Tributes are being paid to Baby Driver actor Hudson Meek, who died aged 16 after falling from a moving vehicle.

Meek played Young Baby in the 2017 action film directed by Edgar Wright and starring Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, and Jon Bernthal. He fell out of a moving vehicle in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama on December 19, and died two days later.

Meek was best known for playing a younger version of Elgort’s titular character in Baby Driver, but he also appeared in 2014’s The Santa Con and episodes of the MacGyver reboot. Meek provided the voice for Young Yasuo in a 2020 cinematic for Riot Games’ League of Legends, and appeared in a number of adverts.

Hudson Meek, centre-right, during the Deauville American Film Festival in September 2024. Photo by Francois G. Durand/Getty Images.

An obituary revealed that some of the movies and TV shows Meek worked on will be released in 2025. “He absolutely loved spending time on set and having the chance to learn the names and stories of every member of the cast and crew,” the obituary reads.

In a Facebook post, his mother Lani Wells Meek said: “His 16 years on this earth were far too short, but he accomplished so much and significantly impacted everyone he met.” Birmingham performing arts academy Acting Out said in a statement: “We are all devastated at the loss of one of AOA’s first and brightest stars. May you shine forever Hud. You will be deeply missed.”

A Celebration of Life service will be live-streamed Saturday, December 28 at 11.30am Central time.

Photo by Francois G. Durand/Getty Images.

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