Meet Cate Blanchett’s son, Dashiell John Upton – who works in film too: he got his first production job in the camera department of Ryan Gosling’s The Fall Guy, and joined his mum at Cannes

Jun 16 , 2024

Dashiell John Upton and his mum, Cate Blanchett, at the Killers of the Flower Moon red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, in May 2023. Photo: Getty Images

Cate Blanchett’s eldest son, Dashiell John Upton, is set to pursue a career in Hollywood like his famous mother. However, he prefers to work behind the camera – like his father, writer, producer and director Andrew Upton.

Dashiell recently nabbed a gig on the set of the Ryan Gosling action blockbuster The Fall Guy. Specifically, he worked as an assistant in the camera department for five months.

A source described as a friend of the family told Yahoo! Lifestyle that he didn’t name-drop his mum during his time on the project. “Dash never really told anybody who his mother was – as far as everyone else on set knew, he was just a recent graduate who was lucky to land himself on a Gosling shoot,” detailed the source. “He didn’t want people to think he was there just because of who his mum is.”

Here’s what we know about Cate Blanchett’s son, who’s joining the world of showbiz.

Dashiell Upton is Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton’s oldest kid

Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton with a newborn Dashiell, pictured in 2001 in London. Photo: Reuters

Blanchett and her husband share four children: Dashiell, 22, Roman, 20, Ignatius, 16, and Edith, nine. There are virtually no public photos of the kids, besides Dashiell – very likely by design, given Blanchett’s track record of keeping her private life private.

Dash appeared at Cannes with his mum, Cate Blanchett

Dashiell John Upton and Cate Blanchett at the Killers of the Flower Moon red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, in May 2023. Photo: Getty Images

In May 2023, Upton arrived on the Cannes red carpet with his mum Blanchett for the premiere of Killers of the Flower Moon. He wore a simple tuxedo for the big event, while the Tár actress stunned in a custom black and white Louis Vuitton gown.

Dashiell Upton went to film school

Dashiell John Upton, son of Cate Blanchett, attends the Killers of the Flower Moon premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, in May 2023. Photo: Getty Images

Per Yahoo! Lifestyle, Upton graduated from film school and got his first job working in production on The Fall Guy in late 2022. The movie was filmed in Sydney.

Celebrity children

Blanchett’s eldest son Dashiell John is set to pursue a career in Hollywood like his famous mother – but he’ll be working behind the camera instead, like his father, Andrew Upton
Blanchett and her husband Andrew share 4 children: Dashiell, 22, Roman, 20, Ignatius, 16, and Edith, 9 – and they all maintain a low-key profile away from the public eye