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Erik Thomas von Detten (born October 3, 1982) is an American singer and former actor. He is known for his roles in '' Escape to Witch Mountain'', '' Toy Story'', '' Brink!'', '' Meego'', '' The Princess Diaries'', '' Complete Savages'', and '' So Weird''. He voiced Erwin Lawson through the full run of '' Recess'' (1997-2001) and the series' four successive
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Early life

Erik Thomas von Detten was born in
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, the son of Susan von Detten (
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Farber), a photographer, and Volker von Detten. He has three sisters, Dolly, Britta and Andrea, and a brother, Timothy. He has German, English, and Russian Jewish ancestry. His family moved to a two-story house in El Segundo, California when he was a young child. In El Segundo, von Detten attended the local public elementary school, and was a member of the Cub Scouts.


Career

One of von Detten's earliest roles was Nicholas Alamain on the daytime soap opera ''
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'' from 1992 until 1993, appearing in 55 episodes. Nicholas was revealed to be the secret son of Lawrence Alamain ( Michael Sabatino) and Carly Manning ( Crystal Chappell), two of the show's major characters. As a result, von Detten was heavily involved in some of the show's main storylines, despite only being 10 years old. In 1995, when he was 13, von Detten provided the voice of the villainous and heartless toy-tormentor Sid Phillips in '' Toy Story''. He starred in the film '' Christmas Every Day'' in 1996, played Wally Cleaver in the 1997 film '' Leave It to Beaver'', and in 1998, had the lead as the title character in the Disney Channel original movie '' Brink!''. He followed this up on the television series '' So Weird '', on which he played Clu Bell from 1999 to 2001. Von Detten also appeared in a theatrical release as Josh Bryant in '' The Princess Diaries'' in 2001. In addition, he has made several television appearances in shows such as '' Dinotopia'' (2002), the first celebrity edition of the ABC reality show '' The Mole'', the third season's '' Celebrity Mole Hawaii'' (2003), and Fox's '' Malcolm in the Middle''. Von Detten has also played the part of Chris Savage in the short-lived sitcom '' Complete Savages''. In 2007, he made his stage debut in the children's play '' The Christmas Princess'' in Santa Monica. In 2009, he was featured in the music video " Wanted" by pop singer Jessie James. In 2010, he made a brief cameo appearance before he retired from acting in '' Toy Story 3'' reprising his role as Sid Phillips, who is now a garbageman in his 20s. As of 2018, von Detten worked for
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, a precious metals asset management firm. He is now a sales manager at a commodities brokerage firm.


Personal life

Von Detten has been married to his wife, Angela, a Taiwanese-American real estate agent, since 2018. They have a daughter, Claire Elizabeth (b. 2019), and a son, Thomas Henry (b. 2021).


Filmography


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