ABOUT RUDY PANKOW
Television actor who rose to fame after being cast as JJ on the Netflix series Outer Banks . He was also cast on The Politician . He is also known for having played Young Sam in the movie Uncharted and Erwin Vandeveer in Accidental Texans. He also appeared in the Lionsgate movie 5LBS OF PRESSURE opposite Luke Evans , alex-pettyfer.html">Alex Pettyfer and Rory Culkin . In May 2025, it was announced he would star in an adaptation of Colleen Hoover 's novel Reminders of Him.
In 2017, he made his professional acting debut in a short film titled Sunny Family Cult.
He made several appearances on Solve in 2019. In 2023, he and Madison Bailey won the Best Kiss award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. After his character was written out of the fourth season of Outer Banks, fans crowdfunded for a billboard displayed in Times Square asking Netflix to bring him back. In 2024, he starred in American Repertory Theater's production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus.
He posted a picture with his mother to Instagram on June 28, 2016. He has two brothers named Alec and Henning. He has been in a relationship with photographer Elaine Siemek, known on Instagram as Elameeeee .
He was cast on Outer Banks which starred Madelyn Cline . He has also acted alongside Tom Holland , Mark Wahlberg and Thomas Haden Church .
