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My Take
What strikes me about Nathan Gamble is how early he started carrying real weight on screen. Making his feature debut in Babel as a child and pulling a Young Artist Award nomination is no small thing, and then he became Sawyer Nelson in the Dolphin Tale films, which is probably how most families know him. I respect child actors who manage to keep working into their teens without the usual flameout narrative, and the spread across film, television, and voice work suggests he kept hustling. The Tacoma roots and the fact that he still maintains his own social accounts give me the impression of someone grounded rather than chasing fame.
Overview
Nathan Lee Gamble (born January 12, 1998) is an American actor who made his feature film debut in Babel (2006), for which he was nominated for a 2007 Young Artist Award. He is best known for his role as Sawyer Nelson in Dolphin Tale and the sequel Dolphin Tale 2.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nathan Gamble
- Name (Japanese)
- ネイサン・ギャンブル
- Reading
- ねいさん・ぎゃんぶる
- Born
- January 12, 1998 (age 28)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Tiger
- Origin
- Tacoma, Washington, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- voice actor / television actor / film actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.