Daryl Sabara

Daryl Sabara
Daryl Sabara, August 2007
Born	Daryl Christopher Sabara June 14, 1992 (1992-06-14) Hawthorne, California
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1998–present

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

Life and career

Sabara was born in Hawthorne, California, the son of Sandy Krebs, an L.A. social worker. He has a fraternal twin brother, Evan, who is also an actor. Sabara is of Russian Jewish and German descent. Sabara began performing with the regional ballet company, South Bay Ballet. He attended West High School in Torrance, CA.

Sabara began acting during the mid 1990s, appearing on episodes of Murphy Brown, Life's Work, Will and Grace, and Friends 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, the male lion cub on the NBC animated sitcom 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 provides the voice for Rex in the new cartoon network series Generator Rex.

Sabara next appeared in the films Her Best Move and the interactive DVD Choose Your Own Adventure, played Ben on The Last Chance Detectives radio dramas by Adventures in Odyssey & 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 '50s.

Sabara has also guest starred in an episode of Friends, when he was younger, where Chandler accidentally reveals to him 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 an episode of The Batman as Scorn, the sidekick of the villain Wrath. The role was opposite his brother, who played "Robin".

He recently costarred in the film April Showers, a movie written and directed by a Columbine High School survivor. He also played "Kyle" a misanthropic and rude teenager in World's Greatest Dad, with Robin Williams, and Peter Cratchit in the 2009 film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Recently, he appeared in the comedy series Easy To Assemble, where he played a character named George. He appeared in the 2010 movie Machete, as well as the MTV movie "Worst. Prom. Ever." which premiered Tuesday, May 10, and will co-star in 2012's John Carter.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	My Neighbors the Yamadas	Noburu	Voice
2001	Spy Kids	Juni Cortez	Main
2002	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Juni Cortez	Main
2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Juni Cortez	Main
	Finding Nemo	Various	Voices
2004	Murder Without Conviction	James Talley (age 10)	TV Movie
	The Polar Express	Hero Boy	Voice
2006	Lolo's Cafe	Mikey	TV Movie / Voice
	Solace	Gunther
	Maybe It's in the Water	Unknown Role
	Keeping Up with the Steins	Benjamin Fielder
	Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman	Marco North	Direct-to-video / Voice
2007	Her Best Move	Doggie	Minor
	Normal Adolescent Behavior	Nathan	Supporting
	Halloween	Wesley Rhoades	Minor
2009	April Showers	Jason
	World's Greatest Dad	Kyle
	A Christmas Carol	Undertaker's Apprentice / Tattered Caroler / Beggar Boy / Peter Cratchit / Well-Dressed Caroler
2010	Machete	Julio
2011	Worst. Prom. Ever.	Clark Peterson	Main
2011	Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World	Juni Cortez
2012	John Carter	Edgar Rice Burroughs	post-production
2012	The Philosophers	Chips	filming
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Murphy Brown	Baby Brown	Recurring
1996	Life's Work	Toby	1 episode
1999	Love & Money	Roger
	Roswell	Corey
2000	Will & Grace	Broccoli Boy
2002	All That	Spy Kids
	John Doe	Wesley Silver
	One on One	Jeffy
	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Tommy	Voice
2003	Friends	Owen (The adopted kid)	1 episode
2004	Century City	Frank "Auggie" Wood
	Fatherhood	Larry Keating
	Dr. Vegas	Jesse Selznick	1 episode
2004–2005	Father of the Pride	Hunter
2005	House M.D.	Gabriel Reilich	1 episode
2005–2007	Weeds	Tim Scottson	Recurring
2006	American Dragon: Jake Long	Hobie	1 episode
	Criminal Minds	Kevin
	What About Brian	Lil' Adam
2007	The Boondocks	Butch Magnus Milosevic	Voice
2007–2008	The Batman	Various	Voices
2007–2009	Wizards of Waverly Place	T.J. Taylor	Recurring
2008	Miss Guided	Russell	1 episode
	The Closer	Jason Hetner
2009	Easy to Assemble	George	Recurring
2010–Present	Generator Rex	Rex Salazar	Voice Main
2012	Grimm	Hanson	1 episode
Video games
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Polar Express	Hero Boy	Voice
2011	Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall	Rex Salazar	Voice
2011	Saints Row: The Third	various	Voice

External links

• Jewish Journal interview (August 19, 2005)
• About.com interview (November 7, 2004)
• Daryl Sabara at the Internet Movie Database