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Alex D. Linz
Born
Alexander David Linz

(1989-01-03) January 3, 1989 (age 35)
Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Other namesAlex Linz
EducationB.A., UC Berkeley
M.U.R.P., UCLA (2017)
OccupationActor
Years active1993–2007

Alexander David Linz (born January 3, 1989)[1] is an American former child actor who starred in several late 1990s and early 2000s films and television programs. His film roles include Home Alone 3 (1997) and Max Keeble's Big Move (2001).

Early life

Linz was born in Santa Barbara, California, the son of Deborah Baltaxe, an attorney, and Dr. Daniel Linz, a professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[2] His parents are divorced, and he lived with his mother. He has two younger sisters named Lily Alice and Livia. Linz is Jewish, and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.[3]

He attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a member of the improvisation and sketch comedy group, jericho!. Linz received a master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning at UCLA in 2017.[4]

Career

Acting

Linz made his acting debut in 1995 on an episode of the television series Cybill. He subsequently appeared in several television productions, played Phillip Chancellor IV on the soap opera The Young and the Restless in 1995 for a short period of time, and was cast as the son of Michelle Pfeiffer's character in the 1996 film One Fine Day.[5] In 1997, Linz replaced Macaulay Culkin as the lead actor in Home Alone 3, and voiced both a young Tarzan in the 1999 animated film and a human boy named Franklin in the live-action/animated direct-to-video series The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald, which was produced by Klasky Csupo for participating McDonald's restaurants from 1998 to 2003.

Linz had several starring roles in 2000s films aimed at younger audiences, including 2001's Max Keeble's Big Move, in which he played the title character, 2002's Race to Space, which received a minor theatrical release, and 2003's Hanukkah-themed made-for-television Disney Channel film Full-Court Miracle, in which he played the lead player in a Jewish school's basketball team. He had a provocative starring role as an eccentric transvestite spelling prodigy with a penchant for fashion in Bruno.

Linz appeared in the comedy The Amateurs, starring Jeff Bridges. He appeared in the 2007 short Order Up as a busboy. His final film role was in the 2007 political film Choose Connor as Owen Norris, alongside Steven Weber.

Non-acting work

Linz was a lead science instructor at Galileo Learning, a pedestrian programs intern at the City of Los Angeles, a strategy and planning department intern at Metrolink, and a legal researcher for Smith & Baltaxe, LLP.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 The Cable Guy Tony Uncredited
1996 One Fine Day Sammy Parker
1997 Home Alone 3 Alex Pruitt
1998 The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly Franklin (voice) Direct-to-VHS episodic short-film
1999 The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Legend of Grimace Island Franklin (voice) Direct-to-VHS episodic short-film
1999 Tarzan Young Tarzan (voice)
1999 My Brother the Pig Freud
2000 Bruno Bruno Battaglia
2000 Titan A.E. Young Cale Tucker (voice)
2000 Bounce Scott Janello
2001 The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Birthday World Franklin (voice) Direct-to-VHS episodic short-film
2001 Max Keeble's Big Move Max Keeble
2001 The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Have Time, Will Travel Franklin (voice) Direct-to-VHS episodic short-film
2001 Race to Space Wilhelm "Billy" von Huber
2002 Red Dragon Young Francis Dolarhyde (voice)
2005 The Amateurs Billy
2007 Order Up Busboy Short film
2007 Choose Connor Owen Norris

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Cybill Jason Episode: "The Replacements"
1995 Vanished Teddy Television film
1995 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Jesse Stipanovic Episode: "Chip Off the Old Clark"
1995 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Son, little boy (voice) Episode: "A Room with No Viewfinder/Krumm Rises to the Top"
1995 Step by Step Howie Episode: "The Flight Before Christmas"
1995 The Young and the Restless Phillip Chancellor IV
1996 The Uninvited Jonathan Johnson Television film
2000 Touched by an Angel Joey Episode: "Stealing Hope"
2000 ER Dennis Episode: "Mars Attacks"
2001 The Jennie Project Andrew Archibald Television film
2001–02 Providence Pete Calcatera 19 episodes
2002 Hey Arnold! Arnold
(voice) 		2 episodes
2003 Full-Court Miracle Alex Schlotsky Television film
2004 Crossballs: The Debate Show PSA kid Episode: "Drugs"
2004 Jack & Bobby Hunter Episode: "The Kindness of Strangers"

Video games

Year Title Voice role Notes
1999 Tarzan Young Tarzan
2001 Nicktoons Racing Arnold

References

  1. ^ "Alexander David Linz, Born 01/03/1989 in California | CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  2. ^ Alex D. Linz Biography (1989–)
  3. ^ "the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles". Chanukah Hoop Dreams. 2003-11-20. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2006.
  4. ^ "Alex Linz". Global Public Affairs. 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  5. ^ "Alex D. Linz". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
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