Chauncey Leopardi

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Chauncey Leopardi
Born (1981-06-14) June 14, 1981 (age 42)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present
Known forMichael "Squints" Palledorous in The Sandlot , Alan White in Freaks and Geeks
SpouseJennifer Leopardi (2022-current)
Stefani Leopardi
(m. 2000;div. 2013)
[1]
Children3

Chauncey Leopardi (born June 14, 1981) is an American actor known for playing Michael "Squints" Palledorous in the 1993 film The Sandlot and Alan White in the 1999 series Freaks and Geeks .

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Career

Leopardi has been in films since he was five, and is known for his role at eleven years old as Michael "Squints" Palledorous in the 1993 film The Sandlot . [2] [3] Leopardi also made a single appearance in Boy Meets World , in the pilot episode. He also appeared in runs as bully Alan White on the short-lived NBC series Freaks and Geeks and as the geeky Navy sailor, Kyle, on The CW network's Gilmore Girls . He has appeared in various other films and television series, including the 1995 comedy Houseguest . In 2007, he reprised his role of Michael 'Squints' Palledorous in the third installment of The Sandlot series, fourteen years after the original movie. During the late 1990s, he played a recurring role as Otto the Nome Prince in the ABC cartoon series The Oz Kids . In 2019 he appeared in the music video for the song "Homicide" by Logic featuring Eminem, lip syncing Logic's verses.

Filmography

Commercial appearances

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References

  1. "Squints from 'The Sandlot' -- Getting Divorced ... Not From Wendy Peffercorn". tmz.com. 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  2. Hicks, Chris (April 9, 1993). "Sandlot stardom: Baseball yarn filmed last year in Utah tells of new kid's efforts to fit in". Deseret News . Retrieved 2009-08-27.[ permanent dead link ]
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