[4] He was raised in nearby Saucier[5] by his mother and stepfather, Gil Broussard, a computer programmer,[3] who later adopted him and his older sister.

[8][9][10] In 2013, Broussard appeared alongside Lily Collins in the music video for M83's "Claudia Lewis", directed by Bryce Dallas Howard.

[13] Broussard starred as Carter Davis, opposite Jessica Rothe, in Christopher Landon's slasher film Happy Death Day (2017).

[14] In 2018, he had a leading role in the alien invasion thriller Extinction,[15] and played Josh Sanderson in the film adaptation of Jenny Han's young adult romance novel To All the Boys I've Loved Before, the latter directed by Susan Johnson.

[17] On August 21, 2018, days after the release of To All the Boys I've Loved Before, a collection of tweets by Broussard resurfaced that were insensitive and racist, including on the subject of the Black Lives Matter movement.