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Eli David Marienthal (born March 6, 1986) is an American actor.


Family & Personal life

Marienthal was born in
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in 1986, the son of Penny Marienthal and Joseph Cross. He has two siblings, actors
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and
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. Marienthal is
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. In addition to acting, Marienthal has written and performed his own work as a poet, dancer, and playwright. Marienthal graduated from the private East Bay French-American School in Berkeley, where all students learn to speak French and attend classes in two languages, and from Berkeley High School in 2004. He graduated
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from
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in 2008 with a
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in
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and international
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. He also holds a master's degree in development studies from Brown. As of February 2019, Marienthal is a
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candidate in
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at the
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.


Career

Marienthal's career started in Bay Area stage theater work, performing in ''Missing Persons'', ''The Cryptogram'', ''Hecuba'', ''
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'', ''Every 17 Minutes the Crowd Goes Crazy'', and ''The Life of Galileo''. Marienthal is known for the role of
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in '' Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman'' and the ''
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'' episode "The Big Leagues". He replaced the previous voice actor, Mathew Valencia, because in these appearances, Robin appeared and was supposed to sound older than he had on the animated series. He played the title role of "Tucker Pierce" in the ''
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'' television series. He is also the voice of Hogarth Hughes in the 1999 film ''
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'' (his most famous voice acting role) and plays
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's younger brother in the 1999 film '' American Pie'' and its 2001 sequel, ''
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'' before his last film role to date was in the teenage-oriented comedy, ''
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'' (2004), opposite
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, as Sam.


Filmography


Film


Television


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marienthal, Eli 1986 births American male child actors American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors American male voice actors Annie Award winners Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California) alumni Brown University alumni Jewish American male actors Living people Male actors from Santa Monica, California 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors 21st-century American Jews