Freddie Prinze Jr.

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Prinze in 2016
Born
Freddie James Prinze Jr.

(1976-03-08) March 8, 1976 (age 48)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • producer
Years active1995–present
Spouse
(m. 2002)
Children2
Father Freddie Prinze

Freddie James Prinze Jr. (born March 8, 1976) [1] is an American actor. He has starred in films such as I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and its sequel (1998), She's All That (1999), Down to You , Boys and Girls (both 2000), Summer Catch (2001), Scooby-Doo (2002), and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004). Alongside recurring roles on Boston Legal (2004) and 24 (2010), Prinze starred on the self-titled ABC sitcom Freddie (2005–2006)—which he co-created and executive produced—and voiced Kanan Jarrus in the Disney XD series Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018). He is the only child of actor and comedian Freddie Prinze.

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Early life

Freddie James Prinze Jr. was born in Los Angeles on March 8, 1976, the only child of Katherine Elaine Prinze (née Cochran) and actor and stand-up comedian Freddie Prinze. [2] [3]

On January 29, 1977, Freddie Prinze died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, after which Prinze Jr. relocated with his mother to Albuquerque, New Mexico. [2] Prinze was raised Catholic. [4] His paternal grandmother was from Puerto Rico [5] [6] and he is fluent in Spanish. [6] [7] Prinze had "enjoyed acting in school productions" as a child and participated in Albuquerque Children's Theatre, though he originally planned to become a civil engineer before getting roles on Family Matters and The Watcher. [8] Soon after that he saw Neil Patrick Harris at his high school getting kids excited about getting into acting, and he decided to do that. [9] After graduating from La Cueva High School in 1994, Prinze moved to Los Angeles to audition for television roles. [10] [11] [12]

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 appeared in youth-oriented movies I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and its sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), made him known to teenage audiences. His first leading role, the romantic comedy She's All That (1999), grossed $63 million in the United States. [13]

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 disliked by critics [14] and had moderate box office success. [15]

Prinze Jr. at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con Freddie Prinze, Jr Comic-Con 2009.jpg
Prinze Jr. at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con

He played Fred Jones in the 2002 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 along with Matthew Lillard and Linda Cardellini. He guest starred on the popular NBC show Friends as a sensitive male nanny named Sandy on the series' 200th episode. He took the role of Sandy after Tom Hanks could not do it due to scheduling. [16] 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 was cancelled after one season 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 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 was the voice of the titular character in the animated movie Delgo . [17] In 2010, Prinze guest starred on Psych as Dennis, a grade school friend of Shawn Spencer and Burton Guster. In March 2019, Prinze was cast as Nancy Drew's father, Carson Drew, in The CW mystery pilot Nancy Drew , but was later replaced by Scott Wolf. [18] He also voiced the future version of Tim and Jim Possible in the Kim Possible movie Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time . [19]

In March 2009, it was announced that Prinze had signed on to star as Bradley, aka Ultimatum, in the ABC show No Heroics, a U.S. remake of the British show of the same name. [20] [21] [22] The show was not picked up, but Prinze was cast as a series regular for the eighth season of the television show 24 ; he played Cole Ortiz, a new CTU operative. [23]

In 2021, Prinze joined the reboot of Punky Brewster on Peacock, playing the title character's ex-husband. [24]

Other work

He voiced a pilot in a Vatta's War: Trading in Danger graphic audio book. Prinze voiced different characters in BioWare video games: Lieutenant James Vega in Mass Effect 3 and The Iron Bull in Dragon Age: Inquisition . [25] [26] He returned to the role of James Vega again for the animated feature film Mass Effect: Paragon Lost , dubbed by FUNimation. From 2014 until 2018, he was the voice of Kanan Jarrus, one of the last surviving Jedi Knights, on the Disney XD series Star Wars Rebels . [27] He reprised the role for the opening scene of the pilot episode of the Disney+ series The Bad Batch in May 2021. [28] In March, 2023, he launched a new podcast, That Was Pretty Scary, with cohost Jon Lee Brody. [29]

Professional wrestling

Work with WWE (2008–2009, 2010–2012)

Prinze is a WWE fan and was seen on television in attendance at the March 2008 WrestleMania XXIV pay-per-view and its preceding Hall of Fame ceremony. He also made a cameo on an episode of The Dirt Sheet, an online program hosted by wrestlers John Morrison and The Miz. [30] He had created an official profile on WWE's "Universe" blog community where he would regularly write his thoughts about the current goings-on in the world of the WWE. His relationship with the company was furthered when he was hired as a member of the creative staff to contribute to weekly television and pay-per-view programming for the SmackDown brand. [31] [32] It was reported on February 22, 2009 that Prinze and WWE had parted ways, but in January 2021, Prinze explained that he had actually chosen to leave the company at that time. [33] [34]

On August 17, 2009, Prinze appeared on Raw as a special guest host, where he was assaulted by then WWE Champion Randy Orton after refusing to bail Orton out of his tag team match with John Cena, who was due to challenge him in the upcoming SummerSlam.[ citation needed ] Prinze later returned to the program and got his payback during Orton's match with Cena against Big Show and Chris Jericho, by setting up a lumberjack match involving Mark Henry, Primo, Evan Bourne, Kofi Kingston, MVP, and Jamie Noble.[ citation needed ]

Prinze returned to WWE on October 1, 2010 in a role as a producer and director. [35] On the November 1, 2010 episode of Monday Night Raw, Prinze made an on-screen appearance as Vince McMahon's doctor, a dream sequence scene that coincided with Linda McMahon's attempt to win a seat in the Senate for the state of Connecticut. [36] [37] Prinze left WWE for a second time due to a comment made by Stone Cold Steve Austin to a contestant while taping an episode of the fifth season of WWE Tough Enough . [38]

Podcast (since 2021)

In November 2021, Prinze started his own podcast Wrestling With Freddie with cohost Jeff Dye. [39]

Premier Streaming Network

In April 2023, Freddie Prinze Jr. joined the ownership team of Premier Streaming Network, a streaming platform focused on wrestling, sports, and entertainment content. [40]

MyFandom Sports App

In June 2024, Freddie Prinze Jr. was announced as part of the ownership team behind MyFandom, an iOS app co-founded by brothers Fred and Josh Shernoff. MyFandom allows sports fans to contribute personal media to a collective archive of sporting events, creating a user-generated historical record while enabling individuals to curate their own attendance history. [41]

Personal life

Prinze Jr. with his wife Sarah Michelle Gellar at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival Freddie Prinze Jr and Sarah Michelle Gellar by David Shankbone.jpg
Prinze Jr. with his wife Sarah Michelle Gellar at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival

Prinze dated actress Kimberly McCullough from 1996 until 1999. [42]

He married actress Sarah Michelle Gellar on September 1, 2002, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. The couple met several years before, while filming I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), [43] started dating in 2000 and were engaged in April 2001. They co-starred in Scooby-Doo (2002), Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), Happily N'Ever After (2006), and Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018). Gellar made a non-speaking cameo in Prinze's film She's All That (1999). They have two children together: a daughter born September 2009, and a son born September 2012, [44] [45] and live in Los Angeles. [46]

Prinze is an avid practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and has reached the rank of purple belt in the sport, having been promoted under Jean Jacques Machado. [47]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday Joey Bost
1997 The House of Yes Anthony Pascal
Sparkler Brad
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
Wing Commander Lt. Christopher Blair
2000 Down to You Alfred "Al" Connelly
Boys and Girls Ryan Walker
2001 Head over Heels Jim Winston/Bob Smoot
Summer Catch Ryan Dunne
2002 Scooby-Doo Fred Jones
2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2005Shooting GalleryJericho HudsonAlso producer
2006 Shark Bait Pisces "Pi" (voice)
Happily N'Ever After Rick (voice)
2007 Brooklyn Rules Michael Turner
New York City Serenade Owen
2008 Jack and Jill vs. the World Jack
Delgo Delgo (voice)
2012 Mass Effect: Paragon Lost Lt. James Vega (voice)
2015 Misery Loves Comedy HimselfDocumentary
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Kanan Jarrus (voice) [48]
Killer SkinMasked KillerShort film
2022 Clerks III Auditioner 15
Christmas with You Miguel Torres
2023 Glisten and the Merry Mission Crumble Starsnaps (voice)
2024 The Girl in the Pool Thomas
2025 Untitled I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel Ray BronsonFilming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Family Matters Tough GuyEpisode: "The Gun"
The Watcher BillyEpisode: "The Human Condition: The Blood of Our Children/Rita/The Comic"
1996 ABC Afterschool Special JeffEpisode: "Too Soon for Jeff"
1997 Detention: The Siege at Johnson High Aaron SullivanTelevision film
1998VigTony
2000 Saturday Night Live HimselfHost; Episode: "Freddie Prinze Jr./Macy Gray"
Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak Episode #1.1
2002 Frasier Mike (voice)Episode: "Juvenilia"
Friends SandyEpisode: "The One with the Male Nanny"
2003 Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time Future Jim / Future Tim (voice)Television film
2004–2006 Boston Legal Donny Crane3 episodes
2005–2006 Freddie Freddie MorenoMain role; 22 episodes
Also co-creator and executive producer
2006 George Lopez Episode: "George Gets Cross Over Freddie"
2007AtlantaEricTelevision film
2008–2009 WWE SmackDown Writer; 26 episodes
2009 No Heroics Bradley (aka Infinitum)Unaired pilot
2010 24 Cole Ortiz24 episodes
Psych DennisEpisode: "Not Even Close... Encounters"
2012Happy ValleyNoahUnaired pilot
2005–2022 Robot Chicken Fred Jones / Various (voice)7 episodes
2013 Witches of East End Leo Wingate2 episodes
2013–2014 Bones Danny Beck
2014–2018 Star Wars Rebels Kanan Jarrus (voice)70 episodes
2016 Bordertown Tut (voice)Episode: "The Engagement"
First Impressions HimselfHost; 6 episodes
2016–2017 Movie Trivia Schmoedown Commentator; 4 episodes
2019–2020GEGG WARSPash / O'rak Adalani6 episodes
2021 Star Wars: The Bad Batch Caleb Dume (voice)Episode: "Aftermath"
Punky Brewster Travis10 episodes
2022–2024 WWE Rivals HimselfHost; 16 episodes

Video games

YearTitleVoice role
2012 Mass Effect 3 Lt. James Vega
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition The Iron Bull
2015 Disney Infinity 3.0 Kanan Jarrus
Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions
2021 Mass Effect Legendary Edition Lt. James Vega

Music videos

YearSongArtistNotes
1999"Kiss Me" ( She's All That version) Sixpence None the Richer Directed by Randee St. Nicholas
2004"Don't Wanna Think About You" Simple Plan Directed by Frank Borin and Ryan Smith

Podcasts

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021–presentWrestling with FreddieHimselfHost, executive producer
2023–presentThat Was Pretty ScaryHimselfHost, executive producer

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
1996 Golden Globe Awards Mr. Golden Globe (shared with Jaime Nicole Dudney as Miss Golden Globe)Won
1998 ALMA Award Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film I Know What You Did Last Summer Nominated
Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor
Best Performance in a TV Movie or Feature Film – Young Ensemble (shared with the cast)
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Actor – Horror
1999Favorite Supporting Actor – Horror I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Won
Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Actor She's All That
ALMA AwardOutstanding Actor in a Feature Film in a Crossover RoleI Still Know What You Did Last SummerNominated
Teen Choice AwardsSexiest Love Scene (shared with Rachael Leigh Cook)She's All ThatWon
MTV Movie Awards Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Rachael Leigh Cook)Nominated
Teen Choice AwardsChoice Movie: Actor Down to You Won
Choice Chemistry (shared with Julia Stiles)Nominated
Bravo Otto Best Actor
2000
ALMA AwardOutstanding Actor in a Feature FilmShe's All That
Blockbuster Entertainment AwardsFavorite Actor – Comedy/Romance
Imagen Awards Best Actor – Feature Film
Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Couple (shared with Rachael Leigh Cook)Won
2001Teen Choice Awards Choice Male Hottie Nominated
2002 Choice Movie: Comedy Actor Scooby-Doo
Choice Chemistry (shared with Sarah Michelle Gellar)
Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Supporting Actor
2013Behind the Voice Actors AwardsBest Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game (People's Choice) (shared with the cast) Mass Effect 3 Won
Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game (shared with the cast)Nominated
2015Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game (shared with the cast) Dragon Age: Inquisition Won
Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series (shared with the cast) Star Wars Rebels Nominated
Golden Joystick Awards Best Performer Dragon Age: Inquisition
2018Behind the Voice Actors AwardsBest Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series (shared with the cast)Star Wars Rebels

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