Teo Halm Biography

Date of Birth

18 December 1999, Los Angeles, California, USA

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Mini Biography

Teo Halm is a music producer and actor living in Los Angeles. 2019 has been a big year for him, co-starring in the indie film "Spiral Farm" and winning a Latin Grammy for co-writing Rosalía's "Con altura" (featuring J Balvin). He has also worked with Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Childish Gambino on the Lion King:The Gift, as well as SZA, King Princess and Shawn Mendes. He was voted Best Actor at the 9th Annual Fanlala PICK Awards by teens and tweens for his performance in the sci-fi release Earth to Echo (2014). Teo was cast in the supporting lead role of a rebellious skater kid in the James Franco produced Memoria (2015) a film adaption of stories from Franco's book 'Palo Alto Stories.'

Born in Los Angeles, Teo got his start acting at age nine, playing Rolf in a production of 'The Sound of Music' singing "Sixteen Going on Seventeen." His father posted a photo of Teo on the talent website newfaces.com which attracted the interest of a producer for the PBS series Nova (1974). He was told that his long hair and bone structure would work well for him to perform as the Neanderthal boy in "Becoming Human: Last Human Standing." The same photo also helped get him cast as Will Campbell, spokesperson for UCLA in a fundraising web commercial.

Not long after, his future manager "discovered" him on the soccer field when she saw his acting potential feigning an injury. And so began his exciting career in film and TV. At age 12 he played lead in the coming of age short film Waltham Vanguard (2012) which won a CINE Golden Eagle. In 2013 Teo landed the coveted role of Cory and Topanga's son in the 'Boy Meets World' follow-up Disney Channel's 'Girl Meets World.'

Trivia

Teo's father is Australian (of Czech Ashkenazi Jewish descent) and his mother is French (of Moroccan Sephardi Jewish descent). His grandfather Albert Halm wrote the book, My Handwriting Saved Me (2017), about his experiences as a Holocaust survivor. He was originally from the Carpathian Mountains.

Teo appeared in the original pilot of "Girl Meets World" (2014), but his character was discarded when the pilot was re-shot.

Teo won Best Actor - for 'Earth To Echo' at the 9th Annual Fanlala Pick Awards.

Nephew of French-born filmmaker Jérôme Cohen-Olivar.