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Daryl Sabara
Sabara in 2022
Born
Daryl Christopher Sabara

(1992-06-14) June 14, 1992 (age 34)
Torrance, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active
  • 1992–present
Spouse
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(m. 2018)​
Children3

Daryl Christopher Sabara (born June 14, 1992) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Juni Cortez in the Spy Kids film series, and for a variety of television and film appearances, first as a child actor and continuing into adult roles, including voice roles.

Early life

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Sabara was born on June 14, 1992 to a Jewish family of Russian descent in Torrance, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. His father, who died in 2026, left the family when he was a year old and he was raised by a single mother. His family would attend Chabad events and had his bar mitzvah at a Chabad house.[1][2] He graduated from West Torrance High School in 2010.[3] His twin sister, Eve Sabara, is also an actor.[4][5] Sabara began performing with the regional ballet company, South Bay Ballet.[6]

Career

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Sabara in 2006

Sabara began acting during the mid-1990s, appearing on episodes of Murphy Brown, Life's Work, Friends, 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.[citation needed]

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

Sabara next appeared in the films Her Best Move and the interactive DVD Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman, played Ben on The Last Chance Detectives radio dramas by Adventures in Odyssey and Focus on the Family,[7] 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 second season 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 twin sister Eve, who voiced Robin.

Sabara co-starred in the 2009 film April Showers, a film 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 also appeared in the comedy series Easy To Assemble, where he played a character named George. In 2010, Sabara appeared in the film Machete, and the MTV film Worst. Prom. Ever. which premiered May 10. In 2012, he co-starred in John Carter as Edgar Rice Burroughs. He also portrayed the recurring role of Tim Scottson in seven episodes (spanning from 2005 to 2012) of Weeds. In 2014, he starred alongside Chloë Grace Moretz in the off-Broadway play The Library, directed by Steven Soderbergh.[8][9][10]

Personal life

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Sabara started dating singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor in July 2016.[11] They became engaged on December 22, 2017,[12] and married on December 22, 2018, Trainor's 25th birthday.[13] On October 7, 2020, Trainor and Sabara announced they were expecting their first child, a boy.[14] On February 8, 2021, Trainor gave birth to their first son.[15] In January 2023, Trainor and Sabara announced they were expecting their second child.[16] On April 25, 2023, Trainor and Sabara announced on The Kelly Clarkson Show that their second child is a boy.[17] On July 1, 2023, they welcomed their second son.[18] They also welcomed a baby girl January 18, 2026, via surrogate.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 Spy Kids Juni Cortez
2002 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2004 The Polar Express Hero Boy Voice[19]
2005 My Neighbors the Yamadas Noburu Voice; English dub[19]
2006 Keeping Up with the Steins Benjamin Fielder
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman Marco North Voice; direct-to-video
Solace Gunther Short film
Maybe It's in the Water Himself
2007 Her Best Move Doggie
Normal Adolescent Behavior Nathan
Halloween Wesley Rhoades
2009 World's Greatest Dad Kyle Clayton
April Showers Jason
A Christmas Carol Undertaker's Apprentice, Tattered Caroler, Beggar Boy, Well-Dressed Caroler Voice and motion-capture[19]
2010 Machete Junito
2011 Blacktino Evan
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World Juni Cortez
2012 John Carter Ned
2013 After the Dark Chips
The Green Inferno Lars
2014 Teen Lust Matt

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1992 Murphy Brown Baby Brown 3 episodes
1996 Life's Work Toby Episode: "Pilot"
1999 Love & Money Roger Episode: "Career Daze"
Roswell Corey Episode: "Monsters"
2000 Will & Grace Broccoli Boy Episode: "Sweet (and Sour) Charity"
2002 Total Access 24/7 Himself / Juni Cortez 1 episode
All That Spy Kids Episode: "Knubby McFarlin"
John Doe Wesley Silver Episode: "Mind Games"
One on One Jeffy Episode: "Is It Safe?"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Tommy, Steve Voice; episode: "A Scooby-Doo! Christmas"
2003 The O'Keefes Daryl Recurring role
Gamefarm Himself Guest; 1 episode
Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls Episode: Siblings "Eli vs. Kali"
Friends Owen Episode: “The One Where Ross is Fine”
2004 Century City Frank "Auggie" Wood Episode: "To Know Her"
Fatherhood Larry Keating Voice
Dr. Vegas Jesse Selznick Episode: "Love for Life"
Murder Without Conviction James Talley (age 10) Television film
2004–2005 Father of the Pride Hunter Voice; main role
2005 House Gabriel Reilich Episode: "Cursed"
Grounded For Life Garth 1 episode
2005–2012 Weeds Tim Scottson Recurring role
2006 American Dragon: Jake Long Hobie Voice; episode: "Ring Around the Dragon"
Criminal Minds Kevin Rose Episode: "P911"
What About Brian Lil' Adam Episode: "What About Denial..."
Lolo's Cafe Mikey Voice; television film
Boys Life Scott Morrow Episode: "Pilot"
2007 The Boondocks Butch Magnus Milosevic Voice; episode: "Shinin'"
2007–2008 The Batman Andrew Mallory / Scorn, Harris Voice; 2 episodes[19]
2007–2009 Wizards of Waverly Place T.J. Taylor Recurring role
2008 Miss Guided Russell Episode: "Homecoming"
The Closer Jason Hetner Episode: "Problem Child"
2009 Easy to Assemble George Recurring role
2010 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Jason / British Nerd Voice; episode: "Howl of the Fright Hound"
2010–2013 Generator Rex Rex Salazar, Cade Rombauer, White Fighter, East Side Kid Voice; main role[19]
2011 Worst. Prom. Ever. Clark Peterson Television film
Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United Rex Salazar Voice; television film
2012 Grimm Hanson Episode: "Organ Grinder"
Gravity Falls Son on Pier Voice; episode: "Fight Fighters"
2013 Avengers Assemble Aaron Reece Voice; episode: "Molecule Kid"[19]
2013–2015 Ultimate Spider-Man Alex O'Hirn / Rhino Voice; recurring role[19]
2015 Resident Advisors Leslie Recurring role
Zombie Basement Joel
2016–2021 Ben 10 Heatblast, Rex Salazar, additional voices Voice; recurring role[19]
2020 Ben 10 Versus the Universe: The Movie Heatblast, Vulpimancer Prisoner Voice; television film
2023 Australian Idol Himself Guest

Video games

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Year Title Role
2004 The Polar Express Hero Boy
2011 FusionFall Rex Salazar[19]
Generator Rex: Agent of Providence
Saints Row: The Third Pedestrian and character voices
2017 Ben 10 Heatblast

References

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  1. ↑ "Spy Kids' Bar Mitzvah". Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Spy Kids Star Daryl Sabara Reveals His Dad Roland, Who He Only Saw 'a Couple of Times,' Has Died". people.com.
  3. ↑ Jacobs, Janet (December 3, 2001). "'Spy Kids' stars help less fortunate kids". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on August 23, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
  4. ↑ Grant, Stacey (July 13, 2023). "15 Celebs You Never Knew Had a Twin". Seventeen. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  5. ↑ Aushenker, Michael (September 5, 2002). "Chabad rocks!". Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Tribe Media Corp. Archived from the original on November 19, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ Brett, Anwar. "Daryl Sabara. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over". BBC Film. Archived from the original on September 5, 2004. Retrieved June 14, 2006.
  7. ↑ "Meet the Actors". Clubhouse Magazine. Focus on the Family. Archived from the original on July 10, 2004. Retrieved February 1, 2007.
  8. ↑ "The Library". Public Theater. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  9. ↑ Healy, Patrick (January 16, 2014). "Soderbergh to Direct New Play at Public Theater". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  10. ↑ Rooney, David (January 16, 2014). "Steven Soderbergh to Direct Off-Broadway Play Starring Chloe Grace Moretz". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  11. ↑ Spencer, Amy (April 6, 2017). "Meghan Trainor: I Wrote My Boyfriend a Song Called "Marry Me"". Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  12. ↑ Swertlow, Meg (December 21, 2017). "Meghan Trainor Is Engaged to Spy Kids Star Daryl Sabara". E!. E! News. Archived from the original on October 14, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  13. ↑ Nelson, Jeff (December 22, 2018). "Meghan Trainor Marries Daryl Sabara in Backyard Wedding: 'I Got Way More Than I Ever Wished For'". People. People. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Surprise! Meghan Trainor tells Hoda and Jenna she's pregnant with 1st child". Archived from the original on October 7, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  15. ↑ VanHoose, Benjamin (February 14, 2021). "Meghan Trainor and Husband Daryl Sabara Welcome First Child, Son Riley". People. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Meghan Trainor Is Pregnant, Expecting Baby No. 2 With Husband Daryl Sabara". E!. January 30, 2023. Archived from the original on January 30, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  17. ↑ Andaloro, Angela (April 25, 2023). "Pregnant Meaghan Trainor Reveals Sex of Second Baby on the Kelly Clarkson Show". People. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  18. ↑ Andaloro, Angela; Esquibias, Liza (July 4, 2023). "Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara Welcome Baby No. 2, Son Barry Bruce Trainor". People. Archived from the original on July 4, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Daryl Sabara (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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