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.

Career

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.

Filmography

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 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 2002Scooby-Doo Fred Jones 2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 2005 Shooting Gallery Jericho Hudson Also producer 2006 Shark Bait Pisces "Pi" 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 Vega2015Misery Loves ComedyHimselfDocumentary2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerKanan Jarrus (voice)Killer SkinMasked KillerShort film2022Clerks IIIAuditioner 15Christmas with YouMiguel Torres2023Glisten and the Merry MissionCrumble Starsnaps (voice)2024The Girl in the PoolThomas2025I Know What You Did Last SummerRay Bronson

Television
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.1995Family MattersTough GuyEpisode: "The Gun"The WatcherBillyEpisode: "The Human Condition: The Blood of Our Children/Rita/The Comic"1996ABC Afterschool SpecialJeffEpisode: "Too Soon for Jeff"1997Detention: The Siege at Johnson HighAaron SullivanTelevision film1998VigTony2000Saturday Night LiveHimselfHost; Episode: "Freddie Prinze Jr./Macy Gray"Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring BrakEpisode #1.12002FrasierMike (voice)Episode: "Juvenilia"FriendsSandyEpisode: "The One with the Male Nanny"2003Kim Possible: A Sitch In TimeFuture Jim / Future Tim (voice)Television film2004–2006Boston LegalDonny Crane3 episodes2005–2006FreddieFreddie MorenoMain role; 22 episodesAlso co-creator and executive producer2006George LopezEpisode: "George Gets Cross Over Freddie"2007AtlantaEricTelevision film2008–2009WWE SmackDown Writer; 26 episodes2009No HeroicsBradley (aka Infinitum)Unaired pilot201024Cole Ortiz24 episodesPsychDennisEpisode: "Not Even Close... Encounters"2012Happy ValleyNoahUnaired pilot2005–2022Robot ChickenFred Jones / Various (voice)7 episodes2013Witches of East EndLeo Wingate2 episodes2013–2014BonesDanny Beck2014–2018Star Wars RebelsKanan Jarrus (voice)70 episodes2016BordertownTut (voice)Episode: "The Engagement"First ImpressionsHimselfHost; 6 episodes2016–2017Movie Trivia SchmoedownCommentator; 4 episodes2019–2020GEGG WARSPash / O'rak Adalani6 episodes2021Star Wars: The Bad BatchCaleb Dume (voice)Episode: "Aftermath"Punky BrewsterTravis10 episodes2022–2024WWE RivalsHimselfHost; 16 episodes2025Robot Chicken: Self Discovery SpecialFred 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

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