Claim: David Mazouz can act.

David Mazouz -LRB- -LSB- dəˈviːd_məˈzuːz -RSB- born February 19 , 2001 -RRB- is an American actor . An early role of his was that of the young autistic Jacob `` Jake '' Bohm in the TV series Touch . He portrays a young Bruce Wayne in Fox 's TV series Gotham , based on the DC Comics alter ego of the superhero Batman .