Daryl Sabara

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Daryl Sabara
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Sabara in 2022
Born
Daryl Christopher Sabara

(1992-06-14) June 14, 1992 (age 31)
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
Spouse
(m. 2018)
Children2

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.

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Early life

He graduated from West Torrance High School in 2010. [1] His fraternal twin brother, Evan Sabara, is a voice actor. [2] The siblings are of mostly Russian-Jewish descent. [3]

Sabara began performing with the regional ballet company, South Bay Ballet. [4]

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.

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 Movie 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, [5] 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 brother, 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. [6] [7] [8]

Personal life

Sabara started dating singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor in July 2016. [9] They became engaged on December 21, 2017, [10] and married on December 22, 2018, Trainor's 25th birthday. [11] On October 7, 2020, Trainor and Sabara announced they were expecting their first child, a boy. [12] On February 8, 2021, Trainor gave birth to their first son named Riley. [13] In January 2023, Trainor and Sabara announced they were expecting their second child. [14] On April 25, 2023, Trainor and Sabara announced on The Kelly Clarkson Show that their second child is a boy. [15] On July 1, 2023, they welcomed their second son named Barry. [16]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 My Neighbors the Yamadas NoburuVoice, 2005 Disney English dub [17]
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 BoyVoice [17]
2005 Her Best Move Doggie
2006 Keeping Up with the Steins Benjamin Fielder
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman Marco NorthVoice, direct-to-video
Solace GuntherShort film
Maybe It's in the WaterHimselfShort 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 CarolerVoice and motion-capture [17]
2010 Machete Junito
2011BlacktinoEvan
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 PrisonerVoice, television film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Murphy Brown Baby Brown3 episodes
1996 Life's Work TobyEpisode: "Pilot"
1999Love & MoneyRogerEpisode: "Career Daze"
Roswell CoreyEpisode: "Monsters"
2000 Will & Grace Broccoli BoyEpisode: "Sweet (and Sour) Charity"
2002Total Access 24/7Himself / Juni Cortez1 episode
All That Spy KidsEpisode: "Knubby McFarlin"
John Doe Wesley SilverEpisode: "Mind Games"
One on One JeffyEpisode: "Is It Safe?"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Tommy / SteveVoice, episode: "A Scooby-Doo! Christmas"
2003 The O'Keefes DarylRecurring role
GamefarmHimself / Special Guest1 episode
Friends OwenEpisode: “The One Where Ross is Fine”
2004 Century City Frank "Auggie" WoodEpisode: "To Know Her"
Fatherhood Larry KeatingVoice
Dr. Vegas Jesse SelznickEpisode: "Love for Life"
Murder Without ConvictionJames Talley (age 10)Television film
2004–2005 Father of the Pride HunterVoice, main role
2005 House M.D. Gabriel ReilichEpisode: "Cursed"
Grounded For Life Garth1 episode
2005–2012 Weeds Tim ScottsonRecurring role
2006 American Dragon: Jake Long HobieVoice, episode: "Ring Around the Dragon"
Criminal Minds Kevin RoseEpisode: "P911"
What About Brian Lil' AdamEpisode: "What About Denial..."
Lolo's CafeMikeyVoice, television film
Boys Life Scott MorrowEpisode: "Pilot"
2007 The Boondocks Butch Magnus MilosevicVoice, episode: "Shinin'"
2007–2008 The Batman Andrew Mallory / Scorn,Voice, 2 episodes [17]
2007–2009 Wizards of Waverly Place T.J. TaylorRecurring role
2008 Miss Guided RussellEpisode: "Homecoming"
The Closer Jason HetnerEpisode: "Problem Child"
2009Easy to AssembleGeorgeRecurring role
2010 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Jason / British NerdVoice, episode: "Howl of the Fright Hound"
2010–2013 Generator Rex Rex Salazar, Cade Rombauer, White Fighter, East Side KidVoice, main role [17]
2011Worst. Prom. Ever.Clark PetersonTelevision film
Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United Rex SalazarVoice, television film
2012 Grimm HansonEpisode: "Organ Grinder"
Gravity Falls Son on PierVoice, episode: "Fight Fighters"
2013 Avengers Assemble Aaron ReeceVoice, episode: "Molecule Kid" [17]
2013–2015 Ultimate Spider-Man Alex O'Hirn / Rhino Voice, recurring role [17]
2015 Resident Advisors LeslieRecurring role
Zombie BasementJoelRecurring
2016–2021 Ben 10 Heatblast, Rex Salazar, additional voicesVoice, recurring role [17]
2023 Australian Idol Himself (With Son)Guest

Video games

YearTitleRole
2004 The Polar Express Hero Boy
2011 Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall Rex Salazar
Generator Rex: Agent of Providence [17]
Saints Row: The Third Pedestrian and Character Voices
2017Ben 10Heatblast

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