Erik von Detten

Erik Thomas von Detten (born October 3, 1982) is an American actor.
==Early Life==
Erik Thomas von Detten was born in San Diego, California, U.S.. He is the son of Susan von Detten (nee Farber), a photographer, and Volker von Detten. His father is an immigrant from Munich, Germany, and his mother is of English and Russian Jewish descent. He has three sisters, Dolly, Britta and Andrea, and a brother, Timothy. His family moved to a 2-story house in El Segundo, California when he was a young child. In El Segundo, von Detten attended the local public elementary school, and was a member of the Cub Scouts.
==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. 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.
In 1995, when he was 13, von Detten provided the voice of the villainous toy-tormentor Sid Phillips in Toy Story. He starred in film Christmas Every Day in 1996, played Wally Cleaver in the 1997 film Leave It to Beaver, and in 1998, had the lead as the title character in the Disney Channel original movie Brink!. Von Detten also appeared in a theatrical release as the 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 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.
As of 2018, von Detten worked for Rosland Capital, a precious metals asset management firm.
==Personal Life==
Von Detten has been married to his wife Angela, since 2018; together they have a daughter.
==Filmography==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role
1991	All I Want for Christmas 	Choir
1995	Top Dog 	Matthew Swanson
1995	Toy Story 	Sid Phillips
1996	Amanda 	Kelsey Farnsworth
1997	Hercules 	Boy #1
1997	Leave It to Beaver 	Wallace "Wally" Cleaver
1998	Brink! 	Andy "Brink" Brinker
1999	Tarzan 	Flynt
2001	Recess: School's Out 	Erwin Lawson / Captain Brad
2001	The Princess Diaries 	Josh Bryant
2001	Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street	Erwin Lawson
2001	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 	Additional
2002	American Girl 	Kenton
2003	National Lampoon's Barely Legal 	Deacon Lewis
2003	Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade 	Erwin Lawson
2003	Recess: All Growed Down 	Erwin Lawson
2005	Smile 	Chris
2010	Toy Story 3 	Sid Phillips
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role
1993 	Days of Our Lives 	Nicholas Alamain
1993 	Night Sins 	Nicholas Alamain
1994 	In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness	Older John
1994 	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters 	Vic / Tough Kid
1995 	A Season of Hope 	Tyler Hackett
1995 	Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty 	Sam Honeycutt
1995 	Escape to Witch Mountain 	Danny
1995 	ER 	Ben Larkin
1996 	The Bug Hunt 	
1996 	Life with Louie 	Additional
1996 	A Stranger to Love 	Justin
1996 	Mr. Rhodes 	Milo
1996 	7th Heaven 	Randy
1996 	Christmas Every Day 	Billy Jackson
1997 	Things That Go Bump 	Christian
1997 	Meego 	Trip Parker
1997 	Toy Story Treats 	Sid Phillips
1997-2000	Recess 	Erwin Lawson
1998 	You Wish 	Jeff Collins
1998 	The Wild Thornberrys 	Adolescent Jaguar
1999 	Replacing Dad 	Drew
1999-2000	Odd Man Out 	Andrew Whitney
1999-2001	So Weird 	Clu Bell
2001 	As Told by Ginger 	Kid #2
2001 	Raising Dad 	Brad Singer
2001 	The Legend of Tarzan 	Flynt
2001-2002	Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat 	Jet-Jet
2002 	Do Over 	Gary Ross
2002-2003	Dinotopia 	Karl Scott
2003 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 	Drew Lamerly
2003 	Charmed 	Newspaper Reporter
2004 	8 Simple Rules 	Erik
2004-2005	Complete Savages 	Chris Savage
2005 	Malcolm in the Middle 	Brad
2006 	Brandy & Mr. Whiskers 	Additional
2007 	Girl, Positive 	Jason
2007 	Avatar: The Last Airbender 	Chan
2008 	Bones 	Ed Dekker
2009 	Family Guy 	Shovin' Buddy
=== Video Games ===
Year	Title 	Role
1996	Animated Storybook: Toy Story	Sid Phillips
Category:Actors
Category:American Actors
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