Robert Oliveri

Robert Dane Oliveri (born April 28, 1978) is a former American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Nick Szalinski in the 1989 Disney film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, for which he was nominated for a Young Artist Award and a Saturn Award. He reprised the role in the 1992 sequel, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid and the 3D film, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience. He is also known for playing Kevin, Winona Ryder's little brother, in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands.
== Career ==
At age nine, Oliveri starred as Paul Bard in an episode of ABC Afterschool Special. Two years later he made a guest appearance on Friday the 13th: The Series, based on the film franchise, as Mike Carlson. That same year, he starred as Young Nelson in the television movie, Ask Me Again. Also that year, he landed the role of Nick Szalinski, the son of Rick Moranis's character in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
For his performance, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award and a Saturn Award. In 1990, Oliveri starred as Danny Flocken in the pilot of The Flockens, a show about raising four boys, which also starred Miriam Flynn and Bruce McGill as the parents. The show was not picked up and dismissed. He starred in an episode of Monsters and then landed the role of Kevin in Edward Scissorhands with Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder.
He later starred in an episode of ABC Weekend Special as Ryan in Ralph S. Mouse. The next year, Oliveri reprised his role as Nick Szalinski in 1992's Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. His character had matured since the previous film and took a liking to Mandy Park, which was Keri Russell's film debut. Oliveri was asked to reprise his role as Szalinski again two years later for the 3Dscience fiction film, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, that opened at Epcot in 1994 and closed in 2010. It was later added to Disneyland's Tomorrowland section in California, but it closed in 2010 there, too.
== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
Year	Film 	Role 	Notes
1989	Ask Me Again 	Young Nelson 	Supporting role
1989	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 	Nick Szalinski	Main role
1990	Edward Scissorhands 	Kevin Boggs 	Supporting role
1992	Honey, I Blew Up the Kid 	Nick Szalinski	Main role
1994	Honey, I Shrunk the Audience	Nick Szalinski	Main role
=== Television ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1987	ABC Afterschool Special 	Paul Bard 	Episode: "Supermom's Daughter"
1989	Friday the 13th: The Series	Mike Carlson 	Episode: "The Playhouse"
1990	The Flockens 	Danny Flocken	Pilot
1985	Monsters 	Roy Barton 	Episode: "Mr. Swlabr"
1985	ABC Weekend Special 	Ryan 	Episode: "Ralph S. Mouse"
Category:Actors