Erik Thomas von Detten (born October 3, 1982) is an American former
actor and voice actor. He is known for his roles in Escape to Witch
Mountain, Toy Story, Brink!, Meego, The Princess Diaries, Complete
Savages, and So Weird.Erik Thomas von Detten was born in San Diego,
California, the son of Susan von Detten (née Farber), a photographer,
and Volker von Detten. His father is an immigrant from Munich,
Germany, and his mother is of English and Russian Jewish
descent.[better source needed] He has three sisters, Dolly, Britta and
Andrea, and a brother, Timothy. His family moved to a two-story house
in El Segundo, California when he was a young child. In El Segundo,
von Detten attended the local public elementary school, and was a
member of the Cub Scouts.One of von Detten's earliest roles was
Nicholas Alamain on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1992
until 1993, appearing in 55 episodes. 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.In 1995, when he was 13, von Detten
provided the voice of the villainous toy-tormentor Sid Phillips in Toy
Story. He starred in film Christmas Every Day in 1996, played Wally
Cleaver in the 1997 film Leave It to Beaver, and in 1998, had the lead
as the title character in the Disney Channel original movie Brink!.
Von Detten also appeared in a theatrical release as the Josh Bryant in
The Princess Diaries in 2001. In addition, he has made several
television appearances in shows such as 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
the 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.
actor and voice actor. He is known for his roles in Escape to Witch
Mountain, Toy Story, Brink!, Meego, The Princess Diaries, Complete
Savages, and So Weird.Erik Thomas von Detten was born in San Diego,
California, the son of Susan von Detten (née Farber), a photographer,
and Volker von Detten. His father is an immigrant from Munich,
Germany, and his mother is of English and Russian Jewish
descent.[better source needed] He has three sisters, Dolly, Britta and
Andrea, and a brother, Timothy. His family moved to a two-story house
in El Segundo, California when he was a young child. In El Segundo,
von Detten attended the local public elementary school, and was a
member of the Cub Scouts.One of von Detten's earliest roles was
Nicholas Alamain on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1992
until 1993, appearing in 55 episodes. 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.In 1995, when he was 13, von Detten
provided the voice of the villainous toy-tormentor Sid Phillips in Toy
Story. He starred in film Christmas Every Day in 1996, played Wally
Cleaver in the 1997 film Leave It to Beaver, and in 1998, had the lead
as the title character in the Disney Channel original movie Brink!.
Von Detten also appeared in a theatrical release as the Josh Bryant in
The Princess Diaries in 2001. In addition, he has made several
television appearances in shows such as 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
the 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.
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