Erik von Detten

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name = Erik von Detten


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birthdate = Birth date and age|1982|10|3|mf=y
birthplace = San Diego, California
yearsactive = 1991 - present
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Erik Thomas von Detten (born October 3, 1982) is an American actor. He has appeared in "Escape to Witch Mountain" (1995), "The Princess Diaries" (2002) and "National Lampoon's Barely Legal" (2003).

Biography

Personal life

Von Detten was born in San Diego, California. His mother, Susan Von Detten (née Farber), is an American photographer, [ [http://www.susanvondetten.com/ Susan Von Detten ] ] and his father, Volker von Detten, is an immigrant from Munich, Germany. [According to chat interview, circa January/February 2000] He has three sisters, Dolly, Britta, and Andrea, and a brother, Timothy. As of 2003, he had a ]

Career

One of Von Detten's earliest roles was Nicholas Alamain on the daytime soap opera "Days of Our Lives" from 1992 until 1993. Nicholas was revealed to be the secret son of Lawrence Alamain and Carly Manning, two of the show's major characters. As a result Von Detten was heavily involved in some of the show's main storylines, despite only being 10 years old at the time. Perhaps the most notable storyline during Von Detten's time on the soap was Nicholas' accidental killing of his father's lover Lisanne Gardner, who had been attempting to blackmail Lawrence over the secret of Nicholas's parentage.

At thirteen, he provided the voice of Sid Phillips in the hit movie "Toy Story". He starred as Wally Cleaver in the 1997 movie "Leave It to Beaver" and also starred as the title character in the Disney Channel original movie "Brink!" in 1998. Von Detten has also appeared in a theatrical release as the jerk Josh Bryant in "The Princess Diaries (film)" in 2001. In addition, he has made several television appearances in shows like "Dinotopia" (2002), the first celebrity edition of the ABC reality show "The Mole", "Celebrity Mole Hawaii" (2003), in which he was runner-up, as well as Disney Channel's "So Weird", and Fox's "Malcolm in the Middle". Von Detten has also played the part of Chris Savage in the shortlived sitcom "Complete Savages".

Filmography

* "All I Want for Christmas" as Choir Member (1991)
* "Days of our Lives" as Nicholas James Alamain #1 (1992-1993)
* "In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness" as Older John (1994)
* "A Season of Hope" as Tyler Hackett (1995)
* "In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped" as Sam Honeycutt (1995)
* "Top Dog" as Matthew Swanson (1995)
* "" as Danny (1995)
* "Toy Story" as Sid Phillips (1995) (voice)
* "Things That Go Bump" as Christian (1996)
* "7th Heaven (TV) - Season 1 Episode 6 "Halloween"" as Randy(1996)
* "A Stranger to Love" as Justin (1996)
* "Christmas Every Day" as Billy Jackson (1996)
* "Amanda" (1996)
* "Hercules" as Additional Voices (1997) (voice)
* "Leave It to Beaver" as Wallace "Wally" Cleaver (1997)
* "Meego" as Trip Parker (1997)
* "Replacing Dad" as Drew (1999)
* "Brink!" as Andy "Brink" Brinker (1998)
* "Tarzan" as Additional Voices (1999) (voice)
* "Odd Man Out" as Andrew Whitney (1999)
* "So Weird" as Clu Bell (1999, recurring 2000-2001)
* "The Princess Diaries" as Josh Bryant (2001)
* "The Legend of Tarzan" as (2001) (voice)
* "Recess" as Erwin Lawson (1998-2001) (voice)
* "American Girl" as Kenton (2002)
* "Dinotopia" as Karl Scott (2002)
* "National Lampoon's Barely Legal" as Deacon Lewis (2003)
* "Celebrity Mole Hawaii" as Himself (2003)
* "Complete Savages" as Chris Savage (2004-2005)
* "Smile" as Chris (2005)
* "Girl, Positive" as Jason (2007)
* "Bully" as Johnny Vincent (2008)
* "Bones" as Ed Dekker (2008)

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