Christian Convery
Christian Convery is a Canadian and American teen actor. He is best known for his leading role as Gus in the Netflix series Sweet Tooth and his performance in the comedy horror films Cocaine Bear and The Monkey. He received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance in the final season of Sweet Tooth.
Early life
Convery was born in Los Angeles, California, on November 10, 2009. Convery holds dual citizenship in Canada and the United States.Career
Convery made his acting debut in 2016, at age six, portraying Conner in Marita Grabiak's romantic comedy Hearts of Spring. That same year, he appeared in episodes of the television series Supernatural and Van Helsing, followed by roles in Legion and Lucifer in 2017. His first leading role came in the 2016 Hallmark Entertainment television film My Christmas Dream, where he portrayed Cooper Stone alongside Danica McKellar and David Haydn-Jones.In 2018, he portrayed Jasper Sheff in the drama Beautiful Boy, starring Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell. In 2019, Convery appeared in the television film Descendants 3 and received a Young Artist Award in the Streaming Series or Film category. He also co-starred with John Cena, John Leguizamo, Judy Greer, and Keegan-Michael Key in the feature film Playing with Fire portraying the character Will.
From 2019 to 2020, Convery took on the leading role of Morgan in the Disney Channel series Pup Academy. His performance earned him the Best Lead Actor award in Television Series at the 2020 Young Artist Awards.
In 2021, Convery was cast in his breakthrough role as Gus, a deer-human hybrid protagonist, in the Netflix post-apocalyptic fantasy series Sweet Tooth. The series, based on Jeff Lemire's comic book series of the same name, showed Convery alongside Will Forte and Nonso Anozie, and ran for multiple seasons.
He subsequently portrayed Rob Horton in The Tiger Rising, a drama film adaptation of Kate DiCamillo's novel, working with Dennis Quaid and Queen Latifah. In 2023, Convery appeared in the Elizabeth Banks comedy horror film Cocaine Bear. He also starred opposite Theo James in Neon's 2025 Stephen King adaption The Monkey directed by Oz Perkins. Convery appears in Guillermo del Toro's Netflix adaptation of Frankenstein. The cast includes Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac.
Upcoming projects
Convery is cast alongside Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor in the J.J. Abrams-directed Warner Bros. feature film, Flowervale Street.In January 2025, it was announced that Convery will star in the comedy film Rolling Loud, directed by Jeremy Garelick, alongside Owen Wilson and Matt Riffe.
He is set to appear opposite Theo James in The Monkey, a film adaptation of a Stephen King work produced by Neon. He also appears alongside Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor in Flowervale Street, a feature film directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Warner Bros. In addition, he appears opposite Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac in Guillermo del Toro’s Netflix feature film Frankenstein, which has since been released.
Awards and recognition
- Young Artist Award – Best Performance in a TV Movie or Special.
- Young Artist Award – Best Lead Actor in a Television Series for Pup Academy.
- Young Artist Award – Best Performance in a Streaming Series: Leading Youth Actor.
- Young Artist Award – Best Performance in a Streaming Series: Leading Youth Artist.
- Leo Awards – Best Guest Performance in a Dramatic Series.
Filmography