Robert B. Capron Jr. (born July 9, 1998) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Rowley Jefferson,

Greg Heffley The Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise contains a large cast of characters. It centers on protagonist Greg Heffley, his best friend Rowley Jefferson, and Greg's family: his mother Susan, father Frank, and brothers Rodrick and Manny. Main c ...

's best friend, in the first three installments of the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' film series. More recently, he is known for starring as Mason in the drama series ''

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'', and as David Lewan in the film ''

The Polka King ''The Polka King'' is an American biographical comedy film directed by Maya Forbes and written by Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky. The film is about real-life Polish-American polka band leader Jan Lewan, who was imprisoned in 2004 for running a ...

''.

Career

He started off with a role in ''

Bride Wars ''Bride Wars'' is a 2009 American romantic comedy film directed by Gary Winick and written by Greg DePaul, June Diane Raphael, and Casey Wilson. The film stars Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway with Kristen Johnston, Bryan Greenberg and Candice Berg ...

'', and later had small parts in '' Hachiko: A Dog's Story'' and the film by Disney, ''

The Sorcerer's Apprentice "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (german: "Der Zauberlehrling", link=no, italic=no) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1797. The poem is a ballad in 14 stanzas. Story The poem begins as an old magician (fantasy), sorcerer departs his ...

''. His mother, Kaye Capron, played his character's mother in ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid''. Capron is from

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, and has also been billed as Robert B. Capron. He graduated

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in modern culture and media/history.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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* * 1998 births Living people 21st-century American comedians 21st-century American male actors Actors from Providence, Rhode Island American male child actors American male comedians American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors American stand-up comedians Comedians from Rhode Island Male actors from Rhode Island {{US-film-actor-1990s-stub Brown University alumni