| Appeared as Scrooge at age 12 opposite Roddy McDowall and Hal Linden in the Broadway production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" |
2001 | Played a troubled kid with family issues in "L.I.E." |
2002 | Appeared opposite Kevin Kline and Emile Hirsch in "The Emperor's Club" |
2004 | Cast as Klitz, Hirsch's best friend in the coming-of-age comedy "The Girl Next Door" |
2005 | Played Catherine Keener's son in "The Ballad of Jack and Rose," helmed by Rebecca Miller |
2005 | Played William Hurt's Bible-thumping son in "The King" |
2006 | Cast as an alienated teenager in Richard Linklater's "Fast Food Nation" |
2006 | Played Greg Kinnear and Toni Collette's son in the independent film hit "Little Miss Sunshine"; nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male |
2007 | Received rave reviews for his portrayal of Eli Sunday in Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood" |
2009 | Co-starred as a mattress salesman opposite Zooey Deschanel in the independent comedy "Gigantic" |
2009 | Co-starred in Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock" |
2009 | Voiced Alexander in Spike Jonze's live-action adaptation of Maurice Sendak's children's book "Where the Wild Things Are" |
2010 | Played a supporting role opposite Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in the action/comedy "Knight and Day" |
2011 | Featured in the sci-fi Western "Cowboys & Aliens" |
2012 | Cast opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis in sci-fi action "Looper" |
2012 | Played the title character in "Being Flynn," based on Nick Flynn's book Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir |
