Lerman, who grew up in Los Angeles, began acting at 5 years old, often playing the hero's son, first with Mel Gibson in The Patriot (2000) and later with Christian Bale alongside Russell Crowe in 3:10 to Yuma (2007). It is a trend he'll continue this spring, playing the rascal middle kid to Crowe's ark-builder visionary (and brother to his Wallflower co-star Emma Watson) in Darren Aronofsky's Biblical epic Noah. Later this year, Lerman, now 22, will step into the fray as a full-fledged leading man, going to cinematic war alongside Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf in David Ayer's not-yet-titled five-men-in-a-tank drama.