Daryl Sabara Biography

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Daryl Christopher Sabara (born June 14, 1992) is an American actor, 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 Generator Rex, Wizards of Waverly Place, Father of the Pride, The Polar Express, Keeping Up with the Steins, Halloween, and America's Most Talented Kids (on which he was a judge).

Early life

Sabara was born in Torrance, California, and was raised by his mother, Sandra "Sandy" (Krebs), a Los Angeles social worker. Daryl graduated from West Torrance High School in 2010. He has a fraternal twin brother, Evan, who is also an actor. Sabara is of Russian Jewish and German descent, 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, 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 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 Rex in Generator Rex.

He 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 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 an episode of The Batman as Scorn, the sidekick of the villain Wrath. The role was 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 the 2010 he appeared in the movie Machete, as well as 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.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	"Roswell- episode 3 "Monsters""
1999	My Neighbors the Yamadas	Noburu	Voice
2001	Spy Kids	Juni Cortez
2002	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Juni Cortez
2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Juni Cortez
2003	Finding Nemo	Various	Voices
2004	The Polar Express	Hero Boy	Voice
2006	Solace	Gunther	Short film
2006	Maybe It's in the Water	N/A	Short film
2006	Keeping Up with the Steins	Benjamin Fielder
2006	Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman	Marco North	Direct-to-video (voice)
2007	Her Best Move	Doggie
2007	Normal Adolescent Behavior	Nathan
2007	Halloween	Wesley Rhoades
2009	April Showers	Jason
2009	World's Greatest Dad	Kyle Clayton
2009	A Christmas Carol	Undertaker's Apprentice / Tattered Caroler / Beggar Boy / Peter Cratchit / Well-Dressed Caroler
2010	Machete	Julio
2011	Blacktino	Evan
2011	Spy Kids: All the Time in the World	Juni Cortez
2012	John Carter	Edgar Rice Burroughs
2012	The Dark Knight Smells		Short
2013	After the Dark	Chips
2013	The Green Inferno	Lars
2014	Teen Lust	Matt
2014	Courage Is Contagious	Archer	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Murphy Brown	Baby Brown	Recurring
1996	Life's Work	Toby	1 episode
1999	Love & Money	Roger	1 episode
1999	Roswell	Corey	1 episode
2000	Will & Grace	Broccoli Boy	1 episode
2002	All That	Spy Kids	1 episode
2002	John Doe	Wesley Silver	1 episode
2002	One on One	Jeffy	1 episode
2002	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Tommy	Voice
2003	The O'Keefes	Daryl	Recurring role
2003	Gamefarm	Himself / Special Guest	1 episode
2003	Friends	Owen (The adopted kid)	1 episode
2004	Century City	Frank "Auggie" Wood	1 episode
2004	Fatherhood	Larry Keating	unknown episodes
2004	Dr. Vegas	Jesse Selznick	1 episode
2004	Murder Without Conviction	James Talley (age 10)	TV movie
2004-05	Father of the Pride	Hunter	Main voice cast
2005	House M.D.	Gabriel Reilich	1 episode
2005	Grounded For Life	Garth	1 episode
2005-12	Weeds	Tim Scottson	Recurring role
2006	American Dragon: Jake Long	Hobie	1 episode
2006	Criminal Minds	Kevin Rose	1 episode
2006	What About Brian	Lil' Adam	1 episode
2006	Lolo's Cafe	Mikey	TV movie (voice)
2006	Boys Life	Scott Morrow	1 episode
2007	The Boondocks	Butch Magnus Milosevic	Voice
2007-08	The Batman	Various	Voices
2007-09	Wizards of Waverly Place	T.J. Taylor	Recurring role
2008	Miss Guided	Russell	1 episode
2008	The Closer	Jason Hetner	1 episode
2009	Easy to Assemble	George	Recurring role
2010	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Jason / British Nerd	1 episode
2010-13	Generator Rex	Rex Salazar	Main voice cast
2011	Worst. Prom. Ever.	Clark Peterson	TV movie
2012	Grimm	Hanson	1 episode
2012	Gravity Falls	Son on Pier	1 episode (voice)
2013	Marvel's Avengers Assemble	Aaron Reece	1 episode (voice)
2013-15	Ultimate Spider-Man	Alex O'Hirn	Recurring (voice)
2015	Resident Advisors	Leslie	Recurring
2015	Zombie Basement	Joel	Recurring

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The Polar Express	Hero Boy	Voice
2011	Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall	Rex Salazar	Voice
2011	Saints Row: The Third	various	Voice