Jacob Batalon (/ˌbɑːtəˈlɒn, ˈbætəˌlɒn/; born October 9, 1996) is an American actor. Batalon achieved international recognition playing Ned Leeds in five Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films, beginning with Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). Cameos in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), and in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). He also played Keon in the Netflix film Let It Snow (2019).

Early life
Jacob Batalon was born on October 9, 1996, in Hawaii, to Filipino parents. Batalon has seven half-siblings: a brother and a sister from his mother, and three brothers and two sisters from his father.

Upon graduating from the private Catholic school St. Anthony's School, he went to Damien Memorial School, then Batalon attended Kapi'olani Community College to study music theory, but later dropped out. He then took a two-year program to study acting at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.