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Daryl Sabara
Daryl Sabara, 2007
Born	Daryl Christopher Sabara June 14, 1992 (1992-06-14) (age 16) Torrance, California
Years active	1995 ─ present

Daryl Christopher Sabara (born June 14, 1992) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Juni Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy, as well as for a variety of television and film appearances, including Wizards of Waverly Place, Father of the Pride, The Polar Express, Keeping Up with the Steins, Halloween, and the reality show America's Most Talented Kids on which he was a judge.

Contents 1 Personal background 2 Career 2.1 1995–2003 2.2 2004–present 3 Filmography 3.1 Films 3.2 Television 4 References 5 External links

Personal background

Sabara was born and raised in Torrance, California of Jewish heritage. His fraternal twin brother, Evan, is also an actor. The two had a joint B'nai Mitzvah in 2005. He plays the guitar and the piano, and is planning on attending college and studying film, as he is interested in being a director. He attended Bert Lynn Middle School and Arlington Elementary School, and is currently attending West High School as a sophmore and is involved in the cross-country team along with his brother Evan. They have different preferences; in videogames Evan calls EA Sports' FIFA 07 as his favorite game; in contrast Daryl prefers the Need For Speed series as his favorite one. He currently has a Facebook account.

Career

1995–2003

He began performing with the regional ballet company, South Bay Ballet.¹ He 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 film Spy Kids, which was released in 2001 and became popular among pre-teen audiences. Sabara reprised the role in the film's two sequels, released in 2002 and 2003 respectively, which were also successful at the box office.

2004–present

He has since provided the voice of Hunter, the male lion cub on the NBC animated sitcom 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. His most recent film role was in Keeping Up with the Steins (formerly known as Lucky 13), which received a limited release on May 12, 2006.

He next appears in the films Her Best Move, the interactive DVD Choose Your Own Adventure,and "April Showers", ² and in Boys Life, a pilot for CBS that Sabara described as a cross between The Wonder Years and Malcolm in the Middle.³He plays Ben on the Last Chance Detectives radio dramas by Adventures in Odyssey & Focus on the Family.⁴, and also appeared as school bully Wesley Rhoades in Rob Zombie's Halloween.

He has also guest starred in an episode of Friends, where Chandler accidentally reveals to him that he is adopted. He also guest starred in an episode in the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place as T.J. Taylor, a wizard who uses magic the way he wants and convinces Alex Russo to use magic the way she wants too. 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".

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	April Showers	Jason
2007	Normal Adolescent Behavior	Nathan	Supporting role
	Halloween	Wesley Rhoades	Small role
	Her Best Move	Doogie
2006	Keeping Up with the Steins	Benjamin Fiedler
2004	The Polar Express	Hero Boy	Voice
2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Juni Cortez
2002	Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams	Juni Cortez
2001	Spy Kids	Juni Cortez

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	All That	Himself	1 episode
2003	Friends	Owen	1 episode
2004	Father of the Pride	Hunter	voice
2005	House	Gabe	1 episode
2006	American Dragon Jake Long	Hobie	voice 1 episode
	Criminal Minds	Kevin Rose	1 episode
2007	Weeds	Tim Scottson
	The Boondocks	Butch Magnus Milosevic	voice 1 episode
	Wizards of Waverly Place	T.J. Taylor	1 episode
2008	The Closer	Jason	1 episode

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Daryl Sabara

• Jewish Journal interview (August 19, 2005)
• About.com interview (November 7, 2004)
• Daryl Sabara at the Internet Movie Database