Erik Per Sullivan
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Erik Per Sullivan | |
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Born | Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. | July 12, 1991
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1998–2010 |
Erik Per Sullivan (born July 12, 1991) is an American former actor. He is best known for his role as Dewey, the younger brother to middle child Malcolm, on the Fox series Malcolm in the Middle.
Personal life
Sullivan was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. His mother, Ann, was born in Sweden and was naturalized as a US citizen in 2007.[1] He is an only child.[2] He speaks a little Swedish,[3] and his family visits Sweden almost every year.[4] At a young age he began studying piano and the saxophone.[5] He has a first-degree black belt in taekwondo.[6]
Career
Sullivan has played a variety of characters in film and on television, including the title role in the independent film Mo, and voicing Sheldon the Seahorse in both the animated film and the video game Finding Nemo.
From January 9, 2000, to May 14, 2006, he played Malcolm's younger brother Dewey in the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. In 2005, along with Malcolm co-star Jane Kaczmarek, he wrote the afterword to the children's book Together, which is about the importance of livestock to the world and was inspired by the nonprofit organization Heifer International.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Armageddon | Kid with Rocket Ship | Uncredited |
1999 | The Cider House Rules | Fuzzy | |
2000 | Wonderland | Tucker Banger | Episode: "Pilot" |
2000–2006 | Malcolm in the Middle | Dewey Wilkerson | 151 episodes |
2001 | Joe Dirt | Little Joe Dirt | |
Wendigo | Miles | ||
Meatball Finkelstein | Fork (voice) | 9 episodes | |
Black of Life | Jimmy | Episode: "Better to Pretend" | |
2002 | Unfaithful | Charlie Sumner | |
The King of Queens | Young Arthur | Episode: "Shrink Wrap" | |
2003 | Finding Nemo | Sheldon (voice) | Video game |
2003 | Finding Nemo | Sheldon (voice) | |
2004 | Christmas with the Kranks | Spike Frohmeyer | |
2006 | Come On Over | Young Luis | 1 episode, uncredited |
Arthur and the Invisibles | Mino (voice) | ||
2007 | Mo | Mo | |
2010 | Twelve | Timmy |
Awards and nominations
Year | Result | Award | Category | Nominated work |
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2000 | Won | YoungStar Awards | Best Young Ensemble Cast: Television | Malcolm in the Middle |
2001 | Nominated | Young Artist Awards | Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Drama or Comedy) | |
Nominated | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Young Actor Age Ten or Under | ||
Nominated | Teen Choice Awards | TV: Choice Sidekick | ||
2002 | Nominated | Young Artist Awards | Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) | |
Nominated | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Young Actor Age Ten or Under | ||
Nominated | Teen Choice Awards | TV: Choice Sidekick | ||
2003 | Won | Young Artist Awards | Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) | |
Nominated | Teen Choice Awards | TV: Choice Sidekick |
References
- ^ The Boston Herald, August 31, 2007
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ The Daily Buzz, April 18, 2005
- ^ Exclusive: Erik Per Sullivan Answers Your Questions! malcolminthemiddle.co.uk, January 14, 2008
- ^ [1]
- ^ WVAH Archived 2009-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Male actors from Worcester, Massachusetts
- American male child actors
- American male film actors
- American people of Swedish descent
- American male television actors
- People from Milford, Massachusetts
- Phillips Exeter Academy alumni
- University of Southern California alumni
- American male taekwondo practitioners
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors