Erik Thomas von Detten (born October 3, 1982) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Escape to Witch Mountain, Toy Story, Brink!, The Princess Diaries, Complete Savages, and So Weird.

Personal life

Von Detten was born in San Diego, California. His mother, Susan von Detten (née Farber), is an American photographer, and his father, Volker von Detten, is an immigrant from Munich, Germany. He has three sisters, Dolly, Britta, and Andrea, and a brother, Timothy. As of 2003, he had a Dalmatian named Miles.

Career

One of von Detten's earliest roles was Nicholas Alamain on the daytime soap opera Days of our Lives from 1992 until 1993. Nicholas was revealed to be the secret son of Lawrence Alamain (Michael Sabatino) and Carly Manning (Crystal Chappell), two of the show's major characters. As a result von Detten was heavily involved in some of the show's main storylines, despite only being 10 years old at the time. Perhaps the most notable storyline during von Detten's time on the soap was Nicholas' accidental killing of his father's lover Lisanne Gardner, who had been attempting to blackmail Lawrence over the secret of Nicholas's parentage.

At thirteen, he provided the voice of the villainous toy-destroyer Sid Phillips in the hit movie Toy Story. He starred as Wally Cleaver in the 1997 movie Leave It to Beaver and also starred as the title character in the Disney Channel original movie Brink! in 1998. Von Detten has also appeared in a theatrical release as the jerk Josh Bryant in The Princess Diaries in 2001. In addition, he has made several television appearances in shows like Dinotopia (2002), the first celebrity edition of the ABC reality show The Mole, the third season's Celebrity Mole Hawaii (2003), in which he was runner-up, as well as Disney Channel's So Weird, and Fox's Malcolm in the Middle. Von Detten has also played the part of Chris Savage in the short-lived sitcom Complete Savages. In 2007, he made his stage debut in the children's play The Christmas Princess in Santa Monica. In 2009, he was featured in the music video "Wanted" by pop singer Jessie James. In 2010, he made a brief cameo appearance in Toy Story 3 reprising his role as Sid Phillips. However, he has no actual dialogue in the movie, as he is only heard humming heavy metal gutar riffs.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	All I Want for Christmas	Choir
1995	Top Dog	Matthew Swanson
1995	Toy Story	Sid (voice)
1996	Amanda	Kelsey Farnsworth
1997	Hercules	Additional Voices
1997	Leave It to Beaver	Wallace 'Wally' Cleaver
1999	Tarzan	(voice)
1998	Brink!	Andy Brinker
2001	'	Josh Bryant
2001	Recess: School's Out	Erwin Lawson / Captain Brad (voice)
2001	Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street	Erwin Lawson (voice)	Video
2002	American Girl	Kenton
2003	National Lampoon's Barely Legal	Deacon
2003	Recess: All Growed Down	Erwin Lawson (voice)	Video
2005	Smile	Chris
2010	Toy Story 3	Sid (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992-1993	Days of our Lives	Nicholas Alamain	55 episodes
1993	Night Sins	Nicholas Alamain	TV movie
1994	In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness	Older John	TV movie
1994	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Vic (voice)	Episode: "The Switching Hour"
1995	'	Tyler Hackett	TV movie
1995	Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty	Sam Honeycutt	TV movie
1995	Escape to Witch Mountain	Danny	TV movie
1995	ER	Ben Larkin	Episode: "Hell and High Water"
1996	Toy Story Treats	Sid (voice)	Episode: "Woody's Nightmares"
1996	'	Justin	TV movie
1996	Life with Louie	(voice)	Episode: "Summer of My Discontent"
1996	Mr. Rhodes	Milo	Episode: "Pilot"
1996	7th Heaven	Randy	Episode: "Halloween"
1996	Christmas Every Day	Billy Jackson	TV movie
1997	Things That Go Bump	Christian	TV movie
1997	Meego	Trip Parker	Episode: "Pilot"
1997-2001	Recess	Erwin Lawson (voice)	9 episodes
1998	You Wish	Jeff Collins	Episode: "Bride and Prejudice"
1998	Brink!	Andy 'Brink' Brinker	TV movie
1998	'	Adolescent Jaguar (voice)	Episode: "Temple of Eliza"
1999	Replacing Dad	Drew	TV movie
1999-2000	Odd Man Out	Andrew Whitney	13 episodes
1999-2001	So Weird	Clu Bell	Main role
2000	As Told by Ginger	Kid #2 (voice)	Episode: "The Right Stuff"
2001	Raising Dad	Brad Singer	Episode: "The Drama Club"
2001	'	Flynt (voice)	4 episodes
2002	Do Over	Gary Ross	Episode: "Valentine's Day Dance"
2002-2003	Dinotopia	Karl Scott	11 episodes
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Drew Lamerly	Episode: "Privilege"
2003	Charmed	Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)	Episode: "Baby's First Demon"
2004	8 Simple Rules	Erik	Episode: "C.J.'s Party"
2004-2005	Complete Savages	Chris Savage	10 episodes
2005	Malcolm in the Middle	Brad	Episode: "Secret Boyfriend"
2006	Brandy & Mr. Whiskers	(voice)	Episode: "Dog Play Afternoon"
2007	Girl, Positive	Jason	TV movie
2007	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Chan (voice)	Episode: "The Beach"
2008	Bones	Ed Dekker	Episode: "Player Under Pressure"
2009	Family Guy	(voice)	Episode: "Peter's Progress"

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