Dominic Sessa (born 2001/2002) is an American actor. He made his film debut inAlexander Payne's coming-of-age filmThe Holdovers (2023), portraying troubled teenager Angus Tully.^[2] His performance won him theCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer in addition to a nomination for theBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.^[3][4]

Sessa was born inCherry Hill, New Jersey, and he was raised in the South Jersey communities ofEgg Harbor Township andOcean City.^[1] Sessa's mother is a teacher and his father died when he was 14.^[5] Sessa attendedAlder Avenue Middle School.^[6] From tenth grade, he went toDeerfield Academy, a preparatory high school inDeerfield, Massachusetts, as a financial aid student.^[7][8] He was active in the school's theater program, acting in the playsAntigone andRumors and directing an excerpt fromNo Exit.^[9]

As of September 2023^[update], Sessa is a student at theCarnegie Mellon School of Drama.^[10]

In 2021, Sessa was discovered by casting director Susan Shopmaker, who offered Deerfield Academy students a chance to audition for theAlexander Payne-directed filmThe Holdovers since the film was using the academy as a shooting location.^[7] Sessa was selected among twelve students who auditioned for the role.^[9] In September 2023, Sessa was listed as one ofVariety's "10 Actors to Watch for 2023".^[10] Sessa's performance in the film earned him several accolades, including theCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer,^[11] theIndependent Spirit Award for Best Breakthrough Performance,^[12] and a nomination for theBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.^[3] On casting Sessa, Payne said: "He is a remarkably talented young actor ... (he) instinctively understood how to access his own life experience for an emotionally intelligent performance ... He also possessed a face I wanted to see healed by the story the movie was to tell."^[13]

Sessa will next appear inTow, directed byStephanie Laing and starringRose Byrne,^[14] as well asOh. What. Fun., a Christmas film directed byMichael Showalter,^[15] and the sequelNow You See Me 3.^[16] He is also attached to star in the biopicTony as the late chefAnthony Bourdain.^[17]

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