Date of Birth

22 December 1994, Gulfport, Mississippi, USA

Birth Name

Isaiah Israel Broussard

Height

5' 11" (1.8 m)

Mini Biography

Israel Broussard is an American actor. He was born Isaiah Israel Broussard on August 22, 1994 in Gulfport, Mississippi to Angela (Clapp) and Lawrence Clayton Adams. His biological father passed away when he was four, and he was raised in Saucier, Mississippi by his mother and stepfather, Gil Broussard, who adopted him and his older sister, Aubrey.

Broussard began acting after playing the role of Percy in Biloxi Little Theater's production of "The Miracle Worker" in 2006. He was "discovered" by Hollywood scouts at an event in January 2008, and signed with Abrams Artists Agency. Two years later, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting as a career. Broussard had supporting roles in Flipped (2010) and The Chaperone (2011), before being cast in the lead role in Sofia Coppola's crime film The Bling Ring (2013). He followed this with roles in Perfect High (2015), H8RZ (2015), Jack of the Red Hearts (2015), and Good Kids (2016).

In 2017, Broussard starred with Jessica Rothe in the horror comedy Happy Death Day (2017).

Trivia

• Israel rode out the devastating landfall of Hurricane Katrina in a civil defense shelter (his elementary school) along with his youngest sister and father.
• Shane Guilbeau is Israel's fourth cousin, through Israel's stepfather.
• He is of English, German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. His surname, "Broussard", is French, and is the surname of Israel's adoptive stepfather.
• Is exactly 1 year older than Albanian Born English Singer Dua Lipa.

Quotes

• Acting - I'm good at it, but it's not my passion. Music, I'm not as good at, but that's my passion. I think I'm just going to go with the flow, wait until one picks up, and take the opportunities one at the time.
• I still don't think I'm a good actor. The only reason I'm doing it is because I've got a lot of support behind me.
• Our generation, unfortunately, is stuck to our phones - and, like, Twitter - constantly, which I have no problem with. I'd say we're not describing the children of America or anything like that, but there is something to take from it: It is kind of sad how we can't go thirty minutes without checking our phone.
• Actually, I wanted to be a musician, either a guitarist or a drummer. I guess my dreams were in the entertainment industry, and I landed somewhere along there.