Daryl Sabara

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Daryl Sabara
Daryl Sabara, 2007
Born	Daryl Christopher Sabara June 14, 1992 (1992-06-14) (age 17) Torrance, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995 ─ 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 trilogy, 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.

Career

1995–2003

He began performing with the regional ballet company, South Bay Ballet.^[1] He 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 film Spy Kids, which was released in 2001 and became popular among pre-teen audiences. Sabara reprised the role in the film's two sequels, released in 2002 and 2003 respectively, which were also successful at the box office.

2004–present

He has since 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. His most recent film role was in Keeping Up with the Steins (formerly known as Lucky 13), which received a limited release on May 12, 2006.

He next appears in the films Her Best Move, the interactive DVD Choose Your Own Adventure,and "April Showers", ^[2] and in Boys Life, a pilot for CBS that Sabara described as a cross between The Wonder Years and Malcolm in the Middle.^[3] He plays 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 has also guest starred in an episode of Friends, 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.

Filmography

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Daryl Sabara

• Jewish Journal interview (August 19, 2005)
• About.com interview (November 7, 2004)
• Daryl Sabara at the Internet Movie Database