Jacob Andres Batalon (born October 9, 1996) is an American actor. Batalon achieved international recognition playing Ned Leeds in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero films, appearing as a supporting role in the MCU Spider-Man film series (2017–present). He also played the titular character in the Syfy television series Reginald the Vampire (2022–2024) and Roscoe Dixon in the action comedy film Novocaine (2025).
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Early life
Jacob Batalon was born on October 9, 1996, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to overseas Filipino parents, Nestor Batalon and Vangie Andres from Pangasinan. Batalon has seven half-siblings: a brother and a sister from his mother, and three brothers and two sisters from his father. His mother regularly accompanied him at auditions. In an episode of Reginald the Vampire, Batalon spoke Ilocano language to trace his real life heritage, even using 'Andres' as Reginald’s surname to honor his mother, Vangie.
Upon graduating from the private Catholic school St. Anthony's School, he went to Damien Memorial School, then Batalon attended Kapiʻolani Community College to study music theory, but later dropped out. He then took a two-year program to study acting at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.
