Freddie Prinze Jr.

Freddie James Prinze, Jr. (/ˈprɪnz/; born March 8, 1976),^[1] is an American actor, filmmaker and television producer and director.

Freddie Prinze Jr.
Prinze at the Tribeca Film Festival, April 29, 2007
Born	Freddie James Prinze, Jr. (1976-03-08) March 8, 1976 (age 48) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Actor, television director and producer
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Sarah Michelle Gellar ​ ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Freddie James Prinze, Sr. Kathy Elaine Barber

Prinze, Jr. was born in Los Angeles, California. His father is of German and Puerto Rican descent and His mother is of Austrian, English, German, Irish, Scottish and Swiss descent.^[1] He was raised Roman Catholic.^[2]

He is known for his roles in Scream (1996), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and its sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), as well as She's All That (1999), Summer Catch (2001), Scooby-Doo (2002), Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), and Delgo (2008). Prinze has also had acting roles in television shows, including Friends (2002), Freddie (2005–06) and 24 (2010).

Prinze is married to actress Sarah Michelle Gellar. They have two children. Prinze, Jr. now^[when?] works for WWE as a producer and director.

Career

Television and film

Prinze was cast in a guest role on the ABC TV series Family Matters in 1995. He then appeared in a few programs and made-for-TV movies, before making his motion picture debut in To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday in 1996. In subsequent years, Prinze experienced success with appearances in youth-oriented movies. Scream (1996), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and its sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), made him well known among teenage audiences. In his first leading role, the romantic comedy She's All That (1999), he was very successful at the box office. The film grossed $63 million in the United States.

Subsequently, he had leading roles in Wing Commander (1999), Down to You (2000), Boys and Girls (2000), Head over Heels (2001) and Summer Catch (2001), most of which were generally disliked by critics and had moderate box office success.

Freddie Prinze Jr. at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con In 2002, he played Fred Jones in the live-action film version of the popular cartoon, Scooby-Doo, and reprised the role in the 2004 sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, both alongside his wife Sarah Michelle Gellar and his friend Matthew Lillard. He guest starred on the popular NBC show, Friends, as a sensitive male nanny named Sandy on the series' 200th episode. He also appeared as Donny Crane, a character believed to be Denny Crane's son in the ABC legal drama-comedy Boston Legal. Prinze starred in his own television sitcom, titled Freddie. The sitcom is said to depict some actual events from his life, and lasted one season before being canceled in May 2006. He guest starred on George Lopez for a crossover with Freddie. In 2004, Prinze accepted a special award from TV Land on behalf of his late father. He thanked his father's former co-star, Della Reese, for her continued advice and support. In 2006, he lent his voice to the character of Pi in the computer-animated film Shark Bait. Also in 2007, he lent his voice to the character of Rick in Happily N'Ever After along with his wife Gellar, Wallace Shawn, Andy Dick, George Carlin, and Sigourney Weaver. In 2008, he auditioned for Jigsaw in Punisher: War Zone, but was not given the part at the decision of Lionsgate Studios. He later voice titular character in animation movie Delgo.[12] In 2010, Prinze guest starred on Psych as Dennis, a grade school friend of Shawn Spencer and Burton Guster.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Joey Bost
1996	Scream	Stuart "Stu" Macher
1997	The House of Yes	Anthony Pascal
1997	Sparkler	Brad
1997	Scream 2	Guy at Party	uncredited
1997	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Ray Bronson
1998	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1999	She's All That	Zachary "Zack" Siler
1999	Wing Commander	Lt. Christopher Blair
2000	Down to You	Alfred "Al" Connelly
2000	Boys and Girls	Ryan Walker
2001	Head Over Heels	Jim Winston/Bob Smoot
2001	Summer Catch	Ryan Dunne
2002	Scooby-Doo	Fred Jones
2004	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2005	Shooting Gallery	Jericho Hudson	Also producer
2006	Shark Bait	Pisces "Pi"	Voice
2006	Happily N'Ever After	Rick
2007	Brooklyn Rules	Michael Turner
2007	New York City Serenade	Owen
2008	Jack and Jill vs. the World	Jack
2008	Delgo	Delgo	Voice
2011	Scream 4	Guy at Stab-A-Thon	uncredited
2012	Mass Effect: Paragon Lost	Lieutenant James Vega

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Family Matters	Tough Guy	Episode: "The Gun"
1996	ABC Afterschool Special	Jeff	Episode: "Too Soon for Jeff"
1997	Detention: The Siege at Johnson High	Aaron Sullivan	Movie
1998	Vig	Tony	Movie
2000	Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak	Himself	Television Special
2002	Frasier	Mike (voice)	Episode: "Juvenilia"
2002	Friends	Sandy	Episode: "The One with the Male Nanny"
2003	Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time	Future Jim / Future Tim (voices)	Movie
2006	George Lopez	Freddie Moreno	Episode: "George Gets Cross Over Freddie"
2005–06	Freddie	Freddie Moreno	Also producer and writer 22 episodes
2004–06	Boston Legal	Donny Crane	3 episodes
2007	Atlanta	Eric	Movie
2008–09	WWE Raw	Himself / Host	2 episodes; also writer
2009	No Heroics	Bradley / Ultimatium	Movie
2010	24	Cole Ortiz	24 episodes
2010	Psych	Dennis	Episode: "Not Even Close, Encounters"
2012	Happy Valley	Noah	Movie
2005; 2011–18	Robot Chicken	Fred Jones / Various (voices)	5 episodes
2013	Witches of East End	Leo Wingate	2 episodes
2013–14	Bones	Danny Beck	2 episodes
2014–18	Star Wars Rebels	Kanan Jarrus (voice)	68 episodes and TV movie[3]
2016	First Impressions	Himself

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2012–13	Mass Effect 3	Lieutenant James Vega
2014–15	Dragon Age: Inquisition	Iron Bull
2015	Disney Infinity 3.0[4]	Kanan Jarrus

References

1. "Freddie, Jr. Prinze Biography (1976-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
2. Associated, Press (February 10, 2009). "Prinze brings his family values to 'Freddie'". Early Today. Archived from the original on September 22, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
3. "Spark of Rebellion". Star Wars Rebels. October 3, 2014. Event occurs at 43:07. Disney Channel.
4. Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 3.0. Scene: Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.

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