Daryl Sabara

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**Daryl Christopher Sabara** (born June 14, 1992) is an American actor, known for playing Juni Cortez in the *Spy Kids* film series, as well as for a variety of television and film appearances, including *Generator Rex*, *Wizards of Waverly Place*, *Father of the Pride*, *The Polar Express*, *Keeping Up with the Steins*, *Halloween*, *Green Inferno*, *World's Greatest Dad*, *Grimm*, and *America's Most Talented Kids* (on which he was a judge).

## Early life

Sabara was born Daryl Christopher Sabara in Los Angeles County, California on June 14, 1992. His mother's maiden name is Krebs. He graduated from West Torrance High School in 2010. He has a fraternal twin brother, Evan, who is also a voice actor. He is of Russian Jewish descent from his mother and Polish descent from his father, and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony. Sabara began performing with the regional ballet company, South Bay Ballet.

## Career

Sabara began acting during the mid-1990s, appearing on episodes of *Murphy Brown*, *Life's Work*, and *Will and Grace* before being cast as Juni Cortez in the *Spy Kids* series of family films, which became popular among pre-teen audiences.

Sabara provided the voice of Hunter in *Father of the Pride*. He has appeared in episodes of the television series *Weeds*, *House*, *Dr. Vegas*, and was one of the judges on *America's Most Talented Kids*. Sabara also voiced the main character, Hero Boy, in the 2004 animated version of *The Polar Express*. He then played a Jewish young boy trying to have a nice Bar Mitzvah in *Keeping Up with the Steins* (formerly known as *Lucky 13*), which received a limited release on May 12, 2006. He also guest starred in the *Criminal Minds* episode, "P911" where he played as a sexually molested child. He also provided the voice for the titular character in *Generator Rex*.

He next appeared in the films *Her Best Movie* and the interactive DVD *Choose Your Own Adventure*, played Ben on *The Last Chance Detectives* radio dramas by *Adventures in Odyssey* and *Focus on the Family*, and also appeared as school bully Wesley Rhoades in Rob Zombie's *Halloween*. He then played Irwin in the theater play *The Catskills Sonata*, about a young Jewish busboy in the late 1950s.

In 2003, Sabara made a guest appearance as the character Owen on an episode of *Friends*, during which Matthew Perry's character Chandler accidentally reveals to Owen that he is adopted. He also gained a recurring role in the Disney Channel sitcom *Wizards of Waverly Place* as T.J. Taylor, a wizard who ignores the rules and uses magic the way he wants, often getting him into trouble. He was also in *The Boondocks* as the voice of Butch Magnus Milosevic in the episode "Shinin'". He appeared in two episodes of *The Batman*: first as Harris, a middle schooler; then as Scorn, the sidekick of the villain Wrath. Both roles were opposite his brother, who played "Robin".

He costarred in the 2009 film *April Showers*, a movie written and directed by a survivor of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. He played Kyle, a misanthropic teenager in *World's Greatest Dad*, with Robin Williams, and Peter Cratchit in the 2009 film adaptation of *A Christmas Carol*. He appeared in the comedy series *Easy To Assemble*, where he played a character named George. In 2010, he appeared in the movie *Machete*, and the MTV movie *Worst. Prom. Ever.* which premiered May 10. In 2012, he co-starred in *John Carter* as Edgar Rice Burroughs.

He portrayed the recurring role of Tim Scottson in seven episodes (spanning from 2005–2012) of *Weeds*.

In 2014 he starred alongside Chloë Grace Moretz in the off-Broadway play *The Library* directed by Steven Soderbergh.

## Personal life

Sabara started dating singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor in July 2016. They became engaged on December 21, 2017, and married on December 22, 2018, Trainor's 25th birthday. On October 8, 2020, Trainor and Sabara announced they were expecting their first child together, a boy.

## Filmography

### Video games

 2011
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 2011
 2017

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Birth of Daryl Sabara". California Birth Index. https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/daryl\_christopher\_sabara\_born\_1992\_21763635. "Daryl Christopher Sabara was born on June 14, 1992 in Los Angeles County, California. His ... mother's maiden name is Krebs."
2. ↑ Jacobs, Janet (December 3, 2001). "'Spy Kids' stars help less fortunate kids".
3. ↑ Aushenker, Michael (September 5, 2002). "Chabad rocks!", Tribe Media Corp..
4. ↑ Klein, Amy (August 18, 2005). "Spy Kids' Bar Mitzvah", Tribe Media Corp..
5. ↑ Brett, Anwar. "Daryl Sabara. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over". *BBC Films*. BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/07/30/daryl\_sabara\_spy\_kids\_3d\_game\_over\_interview.shtml.
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7. ↑ "The Library". *Public Theater*. https://www.publictheater.org/Tickets/Calendar/PlayDetailsCollection/13-14-Season/The-Library/.
8. ↑ Healy, Patrick (January 16, 2014). "Soderbergh to Direct New Play at Public Theater", The New York Times Company.
9. ↑ Rooney, David (January 16, 2014). "Steven Soderbergh to Direct Off-Broadway Play Starring Chloe Grace Moretz".
10. ↑ Spencer, Amy (April 6, 2017). "Meghan Trainor: I Wrote My Boyfriend a Song Called "Marry Me"".
11. ↑ Swertlow, Meg (December 21, 2017). "Meghan Trainor Is Engaged to Spy Kids Star Daryl Sabara", *E! Online*, E! News.
12. ↑ Nelson, Jeff (December 22, 2018). "Meghan Trainor Marries Daryl Sabara in Backyard Wedding: 'I Got Way More Than I Ever Wished For'", *People*, People.
13. ↑ "Surprise! Meghan Trainor tells Hoda and Jenna she's pregnant with 1st child".

## External links

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