was around 20 and playing a high schooler in F the Prom (he played Cole both as a freshman at the very start of the film and as a senior throughout the rest of the film).
- He was 21 during the filming of The Kissing Booth, playing Lee Flynn, who is 16-turning-17. Courtney is actually over a year older than Jacob Elordi, who plays Lee's older brother Noah. In the sequels, Lee is an 18-year-old high school senior, while Courtney was 23 during filming. His age matches Lee's during the third movie's epilogue, which is set six years later.
- Zach in Assimilate is a high schooler, while Courtney was around 21 during filming.
