Young Sheldon's Iain Armitage gets to poke fun at himself while playing a fictional version of himself on Ghosts. In Us Weekly's exclusive clip from the Thursday, April 16, episode of the sitcom, Armitage, 17, is introduced as part of a high-stakes card game at the Woodstone Manor. "I was a child actor. I am going through a rebrand right now," he tells others about his career pivot. "I just got cast in a pretty gritty poker movie and that's why I am here - to do research. My agent is comparing it to Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls because it is edgy. I am edgy now.