Daryl Sabara

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Daryl Christopher Sabara (born June 14, 1992) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Juni Cortez in the Spy Kids film series, and for a variety of television and film appearances, first as a child actor and continuing into adult roles, including voice roles.

Early life

He graduated from West Torrance High School in 2010.<ref name="reftex">Template:Cite news</ref> His fraternal twin sister is an actor.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The siblings are of mostly Russian-Jewish descent.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Sabara began performing with the regional ballet company, South Bay Ballet.<ref name="bbc">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

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Sabara in 2006

Sabara began acting during the mid-1990s, appearing on episodes of Murphy Brown, Life's Work, Friends and Will and Grace before being cast as Juni Cortez in the Spy Kids series of family films, which became popular among pre-teen audiences.Template:Cn

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 Kid. Sabara also voiced the main character, Hero Boy, in the 2004 animated version of The Polar Express. He then played a young Jewish 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 a sexually molested child. He also provided the voice for the titular character 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 and Focus on the Family,<ref name="LCD">Template:Cite journal</ref> 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 two episodes of The Batman: first as Harris, a middle schooler; then as Scorn, the sidekick of the villain Wrath. Both roles were opposite his sister, who played "Robin".

He costarred in the 2009 film April Showers, a film 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 2010, he appeared in the film Machete, and the MTV film 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 to 2012) of Weeds.

In 2014 he starred alongside Chloë Grace Moretz in the off-Broadway play The Library directed by Steven Soderbergh.<ref name="Public">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

Sabara started dating singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor in July 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They became engaged on December 21, 2017,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and married on December 22, 2018, Trainor's 25th birthday.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On October 7, 2020, Trainor and Sabara announced they were expecting their first child, a boy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On February 8, 2021, Trainor gave birth to their first son.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In January 2023, Trainor and Sabara announced they were expecting their second child.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On April 25, 2023, Trainor and Sabara announced on The Kelly Clarkson Show that their second child is a boy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On July 1, 2023, they welcomed their second son.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Spy Kids	Juni Cortez
2002	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2004	The Polar Express	Hero Boy	Voice<ref name="btva" />
2005	Her Best Move	Doggie
	My Neighbors the Yamadas	Noburu	citation	CitationClass=web }} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
2006	Keeping Up with the Steins	Benjamin Fielder
	Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman	Marco North	Voice, direct-to-video
	Solace	Gunther	Short film
	Maybe It's in the Water	Himself	Short film
2007	Normal Adolescent Behavior	Nathan
	Halloween	Wesley Rhoades
2009	World's Greatest Dad	Kyle Clayton
	April Showers	Jason
	A Christmas Carol	Undertaker's Apprentice, Tattered Caroler, Beggar Boy, Well-Dressed Caroler	Voice and motion-capture<ref name="btva" />
2010	Machete	Junito
2011	Blacktino	Evan
	Spy Kids: All the Time in the World	Juni Cortez
2012	John Carter	Ned
2013	After the Dark	Chips
	The Green Inferno	Lars
2014	Teen Lust	Matt
2020	Ben 10 Versus The Universe: The Movie	Heatblast, Vulpimancer Prisoner	Voice, television film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Murphy Brown	Baby Brown	3 episodes
1996	Life's Work	Toby	Episode: "Pilot"
1999	Love & Money	Roger	Episode: "Career Daze"
	Roswell	Corey	Episode: "Monsters"
2000	Will & Grace	Broccoli Boy	Episode: "Sweet (and Sour) Charity"
2002	Total Access 24/7	Himself / Juni Cortez	1 episode
	All That	Spy Kids	Episode: "Knubby McFarlin"
	John Doe	Wesley Silver	Episode: "Mind Games"
	One on One	Jeffy	Episode: "Is It Safe?"
	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Tommy / Steve	Voice, episode: "A Scooby-Doo! Christmas"
2003	The O'Keefes	Daryl	Recurring role
	Gamefarm	Himself / Special Guest	1 episode
	Friends	Owen	Episode: “The One Where Ross is Fine”
2004	Century City	Frank "Auggie" Wood	Episode: "To Know Her"
	Fatherhood	Larry Keating	Voice
	Dr. Vegas	Jesse Selznick	Episode: "Love for Life"
	Murder Without Conviction	James Talley (age 10)	Television film
2004–2005	Father of the Pride	Hunter	Voice, main role
2005	House M.D.	Gabriel Reilich	Episode: "Cursed"
	Grounded For Life	Garth	1 episode
2005–2012	Weeds	Tim Scottson	Recurring role
2006	American Dragon: Jake Long	Hobie	Voice, episode: "Ring Around the Dragon"
	Criminal Minds	Kevin Rose	Episode: "P911"
	What About Brian	Lil' Adam	Episode: "What About Denial..."
	Lolo's Cafe	Mikey	Voice, television film
	Boys Life	Scott Morrow	Episode: "Pilot"
2007	The Boondocks	Butch Magnus Milosevic	Voice, episode: "Shinin'"
2007–2008	The Batman	Andrew Mallory / Scorn, Harris	Voice, 2 episodes<ref name="btva" />
2007–2009	Wizards of Waverly Place	T.J. Taylor	Recurring role
2008	Miss Guided	Russell	Episode: "Homecoming"
	The Closer	Jason Hetner	Episode: "Problem Child"
2009	Easy to Assemble	George	Recurring role
2010	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Jason / British Nerd	Voice, episode: "Howl of the Fright Hound"
2010–2013	Generator Rex	Rex Salazar, Cade Rombauer, White Fighter, East Side Kid	Voice, main role<ref name="btva" />
2011	Worst. Prom. Ever.	Clark Peterson	Television film
	Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United	Rex Salazar	Voice, television film
2012	Grimm	Hanson	Episode: "Organ Grinder"
	Gravity Falls	Son on Pier	Voice, episode: "Fight Fighters"
2013	Avengers Assemble	Aaron Reece	Voice, episode: "Molecule Kid"<ref name="btva" />
2013–2015	Ultimate Spider-Man	Alex O'Hirn / Rhino	Voice, recurring role<ref name="btva" />
2015	Resident Advisors	Leslie	Recurring role
	Zombie Basement	Joel	Recurring
2016–2021	Ben 10	Heatblast, Rex Salazar, additional voices	Voice, recurring role<ref name="btva" />
2023	Australian Idol	Himself (With Son)	Guest

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2004	The Polar Express	Hero Boy
2011	Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall	Rex Salazar
	Generator Rex: Agent of Providence<ref name="btva" />
	Saints Row: The Third	Pedestrian and Character Voices
2017	Ben 10	Heatblast

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