Jared T. Raynor Gilman[2] (born December 28, 1998) is an American actor best known for his role as Sam Shakusky in the 2012 Wes Anderson film Moonrise Kingdom, which earned him a 2014 Young Artist Award nomination as Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film.

[5] He currently attends Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

[7] Gilman got his first professional acting role as Sam Shakusky in Moonrise Kingdom at age 12.

[5] In preparation for the film, Gilman studied canoeing, cooking over an open fire, and Clint Eastwood's character in Escape from Alcatraz.

Gilman has scripted, acted in, and edited his own short action videos.