Teo Halm
Teo Lucas Halm (born May 18, 1999) is an American actor, songwriter and record producer. He co-wrote Latin Grammy-winning song "Con altura" by Rosalía (featuring J Balvin)[2] and two songs from the Grammy-nominated album The Lion King: The Gift: "Mood 4 Eva" performed by Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Childish Gambino, and "Scar", performed by 070 Shake and Jessie Reyez. Halm starred in the 2014 movie Earth to Echo and has roles in the independent feature films Memoria and Spiral Farm.
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Born | [1] | May 18, 1999
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Years active | 2009–present |
Website | www |
Life and career
Teo Halm was born in Los Angeles, California. His mother's family is from France and Morocco and his father is Australian, with British/Czech forebears.[3][4]
Halm grew up performing in theater, doing The Sound of Music and The Music Man.[3] His father posted a picture of Halm on the talent website newfaces.com, attracting the attention of a producer for the PBS series Nova.[5] In 2009 he was cast as a Neanderthal boy.[6] In 2010 he was hired to play "Will Campbell" a fictitious UCLA spokesperson in a fund-raising e-solicitation to UCLA alumni.[7]
In 2012 Halm played the lead in a short coming of age film, Waltham Vanguard, written and directed by Bill Barker, Halm played opposite Jaime P. Gomez of Nash Bridges fame.[8] In 2013 he was cast in the Disney Channel Boy Meets World follow-up series Girl Meets World as Elliot, the son of Cory (Ben Savage) and Topanga (Danielle Fishel).[9] He shot the pilot, but his character was dropped from the series.[10] In 2014 he starred as vulnerable foster child Alex in the sci-fi fantasy film Earth to Echo receiving the Best Actor award at the 9th Annual PICK Awards for his performance.[11] He will play Frank Sullivan, Charles Bukowski's childhood best friend, in the upcoming James Franco-directed movie Bukowski.[12] He was also cast in a supporting lead role as Alex, in the movie Memoria which premiered at the Austin Film Festival October 29, 2015.[13][14] with a 2016 release in North America with distribution by Monterey Media.[15] In 2018 Halm played the role of Theo in the independent feature film Spiral Farm which premiered at Slamdance Film Festival, January 26, 2019 in Park City, Utah. It is nominated for Best Narrative Feature.[16]
In 2017, Halm sought an internship with record producer Michael Uzowuru. Instead, Uzowuru facilitated him getting an internship with producer Mark Ronson, while maintaining a friend/mentor role in Halm's life.[17] Halm has had an impressive 2019, co-writing the Latin Grammy-winning song "Con altura" by Rosalia (featuring J Balvin) and co-writing and co-producing "Mood 4 Eva" by Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Childish Gambino, from the Grammy-nominated album The Lion King: The Gift.[18]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Nova | Neanderthal boy | TV series, episode: "Becoming Human: Last Human Standing" |
2012 | Waltham Vanguard | Bud | CINE Golden Eagle winner |
2014 | 15 | Young Brother | |
2014 | Earth to Echo | Alex | PICK Awards winner - Best Actor |
2015 | Lift | The Introvert | |
2015 | Memoria | Alex (13 yrs) | |
2017 | Camp | Howard | TV Movie |
2019 | Spiral Farm | Theo | Slamdance Premiere January 26, 2019[19] |
TBA | Bukowski | Frank Sullivan | Completed |
Awards and nominations
His performance as Alex in Earth To Echo received the Best Actor award at the 9th Annual PICK Awards.[11]
Latin Grammy Award, Best Urban Song 2019 - writer for Con altura[20]
Writing & Production discography
Year | Artist | Album | Song |
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2016 | Raury | "Neveralone"[25] | |
2017 | ¿Teo? | Single | "Uno Dos"[26] |
2018 | Amandla Stenberg | The Hate U Give | "Always"[27] |
Omar Apollo | Single | "Today"[28] | |
Quadry | Malik Ruff | "Momma"[29] | |
Choker | Honeybloom | "Juno"[30] | |
Choker | Honeybloom | "Rocket"[31] | |
2019 | Goldlink | Diaspora | "Days Like This"[32] |
Kelsey Lu | Blood | "I'm Not in Love"[33] | |
Rosalía & J Balvin | "Con altura"[34] | ||
070 Shake & Jessie Reyez | The Lion King: The Gift | "Scar"[35] | |
Beyoncé, Jay-Z & Childish Gambino | "Mood 4 Eva" [36] | ||
King Princess featuring Tobias Jesso Jr. | Cheap Queen | "Isabel's Moment" | |
Choker | Forever & A Few | "Lucky"[37] | |
Choker | "Guppy" [38] | ||
Choker | "Guava Tea" [39] | ||
Omar Apollo | Trouble | "Trouble"[40] | |
Vegyn | Fire Like Tyndall | "Fire Like Tyndall"[41] | |
2020 | Rosalía & Travis Scott | "TKN"[42] | |
IDK featuring Juicy J | IDK & FRIENDS 2 (Basketball County Soundtrack) | "Square Up" [43] | |
Kaash Paige | "FRIENDS"[44] | ||
Troye Sivan | "could cry just thinking about you"[45] | ||
Anne-Marie featuring Doja Cat | "To Be Young" [46] | ||
Omar Apollo | Apolonio | "Kamikaze"[47] | |
Bea Miller | elated | "Self Crucify"[48] | |
Tierra Whack | TW2* | "Dora"[49] |
Assistant production
- 05. "Tattoo" (produced with Michael Uzowuru, Jeff Kleinman, Om'Mas Keith & Romil Hemnani)
- 06 "Yellow" (produced with Michael Uzowuru, Jeff Kleinman, and Om'Mas Keith)[50]
References
- "About Teo". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
- "Rosalia, J Balvin Win Latin GRAMMY". GRAMMY.com. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- Rivera, Jhanelle (2014-07-01). "There's More To Gaze At This 'Earth To Echo' Star - Teo Halm". Bello Magazine. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2017-01-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "About Teo Halm". TeoHalm.com. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- Becoming Human: Last Human Standing (2009) at IMDb.
- Bernsen, Joel (2010-01-22). "UCLA Fund 2010 eSolicitation - "Will"". Vimeo. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- Waltham Vanguard (2012) at IMDb.
- Swift, Andy (2014-03-04). "Girl Meets World Scoop: Teo Halm Cast As Cory & Topanga's Son Elliott". Hollywood Life. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
- "'Girl Meets World' Axes Older Brother Character, Teo Halm Tweets". The Huffington Post. 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
- "Fanlala Voters PICK The Fault in Our Stars". Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- Pace, Robert (2014-03-05). "Girl Meets World Casts Teo Halm As Elliot Matthews". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
- Memoria (2014) at IMDb
- "Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave of Films". The Hollywood Reporter. 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
- "James Franco's 'Memoria' Bought by Monterey Media for North America". Variety. 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- Teo Halm at IMDb
- "michael uzowuru is the mysterious frank ocean producer who doesn't do press". i-D. 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- "Beyoncé: Songs". Beyoncé. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- Slamdance, Courtesy of. "Alec Tibaldi’s coming of age film ‘Spiral Farm’ examines family dysfunction with a unique spin". www.parkrecord.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- "Rosalia, J Balvin Win Latin GRAMMY". GRAMMY.com. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- "scumbag demo". Retrieved March 15, 2017.
- "GIRL". Retrieved March 15, 2017.
- "Today". Retrieved 2018-09-18.
- Momma Ft. Teo Halm (Prod. Teo Halm), retrieved 2019-01-27
- Raury – NEVERALONE, retrieved 2019-01-27
- ¿Teo? (Ft. Jaden Smith) – Uno Dos, retrieved 2019-01-27
- Always, retrieved 2019-06-05
- Omar Apollo (Ft. Teo Halm) – Today, retrieved 2019-01-27
- QUADRY (Ft. Teo Halm) – Momma, retrieved 2019-01-27
- Choker – Juno, retrieved 2019-01-27
- Choker – Juno, retrieved 2019-01-27
- Days Like This, retrieved 2019-06-12
- I'm Not in Love, retrieved 2019-06-05
- Con Altura, retrieved 2019-06-05
- 070 Shake & Jessie Reyez - SCAR Lyrics, retrieved 2019-07-21
- Mood 4 Eva, retrieved 2019-07-28
- www.umusicpub.com https://www.umusicpub.com/au/Digital-Music-Library/song/398527/choker-lucky. Retrieved 2019-11-24. Missing or empty
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(help) - Guppy, retrieved 2019-07-28
- Guava Tea, retrieved 2019-07-28
- Omar Apollo – Trouble, retrieved 2020-05-29
- Vegyn – Fire Like Tyndall, retrieved 2020-05-29
- TKN, retrieved 2020-05-29
- IDK – Square Up, retrieved 2020-06-27
- FRIENDS, retrieved 2020-08-14
- could cry just thinking about you, retrieved 2020-08-21
- DOJA CAT HOPS ON ANNE-MARIE’S ANTHEM OF “TO BE YOUNG”, retrieved 2020-07-19
- Omar Apollo – Kamikaze, retrieved 2021-01-13
- Bea Miller – Self Crucify, retrieved 2021-01-13
- Tierra Whack – Dora, retrieved 2021-01-13
- "American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story Credits". Retrieved March 15, 2017.