
Gabriel LaBelle (September 20, 2002) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his leading role as young aspiring filmmaker Sammy Fabelman in Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film "The Fabelmans" (2022), for which he received acclaim and won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer. LaBelle has also appeared in the action film "The Predator" (2018), in the coming-of-age comedy "Snack Shack" (2024), in an episode of the Netflix horror series "Brand New Cherry Flavor "(2021), and in the Showtime drama series "American Gigolo" (2022).
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 20, 2002 (24)
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Actor, also producer
- 12 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Gabriel LaBelle's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1
Casual 4 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 4 of 6 analyzed roles.
- Heroas Colin in Dead Shack (2017)
- Heroas Sammy Fabelman in The Fabelmans (2022)
- Allyas Moose in Snack Shack (2024)
- Heroas Moose in Snack Shack (2024)
- Heraldas Lorne Michaels in Saturday Night (2024)
- Heroas Stuntman 2 in Crash Land (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet6
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Gabriel LaBelle's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Gabriel LaBelle's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
15 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Crash Land(2026)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Chad Powers(2025)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Saturday Night(2024)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Snack Shack(2024)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Fabelmans(2022)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
American Gigolo(2022)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Brand New Cherry Flavor(2021)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
The Predator(2018)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Dead Shack(2017)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Max 2: White House Hero(2017)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
iZombie(2015)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Motive(2013)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all showsDutch & Razzlekhan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Just Picture It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Not Safe for Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 15 titles, 12 of them dated from 2013 to 2026; peak year 2024.
Film career
Peak 2024 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2017Screen debut· Max 2: White House Hero
- 2024First top-billed film· Saturday Night
- 2024Best so far· Saturday Night
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
1 major award from 3 major nominations, 2023–2025.
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Critics Choice Award, won · Best Young Actor/Actress
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Gabriel LaBelle's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Loved with Detractors1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Gabriel LaBelle's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Gabriel LaBelle work with?
People who share at least 2 of Gabriel LaBelle's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Judd Hirsch shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Judd HirschShared titles: The Fabelmans: A Family in Film (2023), The Fabelmans (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Judd Hirsch

- Michelle WilliamsShared titles: The Fabelmans: A Family in Film (2023), The Fabelmans (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Michelle Williams

- Paul DanoShared titles: The Fabelmans: A Family in Film (2023), The Fabelmans (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Paul Dano

- Seth RogenShared titles: The Fabelmans: A Family in Film (2023), The Fabelmans (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Seth Rogen

Producers
- Charles CohenShared titles: Crash Land (2026), Snack Shack (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Charles Cohen

Mixed roles
- John WilliamsShared titles: The Fabelmans: A Family in Film (2023), The Fabelmans (2022)See all 2 shared titles with John Williams

- Kristie Macosko KriegerShared titles: The Fabelmans: A Family in Film (2023), The Fabelmans (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Kristie Macosko Krieger

- Steven SpielbergShared titles: The Fabelmans: A Family in Film (2023), The Fabelmans (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Steven Spielberg

- Tony KushnerShared titles: The Fabelmans: A Family in Film (2023), The Fabelmans (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Tony Kushner




