Bradley Pierce

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Bradley Pierce
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Pierce in 2016
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • cinematographer
Years active1990–present
Spouse
Shari Holmes
(m. 2005;div. 2017)
Children3
Website www.mrbradleypierce.com

Bradley Michael Pierce is an American actor, producer and cinematographer. Along with other roles and bit parts in television, films, direct-to-video animation, advertising, and video games, he played Peter Shepherd in Jumanji , the original voice of Chip in Beauty and the Beast , one of the original voices for Tails from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and Pete Lender in the 1997 film adaptation of The Borrowers .

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Career

Pierce began acting at age six, and has since appeared in various projects ranging from commercial and voiceover to television and film. He played the role of Andrew Shawn Donovan IV on Days of Our Lives for just over a year. He is also known for voicing Chip in Disney's Beauty and the Beast as well as Tails in the Saturday morning cartoon series Sonic the Hedgehog .

Other roles include Peter in Jumanji and a starring role in The Borrowers with John Goodman. Pierce provided additional voices in The Busy World of Richard Scarry and appeared with Patty Duke and Melissa Gilbert in the TV film Cries from the Heart/Touch of Truth as an autistic child named Michael.

He has guest-starred on such TV shows including Life Goes On , Roseanne , Herman's Head , Mad About You , Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , Touched by an Angel , Profiler , Star Trek: Voyager , and voiced the character Nibs in the 2002 film Return to Never Land .

In addition to acting, Bradley is producing short films and new media "Geek" content with the production company "ZFO Entertainment", a company he started with his good friend and fellow actor Joey Zimmerman. [1] They are primarily working as a press/media outlet, in addition to producing their own short film content. Their first short film "Vultures" is slated for release late 2016.

Outside of film-making, Bradley is the co-founder of Pierce & Luna, [2] a cocktail community geared towards bartending education and liquor reviews. Along with his partner, Bella Luna, Pierce has begun providing bartending services and consultations for elite parties. They also provide custom speciality cocktails for festivals such as the Hollywood Burlesque Festival and the Hollywood Fringe Festival. [3]

Personal life

Pierce and his wife Shari Holmes were married in 2005, together they have three children. [4] Holmes filed for divorce from Pierce in 2015, and was finalized in 2017. [4]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Too Young to Die WebTelevision film
1990Casey's Gift: For Love of a ChildCasey StillwellTelevision film
1990 Life Goes On BoyEpisode: "The Visitor"
1991 Beverly Hills, 90210 DrewEpisode: "Halloween"
1991 Nurses JimmyEpisode: "Begone with the Wind"
1990–1991 Days of Our Lives Andrew Donovan26 episodes
1991 Roseanne JasonEpisode: "Santa Claus"
1993 Herman's Head BradEpisode: "Love and the Single Parent"
1992–1993 Shaky Ground Dylan Moody17 episodes
1993 Mad About You JedEpisode: "The Unplanned Child"
1994 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Kid #1Episode: "Witness"
1994 Picket Fences Joey MessinaEpisode: "Supreme Courting"
1994The Yarn PrincessJoshua 'Josh' ThomasTelevision film
1994Dead Man's RevengeYoung Tom HatcherTelevision film
1994Children of the DarkLittle BoyTelevision film
1994Ride with the WindDanny BarnesTelevision film
1994 Cries from the Heart MichaelTelevision film
1995 The Client Ryan NicholsEpisode: "The Prodigal Father"
1995Mickey: Reelin' Through the YearsTelevision film
1996 The Home Court Patrick ShaughnessyEpisode: "Between a Shamrock and a Hard Place"
1996 The Siege at Ruby Ridge Sammy WeaverTelevision film
1996The Bug HuntTV short
1997 Touched by an Angel Hank MonroeEpisode: "Have You Seen Me?"
1997 Doom Runners AdamTelevision film
1998 Mr. Show with Bob and David Young OttoEpisode: "Like Chickens... Delicious Chickens"
1999 Profiler JeffEpisode: "Inheritance"
1999 Star Trek: Voyager Jason JanewayEpisode: "11:59"
1999Chicken Soup for the SoulTripEpisode: "Blind Date with Belinda"
2008 Camp Rock Additional voicesTelevision film; uncredited
2015Andy the Android DickEpisode: "Andy and the Traffic Ticket"; also co-executive producer (8 episodes)
2015Up in SmokeAdamTelevision film

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990CartelTommyUncredited
1992 Chaplin Sydney Chaplin jr. Age 8
1993 Man's Best Friend Chet
1995 Jumanji Peter Shepherd
1996AmandaMedieval Boy
1996The Undercover KidMax Anderson
1997 The Borrowers Peter Lender
2000 Down to You Ricky James
2001 Pearl Harbour Additional voicesUncredited
2001 Crazy/Beautiful Additional voicesUncredited
2001 Riding in Cars with Boys Additional voicesUncredited
2002 Big Trouble Additional voicesUncredited
2004 Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies Additional voicesUncredited
2008 College Road Trip Additional voicesUncredited
2008 High School Musical 3: Senior Year Additional voicesUncredited
2013 Phantom Loop group voice
2013 The Internship Voice actor
2015In Good FaithFather FrancisShort film
2015 My All-American Additional voices
2016BlindCharlie WeaverShort film; also producer
2018DeaconLt. Linus CarterAlso producer
2019 Detective Pikachu Additional voices
2020The ConnectionistBradleyShort film

Animation

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Timeless Tales from Hallmark Boy RabbitEpisode: "The Emperor's New Clothes"
1991 Beauty and the Beast Chip
1992 Porco Rosso Gas BoyEnglish version
1993–1994 The Little Mermaid Various4 episodes
1993–1994 Sonic the Hedgehog MIles 'Tails' Prower26 episodes
1993–1995 The Pink Panther Buddy Bimmel's Son41 episodes
1995 Whisper of the Heart High School StudentEnglish version
1996 The Oz Kids Boris
1993–1997 The Busy World of Richard Scarry Various45 episodes
2000 The Wild Thornberrys Shango2 episodes
2000 As Told by Ginger Darren PattersonEpisode: "The Party"
2002 Return to Never Land Nibs
2002 The Cat Returns Additional voices

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Skateclub 4
2005 Kingdom Hearts II Additional voicesEnglish version
2007Peter PanNibs
2007 Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ Additional voicesEnglish version
2014 The Lego Movie Videogame Good Cop / Bad Cop

Production credits

Producer

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Finding Forty-EightAssociate producerShort film

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jumanji actor Bradley Pierce to divorce". 10 October 2016.