David Iacono (born June 20, 2002) is an American actor. On television, he appeared in the Amazon Prime series The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022–2023) and the Netflix series Dead Boy Detectives (2024). His films include Cinnamon (2023).

David Iacono
Born (2002-06-20) June 20, 2002 (age 22)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2011−present

Early life and education

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Iacono is from Brooklyn, New York. He is of Italian and Puerto Rican descent. He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School.[1][2] He went to school with fellow The Summer I Turned Pretty star Lola Tung.[3] In 2020, Iacono mentioned wanting to study Filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts.[4]

Career

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Iacono was a child model for print magazines[5] and commercials.[6] At six years old, he made his feature film debut in the crime horror Choose, which premiered in 2011. He went on to appear in the 2014 comedy-drama film St. Vincent.[7] He made his television debut in 2015 with appearances in the NBC drama The Slap and the HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero.

After a number of small guest roles, Iacono had his first major television roles in 2020 when he guest starred in an installment of the Netflix anthology Social Distance,[8] had a recurring role as Bo Orlov in the teen drama Grand Army, also on Netflix, and began playing Eli Briscoe in the HBO Max series The Flight Attendant.[9] He appeared in the second and third seasons of the Showtime crime drama City on a Hill as Faust Aquino.

In 2022, Iacono played Cam Cameron in the Amazon Prime coming-of-age romance series The Summer I Turned Pretty.[10] He reprised his role in the second season the following year.[11] He starred as Eddie in the thriller film Cinnamon with Hailey Kilgore,[12] which premiered at the Tribeca Festival.

Iacono will also be starring in the next Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World Rebirth.[13]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 Choose Jake
2014 St. Vincent Jeremiah
2016 The Pastor Miguel
2019 Joker Flirting Man
2023 Cinnamon Eddie
Fresh Kills Bobby Jr.
2024 Hungry Cyrus
2025 Jurassic World Rebirth TBA Post-production[14]
Fear Street: Prom Queen TBA Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 The Slap Bryce Episode: "Harry"
The Daily Show Teen Singer Episode: "George Stephanopoulos"
Show Me a Hero Older Roberto 3 episodes
2016−2018 What Would You Do? Various 4 episodes
2017 The Blacklist: Redemption Street Kid Episode: "Hostages"
NCIS: New Orleans Joey Shelton Episode: "Hard Knock Life"
2018 Strangers Bully Episode: "Maskulinity"
New Amsterdam Jalen Pagan Episode: "Cavitation"
2019 Alternatino with Arturo Castro Teen Episode: "La Pulga"
2020 The Good Doctor Ryan Episode: "Mutations"
Social Distance Jake Miller Episode: "everything is v depressing rn"
Grand Army Bo Orlov 6 episodes
Blue Bloods Andy Diaz Episode: "Atonement"
2020–2022 The Flight Attendant Eli Briscoe 8 episodes
2021–2022 City on a Hill Faust Aquino 3 episodes
2021, 2024 Hightown Ralphie 3 episodes
2022–2023 The Summer I Turned Pretty Cam Cameron 8 episodes
2024 Dead Boy Detectives David the Demon 6 episodes
TBA Hot Pink TBA TV movie
TBA The Chlorine Bible Joseph TV movie; post-production

References

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  1. ^ "Exclusive Interview: Pop-Culturalist Chats with Grand Army's David Iacono". Pop-Culturalist. October 20, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Iluminate! Actor David Iacono". Visual Tales. September 22, 2022. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Martin, Rachel. "David Iacono". 1883 Magazine. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  4. ^ O'Rourke, Jackie (October 10, 2020). "David Iacono from Netflix's Grand Army Comes Home to Brooklyn". The Mud Mag. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "David Iacono talks about his experience onscreen and offscreen". Young Entertainment Magazine. November 22, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  6. ^ Ivey, Lucy. "David Iacono on Cast Friendships, The Summer I Turned Pretty and His Future". Our Era. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  7. ^ Apostolatos, Mariana (July 31, 2023). "David Iacono". Photobook. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  8. ^ Romero, Nick (August 26, 2020). "Mike Colter, Danielle Brooks, more to star in Netflix's quarantine-shot series". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  9. ^ Roth, Jaclyn. "David Iacono dishes on the 'rewarding' experience of working on 'The Summer I Turned Pretty'". Grazia. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  10. ^ Petski, Denise (July 26, 2021). "'The Summer I Turned Pretty': Seven Cast In Amazon's TV Adaptation Of Jenny Han's YA Novel". Deadline. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  11. ^ Gomez, Dessi (July 29, 2023). "How 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Star David Iacono Feels About Cam's 'Meaningful Backstory' in Season 2 (Video)". The Wrap. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  12. ^ Grobar, Matt (March 29, 2022). "Hailey Kilgore, David Iacono & Jeremie Harris To Star In Tubi Noir 'Cinnamon' From Producer Kevin Garnett". Deadline. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  13. ^ Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. Retrieved November 16, 2024 – via m.imdb.com.
  14. ^ Freitag, Lee (June 13, 2024). "Jurassic World 4 Begins Filming, First Plot Details Released". CBR. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
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