David Iacono

David Iacono
Born	(2002-06-20) June 20, 2002 (age 22) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2011−present

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).

Early life and education

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

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

Film

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

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

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.

External links

• David Iacono at IMDb