David Krumholtz (born May 15, 1978) is an American actor. He played
Charlie Eppes on the CBS drama series Numb3rs from 2005 to 2010, and
starred in the Harold & Kumar and Santa Clause film
franchises.Krumholtz was born in Queens, New York City. He is the son
of Michael, a postal worker, and Judy Krumholtz, a dental assistant.
He grew up in a “very working-class, almost poor†, Jewish family.
His paternal grandparents had emigrated from Poland, and his mother
moved from Hungary to the U.S. in 1956.At the age of 13, Krumholtz
followed his friends to an open audition for the Broadway play
Conversations with My Father (1992). When he tried out, he won the
role of Young Charlie, with Judd Hirsch, Tony Shalhoub and Jason
Biggs, who was also making his Broadway debut. Soon after his run on
Broadway, Krumholtz co-starred in two feature films, Life With Mikey
(1993) with Michael J. Fox and Addams Family Values (1993) with
Christina Ricci. For his role in Mikey, David was nominated for a 1993
Young Artist Award. Although his work in these two films garnered him
critical attention, David is probably best known by children as the
sarcastic head elf Bernard from The Santa Clause (1994) and its first
sequel The Santa Clause 2 (2002). However, due to a scheduling
conflict, he could not reprise the role in The Santa Clause 3: The
Escape Clause (2006). In 1994, Krumholtz co-starred in his first
television series, Monty, with Henry Winkler; the show lasted only a
few episodes. Krumholtz later starred in several short-lived series
over the years. Along the way, he had the opportunity to work with
Jason Bateman (Chicago Sons, 1997), Tom Selleck (The Closer, 1998),
Jon Cryer (The Trouble with Normal, 2000), and Rob Lowe (The Lyon's
Den, 2003). In 2005, he finally found television success with the CBS
series Numb3rs. Along with his starring roles on television, Krumholtz
made guest appearances on ER as schizophrenic patient Paul Sobriki, as
well as on Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Lucky, Freaks and Geeks, and
Undeclared.He broke out of the children's movie genre with The Ice
Storm (1997), directed by Ang Lee, and Slums of Beverly Hills (1998),
starring Alan Arkin and Natasha Lyonne. In 1999, Krumholtz starred as
Michael Eckman in the popular teen movie 10 Things I Hate About You
with Larisa Oleynik, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Stiles, and Heath
Ledger. That same year, he portrayed a completely different teen
character â€" that of Yussel, a young conflicted Jewish man in Liberty
Heights (1999).
Charlie Eppes on the CBS drama series Numb3rs from 2005 to 2010, and
starred in the Harold & Kumar and Santa Clause film
franchises.Krumholtz was born in Queens, New York City. He is the son
of Michael, a postal worker, and Judy Krumholtz, a dental assistant.
He grew up in a “very working-class, almost poor†, Jewish family.
His paternal grandparents had emigrated from Poland, and his mother
moved from Hungary to the U.S. in 1956.At the age of 13, Krumholtz
followed his friends to an open audition for the Broadway play
Conversations with My Father (1992). When he tried out, he won the
role of Young Charlie, with Judd Hirsch, Tony Shalhoub and Jason
Biggs, who was also making his Broadway debut. Soon after his run on
Broadway, Krumholtz co-starred in two feature films, Life With Mikey
(1993) with Michael J. Fox and Addams Family Values (1993) with
Christina Ricci. For his role in Mikey, David was nominated for a 1993
Young Artist Award. Although his work in these two films garnered him
critical attention, David is probably best known by children as the
sarcastic head elf Bernard from The Santa Clause (1994) and its first
sequel The Santa Clause 2 (2002). However, due to a scheduling
conflict, he could not reprise the role in The Santa Clause 3: The
Escape Clause (2006). In 1994, Krumholtz co-starred in his first
television series, Monty, with Henry Winkler; the show lasted only a
few episodes. Krumholtz later starred in several short-lived series
over the years. Along the way, he had the opportunity to work with
Jason Bateman (Chicago Sons, 1997), Tom Selleck (The Closer, 1998),
Jon Cryer (The Trouble with Normal, 2000), and Rob Lowe (The Lyon's
Den, 2003). In 2005, he finally found television success with the CBS
series Numb3rs. Along with his starring roles on television, Krumholtz
made guest appearances on ER as schizophrenic patient Paul Sobriki, as
well as on Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Lucky, Freaks and Geeks, and
Undeclared.He broke out of the children's movie genre with The Ice
Storm (1997), directed by Ang Lee, and Slums of Beverly Hills (1998),
starring Alan Arkin and Natasha Lyonne. In 1999, Krumholtz starred as
Michael Eckman in the popular teen movie 10 Things I Hate About You
with Larisa Oleynik, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Stiles, and Heath
Ledger. That same year, he portrayed a completely different teen
character â€" that of Yussel, a young conflicted Jewish man in Liberty
Heights (1999).
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