Aaron Himelstein

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Aaron Himelstein
Born (1985-10-10) October 10, 1985 (age 38)
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present

Aaron Himelstein (born October 10, 1985) is an American actor. Following his film debut in High Fidelity (2000), he played the younger version of Austin Powers in the spy comedy film Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). He subsequently appeared in several films such as All the Boys Love Mandy Lane , Fast Food Nation (both 2006), Remember the Daze (2007), and The Informers (2008). Himelstein joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, playing the role of Cameron Klein in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

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On television, he had a recurring role as Friedman on the CBS fantasy family drama series Joan of Arcadia (2003–05), and provided the voice of Desna on the Nickelodeon animated action fantasy series The Legend of Korra (2013–14).

Personal life

Himelstein was born on October 10, 1985, in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, the son of Susan (Maloney) and Robert "Bob" Himelstein. [1] [2] [3] He is a close friend of Joan of Arcadia stars Michael Welch and Chris Marquette. He and Welch had known each other for several years but they did not become good friends until the series began in 2003. [4]

He dated Remember the Daze co-star Leighton Meester, after meeting in 2007. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 High Fidelity Boy in Park
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember Young Austin Powers
2006 Fast Food Nation Andrew
2006Down the P.C.H.T-Boy
2006 All the Boys Love Mandy Lane Red
2007 Remember the Daze Riley
2008 Assassination of a High School President Tad Goltz
2008 The Informers Raymond
2009 The Assistants Ben Goodrich
2011Losers Take AllDave
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Cameron KleinCredited is "Launch Tech #1"
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
2016Time ToysMcGinson

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Cupid Andy TuckerEpisode: "The Children's Hour"
2001 What About Joan? Doug2 episodes
2002 Do Over Andrew WagesEpisode: "Short-Cuts"
2003 Boston Public William Guilbert2 episodes
2003TitletownTelevision film
2003–2005 Joan of Arcadia Friedman33 episodes
2004 North Shore CharlieEpisode: "Tessa"
2004 Significant Others JustinEpisode: "A Date, Fate and Jail Bait"
2004 House Luke PalmeiroEpisode: "The Socratic Method"
2006 Las Vegas Leo PedowitzEpisode: "Meatball Montecito"
2007 Journeyman Partygoer / Raver2 episodes
2009 Community Jeremy SimmonsEpisode: "Debate 109"
2013 Doll & Em Mike4 episodes
2013–2014 The Legend of Korra Desna (voice)10 episodes
2017 Rosewood Pete HarmonEpisode: "Benzodiazepine & the Benjamins"
2017 The Chosen Simon the shepherdEpisode: "The Shepherd"
2018UnphilteredLarry3 episodes
2019 Love, Death & Robots Rookie (voice)Episode: "Blind Spot"

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