[5] While still living in Idaho, Courtney took a trip to Los Angeles during the first week of his summer school break in 2010, where he hoped to be in a commercial and make $100.

[1] Casting director Patti Kalles advised Courtney to audition for Paramount Pictures' Super 8 (2011).

[7] In 2012, Courtney filmed the supernatural thriller Don't Let Me Go (2016), playing a disgruntled teen who joins his father on a camping trip only to have a run-in with otherworldly forces.

In November 2012, Courtney was cast in the Stephen King film Mercy, which was released direct-to-video in 2014.

[10] Courtney appeared in the lead ensemble of the CW Television Network series The Messengers, which was cancelled during its single 2014–15 season.