Gavin Casalegno

Did You Know?

• Casalegno has Italian ancestry from Piedmont, Northern Italy.
• He attended Lovejoy High School in Lucas, Texas.
• In the summer of 2025, he and his wife moved to Thailand for a short time to work on a new project.

Career

Casalegno began modeling at age four after his mother's friend suggested he try it, booking his first job for JCPenney. He appeared in commercials for Sony and Papa John's in the mid-2000s. His mother, Allyson Casalegno, managed him while he traveled for work and auditions. He moved to Los Angeles for larger opportunities and landed his first film role by age eleven. He played young Shem in Noah (2014), young Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries (2015), and Trevor Strand in the first season of Walker (2021). In July 2021, it was reported that he would portray Jeremiah Fisher in the Amazon Prime series The Summer I Turned Pretty, which premiered on June 17, 2022. The series was renewed for a second season before the first aired; season two premiered on July 14, 2023, and was among the ten most watched seasons on Amazon Prime. A third season of ten episodes was ordered in August 2023. In June 2023, Casalegno was cast as the younger version of Joe, son of wrestler Mildred Burke, in the biographical film Queen of the Ring. In 2026, he starred in the shark survival film The Devil's Mouth on Amazon Prime Video.