Age: 23
male
Jaeden Martell (né Lieberher; born January 4, 2003) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, with roles in the comedy drama St. Vincent (2014) and science fiction film Midnight Special (2016). His performance in St. Vincent earned him a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer. After playing the title character in the drama The Book of Henry (2017), Martell's breakthrough came with his portrayal of Bill Denbrough in the supernatural horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019). This led to further leading roles in horror films, such as The Lodge (2019) and Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022). Martell had a supporting role in Rian Johnson's mystery comedy Knives Out (2019). Venturing into projects with more mature themes, he played a reserved teenager accused of murder in the Apple TV+ miniseries Defending Jacob (2020). He has since starred in the comedy films Metal Lords (2022) and Y2K (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jaeden Martell licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Jacob is the ultimate outcast after transferring into an School. The school environment is a living nightmare where he struggles to fit in and feels entirely worthless. Things hit a horrific boiling point when Jacob—pushed into deep social poverty by his lower-income background—brings his lunch to school packed inside a literal trash bag.Seeing this, the wealthy, elitist student body targets him relentlessly, the students ambush Jacob in front of the entire assembly, filming him, mocking his family's poverty, and throwing cafeteria garbage at him. But Jacob's trauma doesn't end at the school gates. He returns home to a house ruled by his tyrannical, broken father, who beats down whatever spirit Jacob has left. Caught between physical abuse at home and weaponized psychological trauma at school, Jacob finally snaps. The "smiley face" mask he holds up isn't just to hide his tears anymore—it becomes the calling card for a terrifying, bloody psychological breakdown as he decides to make the school pay and get revenge
