Erik von Detten

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Erik von Detten
Erik von Detten stars as Andy "Brink" Brinker in the movie Brink!
Birth name	Erik Thomas von Detten
Born	October 3, 1982 San Diego, California

Erik Thomas von Detten (born October 3, 1982) is an American actor.

[edit] Biography

Von Detten was born in San Diego, California to Volker von Detten, an immigrant from Germany,^{[citation needed]} and Susan^{[citation needed]} Farber.^{[verification needed]} He has three sisters, named Dolly, Britta, and Andrea. Von Detten has starred in films such as The Princess Diaries (2001), American Girl (2002) and National Lampoon's Barely Legal (2003), which was released on DVD in early 2006.

One of Erik's earliest roles was as Nicholas Alamain on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1992 until 1993. Nicholas was revealed to be the secret son of Lawrence Alamain and Carly Manning, two of the show's major characters. As a result Erik was heavily involved in some of the show's main storylines, despite only being 10 years old at the time. Perhaps the most notable storyline during Erik's time on the soap was Nicholas' accidental killing of his father's lover Lisanne Gardner, who had been attempting to blackmail Lawrence over the secret of Nicholas's parentage.

At 13, he provided the voice of Sid Phillips in the hit movie Toy Story. He starred as the title character in the Disney Channel original movie Brink! in 1998. He has also made several television appearances in shows like Dinotopia (2002), the first celebrity edition of the ABC reality show The Mole, Celebrity Mole Hawaii (2003), in which he was runner-up, as well as Disney Channel's So Weird. He played the part of Chris Savage in the shortlived sitcom Complete Savages from 2004 to 2005.

Currently, Von Detten resides in Marina Del Rey, California.^{[citation needed]} As of 2003, he had a Dalmatian named Miles.^[1]

[edit] Selected filmography

• Smile as Chris (2005)
• Complete Savages as Chris Savage (2004-2005)

Erik von Detten stars as Chris Savage in a promotional photo with the cast of Complete Savages.

• Celebrity Mole Hawaii as Himself (2003)
• National Lampoon's Barely Legal as Deacon Lewis (2003)
• Dinotopia as Karl Scott (2002)
• American Girl as Kenton (2002)
• Recess as Erwin Lawson (1998-2001) (voice)
• The Legend of Tarzan as Flynt (2001) (voice)
• The Princess Diaries as Josh Bryant (2001)
• So Weird as Clu Bell (1999, recurring 2000-2001)
• Odd Man Out as Andrew Whitney (1999)
• Tarzan as Additional Voices (1999) (voice)
• Brink! as Andy "Brink" Brinker (1998)
• Replacing Dad as Drew (1999)
• Meego as Trip Parker #1 (1997)
• Leave It to Beaver as Wallace "Wally" Cleaver (1997)
• Hercules as Additional Voices (1997) (voice)
• Amanda (1996)
• Christmas Every Day as Billy Jackson (1996)
• A Stranger to Love as Justin (1996)
• Things That Go Bump as Christian (1996)
• Toy Story as Sid Phillips (1995) (voice)
• Escape to Witch Mountain as Danny (1995)
• Top Dog as Matthew Swanson (1995)
• In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped as Sam Honeycutt (1995)
• A Season of Hope as Tyler Hackett (1995)
• In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness as Older John (1994)
• Days of our Lives as Nicholas James Alamain #1 (1992-1993)
• All I Want for Christmas as Choir Member (1991)

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Sansing, Dina. "the way to his heart? directly through starbucks" (JPG), Seventeen, 2003, p. 120. Retrieved on 2006-09-08. (in English)

[edit] External links

• Erik von Detten at the Internet Movie Database
• Erik von Detten at TV.com