Erik von Detten

Erik von Detten
Erik von Detten in 2004
Born Erik Thomas von Detten
(1982-10-03) October 3, 1982
San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation Actor, Broker
Years active 1991–2010
Relatives Susan von Detten (Mother)
Volker von Detten (Father)

Erik Thomas von Detten (born October 3, 1982) is a former American actor.[1] He is known for his roles in Escape to Witch Mountain, Toy Story, Brink!, The Princess Diaries, Complete Savages, and So Weird.

Personal life

Erik Thomas von Detten was born in San Diego, California.[2] He is the son of Susan von Detten (née Farber), a photographer,[3] and Volker von Detten. His father is an immigrant from Munich, Germany.[4] He has three sisters, Dolly, Britta, and Andrea, and a brother, Timothy.[5]

Career

One of von Detten's earliest roles was Nicholas Alamain on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1992 until 1993, appearing in 55 episodes.[6] Nicholas was revealed to be the secret son of Lawrence Alamain (Michael Sabatino) and Carly Manning (Crystal Chappell), 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's accidental killing of his father's lover Lisanne Gardner, who had been attempting to blackmail Vivian Alamein over the secret of Nicholas's parentage.

In 1995, when he was 13, Von Detten provided the voice of the villainous toy-destroyer Sid Phillips in the hit movie Toy Story. In 1996, he starred in the ABC family original movie Christmas Every Day. 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 also appeared in a theatrical release as the jerk Josh Bryant in The Princess Diaries in 2001. In addition, he has made several television appearances in shows such as Dinotopia (2002), the first celebrity edition of the ABC reality show The Mole, the third season's Celebrity Mole Hawaii (2003), in which he was runner-up, as well as the Disney Channel's So Weird, and Fox's Malcolm in the Middle. Von Detten has also played the part of Chris Savage in the short-lived sitcom Complete Savages. In 2007, he made his stage debut in the children's play The Christmas Princess[7] in Santa Monica. In 2009, he was featured in the music video "Wanted" by pop singer Jessie James. In 2010, he made a brief cameo appearance in Toy Story 3 reprising his role as Sid Phillips, who is now a garbageman in his 20s.[8][9]

Von Detten now works for Rosland Capital, a precious metals asset management firm, as a broker.[10][11]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1991 All I Want for Christmas Choir
1995 Top Dog Matthew Swanson
1995 Toy Story Sid Phillips (voice)
1996 Amanda Kelsey Farnsworth
1997 Hercules Boy #1 (voice)
1997 Leave It to Beaver Wallace 'Wally' Cleaver
1999 Tarzan Flynt (voice)
2001 Recess: School's Out Erwin Lawson / Capt. Brad (voice)
2001 The Princess Diaries Josh Bryant
2001 Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street Erwin Lawson (voice) Video
2001 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Additional Voices
2002 American Girl Kenton
2003 National Lampoon's Barely Legal Deacon Lewis
2003 Recess: All Growed Down Erwin Lawson (voice) Video
2005 Smile Chris
2010 Toy Story 3 Sid Phillips (voice)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Days of Our Lives Nicholas Alamain Regular role
1993 Night Sins Nicholas Alamain TV film
1994 In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness Older John TV film
1994 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Vic / Tough Kid (voice) "The Switching Hour"
1995 A Season of Hope Tyler Hackett TV film
1995 Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty Sam Honeycutt TV film
1995 Escape to Witch Mountain Danny TV film
1995 ER Ben Larkin "Hell and High Water"
1996 The Bug Hunt TV film
1996 Life with Louie (voice) "Summer of My Discontent"
1996 A Stranger to Love Justin TV film
1996 Mr. Rhodes Milo "Pilot"
1996 7th Heaven Randy "Halloween"
1996 Christmas Every Day Billy Jackson TV film
1997 Things That Go Bump Christian TV film
1997 Meego Trip Parker "Pilot"
1997 Toy Story Treats Sid Phillips (voice) "Woody's Nightmares"
1997–2000 Recess Erwin Lawson (voice) Recurring role
1998 You Wish Jeff Collins "Bride and Prejudice"
1998 Brink! Andy 'Brink' Brinker TV film
1998 The Wild Thornberrys Adolescent Jaguar (voice) "Temple of Eliza"
1999 Replacing Dad Drew TV film
1999–2000 Odd Man Out Andrew Whitney Main role
1999–2001 So Weird Clu Bell Main role
2001 As Told by Ginger Kid #2 (voice) "The Right Stuff"
2001 Raising Dad Brad Singer "The Drama Club"
2001 The Legend of Tarzan Flynt (voice) Recurring role
2001-2002 Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat Jet-Jet (voice) Recurring role, uncredited
2002 Do Over Gary Ross "Valentine's Day Dance"
2002–2003 Dinotopia Karl Scott Main role
2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Drew Lamerly "Privilege"
2003 Charmed Newspaper Reporter "Baby's First Demon"
2004 8 Simple Rules Erik "C.J.'s Party"
2004–2005 Complete Savages Chris Savage Main role
2005 Malcolm in the Middle Brad "Secret Boyfriend"
2006 Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (voice) "Dog Play Afternoon"
2007 Girl, Positive Jason TV film
2007 Avatar: The Last Airbender Chan (voice) "The Beach"
2008 Bones Ed Dekker "Player Under Pressure"
2009 Family Guy Shovin' Buddy (voice) "Peter's Progress"

References

  1. ↑ Carter, Brooke (2017-01-21). "What Happened to Erik Von Detten - News & Updates - The Gazette Review". The Gazette Review. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  2. ↑ "Erik von Detten". MSN. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Susan Von Detten". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  4. ↑ According to chat interview, circa January/February 2000
  5. ↑ Sansing, Dina (2003). "the way to his heart?". Seventeen. p. 120. Archived from the original (JPG) on 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2006-09-08.
  6. ↑ "See What Disney Channel's Erik von Detten Looks Like Now". E! Online. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  7. ↑ "The Christmas Princess at The Black Box Theatre 2007". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "See What Disney Channel's Erik von Detten Looks Like Now". E! Online. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  9. ↑ Staff, AOL. "The beautiful Erik von Detten from Disney Channel's 'Brink!' is still totally, and utterly gorgeous". AOL.com. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  10. ↑ "Erik Von Detten - Senior Account Representative - Rosland Capital". reach150.com. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  11. ↑ "2000s heartthrob Erik von Detten all but vanished after 2010, so obviously we tracked him down". HelloGiggles. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
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