Julian Dennison broke through at thirteen as Ricky Baker, the deadpan delinquent of Taika Waititi's 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' (2016), a performance that made the New Zealand comedy an international sleeper hit. Born in Lower Hutt in 2002, of Maori descent, he took his scene-stealing timing to Hollywood as the troubled young mutant Firefist in 'Deadpool 2' (2018) and as Josh in 'Godzilla vs. Kong' (2021), later voicing Fishlegs in the live-action 'How to Train Your Dragon' (2025). His specialty is the unimpressed kid whose one-liners land harder than any explosion around him. Read more