- Eli Marienthal
Infobox actor
caption = Marienthal in "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen", 2004
birthdate = Birth date and age|1986|3|6|mf=y
birthplace =Santa Monica, California ,United States Eli David Marienthal (born
March 6 ,1986 ) is an American stage, screen and voice actor.Biography
Personal life
Marienthal was born in
Santa Monica, California , the son of Lola Marienthal, who manufactures bags made of organically growncotton , and Joseph Cross, a journalist. [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/08/01/PK94595.DTL&type=printable Testing Their Mettle / Warner Bros. and director Bill Bird challenge Disney with `The Iron Giant' ] ] [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/10/Eli-Marienthal.html Eli Marienthal Biography (1986-) ] ] Marienthal isJew ish [ [http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=10930 JUF : Tweens : Celebrities : Eli Marienthal ] ] and has two siblings, actorsHarley Cross andFlora Cross . [ [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051106/PEOPLE/511060301 :: rogerebert.com :: People :: 'Bee' girl carries film (xhtml) ] ] [ [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27639/edition_id/528/format/html/displaystory.html j. - Celebrity Jews ] ] After his parents' divorce, he lived mainly in Berkeley with his mother, though during the 3rd and 4th grades he spent some time in Paris with his father. Marienthal graduated from the private East Bay French-American School, where all the students learn to speak fluent French and attend classes in two languages.Marienthal's hobbies include writing slam poetry and participating in spoken word competitions, as well as boxing, skydiving, rock climbing and snowboarding.
Career
Marienthal's career started in Bay Area stage theater work, performing in "Missing Persons," "The Cryptogram," "Hecuba," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Every 17 Minutes the Crowd Goes Crazy," and "The Life of Galileo".
Marienthal is known for the voice of
Robin (Tim Drake) in the "" animated movie and the title role of "Tucker Pierce" in the "Tucker" television series. He is also the voice of Hogarth Hughes in the 1999 film "The Iron Giant " and playsSteve Stifler 's younger brother in the 1999 film "American Pie" and its 2001 sequel, "American Pie 2 ". His last film role to date was in the teenage-oriented comedy, "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen ", oppositeLindsay Lohan .References
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