Tucker Albrizzi (born February 25, 2000) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Tyler Duncan on '' Big Time Rush,''

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on ''

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,'' Randall Snyder on ''American Vandal'' and Colin McConnell on '' A.P. Bio''. He has appeared in such movies as ''

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'', '' Bridesmaids'', '' Sicko'', '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked'', and ''

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''.

Personal life

Albrizzi was born and raised in

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, the son of Claudine Andrews and Keith Albrizzi, and the brother of Patrick Pedraja and Chef Jocelyn Albrizzi.

Career

He began acting in commercials in Orlando, Florida in 2007 when he was 7 years old. His brother Patrick was diagnosed with

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later that year and created a charity called Driving for Donors, which adds marrow donors to the Be The Match National Marrow Donor Program. Albrizzi and his family spent the next year traveling the country in an RV holding marrow drives for Driving For Donors. He came to

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in 2008 to be in a documentary with Patrick about Driving For Donors and decided to try acting in Hollywood. Albrizzi and his brother appeared together in Michael Moore's '' Sicko'' and as guests on ''

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''. Within 2 months of arriving in Hollywood, Albrizzi booked his first series regular role in ''Bless This Mess''. In 2009, he was cast in the recurring role of

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on '' Big Time Rush''. Later that year, he was also cast in the recurring role of

, Gabe's best friend, on ''

'' and guest starred on many other TV shows as well. In 2010, Albrizzi began acting in movies with appearances in '' Bridesmaids'', ''

'', and ''

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''. In 2011, he was originally cast in '' Ted'' in the role of Robert, but he was unable to film because of scheduling conflicts with his work on the

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pilot ''Pack of Wolves''. In the same year, he also got a role as the Kite Kid in '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked''. In 2016, Albrizzi co-starred in the science fiction action film ''

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''. In 2017, he starred in the feature film, ''Bully'', as the lead character Jimmy Mulligan. Albrizzi also played the recurring role of Terry in 10 episodes of the YouTube series ''Foursome''. He also appeared as Randall Snyder in the first 4 episodes of the Netflix series '' American Vandal''. Albrizzi appears in all 13 episodes of the first season of '' A.P. Bio'', as Colin McConnell. He plays Walter Dobbs in all 10 episodes of the first season of '' Mr. Iglesias'' on Netflix.

Voiceover work

Albrizzi began

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with 2012's ''

'', in the role of Neil. He was also the voice of Budderball in ''

'' (replacing

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from the first ''

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'') and played the live-action role of Budderball's owner Bartleby in the movies.

Filmography

Movies

Television

Awards and nominations

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** Best Guest Star Performance in a TV Series – ''

'' (Won) ** Best Recurring Performance in a TV Series – '' Big Time Rush'' (Nominated) * 33rd Young Artist Awards ** Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor Ten and Under – '' Big Time Rush'' (Nominated) ** Best Performance in a DVD Film – Young Ensemble Cast – '' Spooky Buddies'' (Won)

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Albrizzi, Tucker 2000 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors American male child actors People from Palm Harbor, Florida Male actors from Florida 21st-century American male actors