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Daryl Sabara 
Daryl Sabara, August 2007Born Daryl Christopher Sabara
June 14, 1992
Hawthorne, California, USOccupation Actor, voice actor Years active 1998–present Daryl Christopher Sabara (born June 14, 1992) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Juni Cortez in the Spy Kids film series, as well as for a variety of television and film appearances, including Wizards of Waverly Place, Father of the Pride, The Polar Express, Keeping Up with the Steins, Halloween, and the reality show America's Most Talented Kids, on which he was a judge.
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Life and career
Sabara was born in Hawthorne, California, the son of Sandy Krebs, an L.A. social worker.[1] He is the fraternal twin brother of actor Evan Sabara. He is of Russian Jewish and German descent.[2] Sabara began performing with the regional ballet company, South Bay Ballet.[3] He attended West High School in Torrance, CA.
Sabara began acting during the mid 1990s, appearing on episodes of Murphy Brown, Life's Work, Will and Grace, and Friends before being cast as Juni Cortez in the Spy Kids series of family films, which became popular among pre-teen audiences.
Sabara provided the voice of Hunter, the male lion cub on the NBC animated sitcom Father of the Pride. He has appeared in episodes of the television series Weeds, House, Dr. Vegas, and was one of the judges on America's Most Talented Kids. Sabara also voiced the main character, Hero Boy, in the 2004 animated version of The Polar Express. He then played a Jewish young boy trying to have a nice Bar Mitzvah in Keeping Up with the Steins (formerly known as Lucky 13), which received a limited release on May 12, 2006. He also guest starred in the Criminal Minds episode, "P911" where he played as a sexually molested child. He also provides the voice for Rex in the new cartoon network series Generator Rex.
Sabara next appeared in the films Her Best Move and the interactive DVD Choose Your Own Adventure, played Ben on The Last Chance Detectives radio dramas by Adventures in Odyssey & Focus on the Family,[4] and also appeared as school bully Wesley Rhoades in Rob Zombie's Halloween. He then played Irwin in the theater play "The Catskills Sonata", about a young Jewish busboy in the late '50s.
Sabara has also guest starred in an episode of Friends, when he was younger, where Chandler accidentally reveals to him that he is adopted. He also gained a recurring role in the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place as T.J. Taylor, a wizard who ignores the rules and uses magic the way he wants, often getting him into trouble. He was also in The Boondocks as the voice of Butch Magnus Milosevic in the episode Shinin'. He appeared in an episode of The Batman as Scorn, the sidekick of the villain Wrath. The role was opposite his brother, who played "Robin".
He recently costarred in the film April Showers, a movie written and directed by a Columbine High School survivor. He also played "Kyle" a misanthropic and rude teenager in World's Greatest Dad, with Robin Williams, and Peter Cratchit in the 2009 film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Recently, he appeared in the comedy series Easy To Assemble, where he played a character named George. He appeared in the 2010 movie Machete, as well as the MTV movie "Worst. Prom. Ever." which premiered Tuesday, May 10, and will co-star in 2012's John Carter of Mars.
Filmography
Film Year Film Role Notes 1999 My Neighbors the Yamadas Noburu Voice 2001 Spy Kids Juni Cortez Main 2002 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Juni Cortez Main 2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Juni Cortez Main Finding Nemo Various Voices 2004 Murder Without Conviction James Talley (age 10) TV Movie The Polar Express Hero Boy Voice 2006 Lolo's Cafe Mikey TV Movie / Voice Solace Gunther Maybe It's in the Water Unknown Role Keeping Up with the Steins Benjamin Fielder Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman Marco North Direct-to-video / Voice 2007 Her Best Move Doggie Normal Adolescent Behavior Nathan Supporting Halloween Wesley Rhoades Minor 2009 April Showers Jason World's Greatest Dad Kyle A Christmas Carol Undertaker's Apprentice / Tattered Caroler / Beggar Boy / Peter Cratchit / Well-Dressed Caroler 2010 Machete Julio 2011 Worst. Prom. Ever. Clark Peterson Main 2011 Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World Juni Cortez 2012 The Philosophers Chips filming 2012 John Carter Edgar Rice Burroughs post-production Television Year Title Role Notes 1992 Murphy Brown Baby Brown Recurring 1996 Life's Work Toby 1 episode 1999 Love & Money Roger Roswell Corey 2000 Will & Grace Broccoli Boy 2002 All That Spy Kids John Doe Wesley Silver One on One Jeffy What's New, Scooby-Doo? Tommy Voice 2003 Friends Owen (The adopted kid) 1 episode 2004 Century City Frank "Auggie" Wood Fatherhood Larry Keating Dr. Vegas Jesse Selznick 1 episode 2004–2005 Father of the Pride Hunter 2005 House M.D. Gabriel Reilich 1 episode 2005–2007 Weeds Tim Scottson Recurring 2006 American Dragon: Jake Long Hobie 1 episode Criminal Minds Kevin What About Brian Lil' Adam 2007 The Boondocks Butch Magnus Milosevic Voice 2007–2008 The Batman Various Voices 2007–2009 Wizards of Waverly Place T.J. Taylor Recurring 2008 Miss Guided Russell 1 episode The Closer Jason Hetner 2009 Easy to Assemble George Recurring 2010–Present Generator Rex Rex Salazar Voice Video games Year Title Role Notes 2004 Polar Express Hero Boy Voice 2011 Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall Rex Voice References
- ^ Jacobs, Janet (2001-12-03). "'Spy Kids'stars help less fortunate kids". Austin American-Statesman. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F02FFAA0ACC1002&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ http://www.jewishjournal.com/circuit/article/chabad_rocks_20020906/
- ^ "BBC Films". Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/07/30/daryl_sabara_spy_kids_3d_game_over_interview.shtml. Retrieved June 14, 2006.
- ^ "Clubhouse Magazine". http://clubhousemagazine.com/detectives/a0001044.cfm. Retrieved February 1, 2007.[dead link]
External links
- Jewish Journal interview (August 19, 2005)
- About.com interview (November 7, 2004)
- Daryl Sabara at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:- 1992 births
- Actors from California
- American child actors
- American film actors
- American Jews
- American people of Russian descent
- American people of German descent
- American television actors
- American voice actors
- Jewish actors
- Living people
- People from Torrance, California
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