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Haley Joel Osment: Sixth Sense
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Born in Los Angeles, CA, on April 10, 1988, Osment set his acting career into motion, as many actors do, by appearing in commercials and taking small roles on television. Accompanied by his father to an audition for a Pizza Hut commercial and initially discouraged by the overwhelming amount of children vying for the role, Osment eventually stuck out the wait at his father's request and landed the role that would launch his career. Soon making his feature debut as the son of the titular shrimp slinger in the phenomenally successful Forrest Gump in 1994, Osment alternated between television (Murphy Brown and The Jeff Foxworthy Show) and film (Mixed Nuts and Bogus) while frequently appearing in such made-for-TV movies as The Ransom of Red Chief before making his breakthrough in director M. Night Shayamalan's The Sixth Sense.
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"Hello, my name is Haley Joel Osment , and I see dead people. Wait, let me start over " "Sixth Sense" star Osment was sentenced to three years probation, 60 hours of alcohol rehab, six months of AA meetings and $1,500 in fines after pleading no contest to one count of driving under the influence of alcohol and one count of possession of marijuana, TMZ reports. The charges stem from a car crash (Fri, 20 Oct 2006 06:20:17 GMT)
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In M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense Osment wowed critics with his emotionally charged performance as a disturbed child who sees dead people. While the writing and directing of Shyamalan brought the The Sixth Sense to major success, the performance of Osment was enough to win an Oscar nomination. In fact, Osment was the favorite--Michael Caine's victory for The Cider House Rules was considered an upset.
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Osment, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in "The Sixth Sense" at age 11, lost control of his 1995 Saturn on his way home collided with a brick pillar in a suburb around 1 a.m. on July 20. No bystanders were injured in the wreck, but Osment wasn't so lucky: the actor was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was treated for a broken rib and a shoulder injury.
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Osment was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the 1999 M. Night Shyamalan hit The Sixth Sense in which he played a boy who saw dead people. He ... appeared in Steven Spielberg’s Artificial Intelligence: AI and Pay It Forward.
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