Pixar’s Luca LGBT revelation: everything you need to know about Jack Dylan Grazer, who just came out as bisexual on Instagram

Jul 11 , 2021

Jack Dylan Grazer has already appeared in several hit films, including It, Shazam! and Pixar’s Luca. Photo: @GN_GeekNation/Twitter

At only 17 years old, Grazer has already starred in hit Hollywood films like DC’s Shazam and Stephen King’s It, appearing alongside James McAvoy and Bill Hader

He also worked with Call Me By Your Name filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, acting in HBO miniseries We Are Who We Are

In less than five years, Jack Dylan Grazer has acted in two big-budget films and recently wowed the audience as Alberto Scorfano in this year’s whimsical Pixar animation, Luca.

This week, the 17-year-old wunderkind created quite a buzz after coming out as bisexual during an Instagram Live broadcast. One user asked, “Are you gay?”, to which Grazer replied, “I’m bi”, with a smile, before quoting his Luca character’s famous catchphrase, “Silenzio Bruno!” Grazer also reportedly updated his pronouns on Instagram to “he/they” afterwards.

So what do we know about the young rising star?

Jack Dylan Grazer in a recent photo shoot with HeroMag. Photo: @jackdgrazer/Instagram

His films have made over US$1.5 billion

Grazer started his film career in Tales of Halloween (2015) but received major attention after starring as Eddie Kaspbrak in Stephen King’s popular horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019).

Jack Dylan Grazer with fellow cast members of It Chapter 2, James McAvoy and Andy Bean, at CinemaCon 2019. Photo: @fuertecito/Twitter

He went on to star as the superhero sidekick, Freddy Freeman, in DC’s hit Shazam! (2019).

These two film franchises have raked in over US$1.5 billion at the box-office, with It grossing US$700 million and It Chapter 2, US$473 million, and Shazam! taking in US$365 million, according to Box Office Mojo.

Jack Dylan Grazer and Zachary Levi in a still from Shazam! (2019). Photo: Handout

Since then, he has starred in indie film Don’t Tell a Soul (2020) and Pixar’s Luca (2021). Grazer has also voiced another animation in Ron’s Gone Wrong (to be released later this year) and will be reprising his role as Freddy Freeman in Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).