Freddie Prinze Jr.

**Freddie James Prinze, Jr.** (; born March 8, 1976), is an American actor, filmmaker and television producer and director.

Prinze, Jr. was born in Los Angeles, California. His father is of German and Puerto Rican descent and His mother is of Austrian, English, German, Irish, Scottish and Swiss descent. He was raised Roman Catholic.

He is known for his roles in _I Know What You Did Last Summer_ (1997) and its sequel, _I Still Know What You Did Last Summer_ (1998), as well as _She's All That_ (1999), _Summer Catch_ (2001), _Scooby-Doo_ (2002), _Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed_ (2004), and _Delgo_ (2008). Prinze has also had acting roles in television shows, including _Friends_ (2002), _Freddie_ (2005–06) and _24_ (2010).

Prinze is married to actress Sarah Michelle Gellar. They have two children. Prinze, Jr. now works for WWE as a producer and director.

### Television and film

Prinze was cast in a guest role on the ABC TV series Family Matters in 1995. He then appeared in a few programs and made-for-TV movies, before making his motion picture debut in To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday in 1996. In subsequent years, Prinze experienced success with appearances in youth-oriented movies. Scream (1996), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and its sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), made him well known among teenage audiences. In his first leading role, the romantic comedy She's All That (1999), he was very successful at the box office. The film grossed $63 million in the United States.

Subsequently, he had leading roles in Wing Commander (1999), Down to You (2000), Boys and Girls (2000), Head over Heels (2001) and Summer Catch (2001), most of which were generally disliked by critics and had moderate box office success.

Freddie Prinze Jr. at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con
In 2002, he played Fred Jones in the live-action film version of the popular cartoon, Scooby-Doo, and reprised the role in the 2004 sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, both alongside his wife Sarah Michelle Gellar and his friend Matthew Lillard. He guest starred on the popular NBC show, Friends, as a sensitive male nanny named Sandy on the series' 200th episode. He also appeared as Donny Crane, a character believed to be Denny Crane's son in the ABC legal drama-comedy Boston Legal. Prinze starred in his own television sitcom, titled Freddie. The sitcom is said to depict some actual events from his life, and lasted one season before being canceled in May 2006. He guest starred on George Lopez for a crossover with Freddie. In 2004, Prinze accepted a special award from TV Land on behalf of his late father. He thanked his father's former co-star, Della Reese, for her continued advice and support. In 2006, he lent his voice to the character of Pi in the computer-animated film Shark Bait. Also in 2007, he lent his voice to the character of Rick in Happily N'Ever After along with his wife Gellar, Wallace Shawn, Andy Dick, George Carlin, and Sigourney Weaver. In 2008, he auditioned for Jigsaw in Punisher: War Zone, but was not given the part at the decision of Lionsgate Studios. He later voice titular character in animation movie Delgo.[12] In 2010, Prinze guest starred on Psych as Dennis, a grade school friend of Shawn Spencer and Burton Guster.

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1996|_To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday_|Joey Bost||||
|1996|_Scream_|Stu Macher||||
|1997|_The House of Yes_|Anthony Pascal||||
|1997|_Sparkler_|Brad||||
|1997|_Scream 2_|Guy at Party|uncredited|||
|1997|_I Know What You Did Last Summer_|rowspan="2"|Ray Bronson|||
|1998|_I Still Know What You Did Last Summer_|||||
|1999|_She's All That_|Zachary "Zack" Siler||||
|1999|_Wing Commander_|Lt. Christopher Blair||||
|2000|_Down to You_|Alfred "Al" Connelly||||
|2000|_Boys and Girls_|Ryan Walker||||
|2001|_Head Over Heels_|Jim Winston/Bob Smoot||||
|2001|_Summer Catch_|Ryan Dunne||||
|2002|_Scooby-Doo_|rowspan="2"|Fred Jones|||
|2004|_Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed_|||||
|2005|_Shooting Gallery_|Jericho Hudson|Also producer|||
|2006|_Shark Bait_|Pisces "Pi"|rowspan="2"|Voice||
|2006|_Happily N'Ever After_|Rick||||
|2007|_Brooklyn Rules_|Michael Turner||||
|2007|_New York City Serenade_|Owen||||
|2008|_Jack and Jill vs. the World_|Jack||||
|2008|_Delgo_|Delgo|Voice|||
|2011|_Scream 4_|Guy at Stab-A-Thon|uncredited|||
|2012|_Mass Effect: Paragon Lost_|Lieutenant James Vega||||
|2015|_Misery Loves Comedy_|Himself|Documentary|||
|rowspan="2"|2019|_Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker_|Kanan Jarrus (voice)|||
|_Killer Skin_|Masked Killer|Short film||||
|rowspan="2"|2022|_Clerks III_|Auditioner 15|||
|_Christmas with You_|Miguel Torres|||||
|2023|_Glisten and the Merry Mission_|Crumble Starsnaps (voice)||||
|2024|_The Girl in the Pool_|Thomas||||
|2025|_I Know What You Did Last Summer_|Ray Bronson||||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|Ref.|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1995|_Family Matters_|Tough Guy|Episode: "The Gun"|||
|_The Watcher_|Billy|Episode: "The Human Condition: The Blood of Our Children/Rita/The Comic"|||||
|1996|_ABC Afterschool Special_|Jeff|Episode: "Too Soon for Jeff"||||
|1997|_Detention: The Siege at Johnson High_|Aaron Sullivan|rowspan="2"|Television film|||
|1998|_Vig_|Tony|||||
|rowspan="2"|2000|_Saturday Night Live_|rowspan="2"|Himself|Host; Episode: "Freddie Prinze Jr./Macy Gray"||
|_Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak_|Episode #1.1||||||
|rowspan="2"|2002|_Frasier_|Mike (voice)|Episode: "Juvenilia"|||
|_Friends_|Sandy|Episode: "The One with the Male Nanny"|||||
|2003|_Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time_|Future Jim / Future Tim (voice)|Television film||||
|2004–2006|_Boston Legal_|Donny Crane|3 episodes||||
|2005–2006|_Freddie_|rowspan="2"|Freddie Moreno|Main role; 22 episodes <small>Also co-creator and executive producer</small>|||
|2006|_George Lopez_|Episode: "George Gets Cross Over Freddie"|||||
|2007|_Atlanta_|Eric|Television film||||
|2008–2009|_WWE SmackDown_||Writer; 26 episodes||||
|2009|_No Heroics_|Bradley (aka Infinitum)|Unaired pilot||||
|rowspan="2"|2010|_24_|Cole Ortiz|24 episodes|||
|_Psych_|Dennis|Episode: "Not Even Close... Encounters"|||||
|2012|_Happy Valley_|Noah|Unaired pilot||||
|2005–2022|_Robot Chicken_|Fred Jones / Various (voice)|7 episodes||||
|2013|_Witches of East End_|Leo Wingate|rowspan="2"|2 episodes|||
|2013–2014|_Bones_|Danny Beck|||||
|2014–2018|_Star Wars Rebels_|Kanan Jarrus (voice)|70 episodes||||
|rowspan="2"|2016|_Bordertown_|Tut (voice)|Episode: "The Engagement"|||
|_First Impressions_|rowspan="2"|Himself|Host; 6 episodes||||
|2016–2017|_Movie Trivia Schmoedown_|Commentator; 4 episodes|||||
|2019–2020|_GEGG WARS_|Pash / O'rak Adalani|6 episodes||||
|rowspan="2"|2021|_Star Wars: The Bad Batch_|Caleb Dume (voice)|Episode: "Aftermath"|||
|_Punky Brewster_|Travis|10 episodes|||||
|2022–2024|_WWE Rivals_|Himself|Host; 16 episodes||||
|2025|_Robot Chicken: Self Discovery Special_|Fred Jones (voice)|Television Special||||

### Video games

|Year|Title|Role|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2012–13|_Mass Effect 3_|Lieutenant James Vega|
|2014–15|_Dragon Age: Inquisition_|Iron Bull|
|2015|_Disney Infinity 3.0_|Kanan Jarrus|

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Freddie Prinze, Jr. (27600088526) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Prinze in 2016
- **birth name**: Freddie James Prinze, Jr.
- **birth place**: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- **nationality**: American
- **occupation**: Actor, television director and producer
- **years active**: 1995–present
- **children**: 2
- **parents**: Freddie Prinze, Freddie James Prinze, Sr.
Kathy Elaine Barber