Aaron Schwartz (born January 4, 1981) is an American actor, known for playing the lead role of Gerald Garner in the 1995 comedy film ''
Heavyweights
''Heavyweights'' is a 1995 American black comedy film directed by Steven Brill and written by Brill with Judd Apatow. The film follows a fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness guru named Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller).
Plot
When school e ...
'',
and for the role of Dave Karp in the 1992
Walt Disney
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film ''
The Mighty Ducks
''The Mighty Ducks'' is an American media franchise. It features a trilogy of live-action films released in the 1990s by Walt Disney Pictures, an animated television series, a live-action sequel television series, and a real-world hockey team ...
''. In addition to his two film roles, Schwartz played Clem Lanell in eight episodes of ''
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
''The Adventures of Pete & Pete'' is an American comedy television series created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi for Nickelodeon. It centers around two brothers, both named Pete Wrigley, and their humorous and surreal adventures in suburbia ...
'', and appeared in one episode of ''
The Cosby Show
''The Cosby Show'' is an American television sitcom co-created by and starring Bill Cosby, which aired Thursday nights for eight seasons on NBC between September 20, 1984, until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on an upper middle-class Africa ...
''. He had a recurring role as doorman Vanya on
The CW
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's teen drama series ''
Gossip Girl
''Gossip Girl'' is an American teen drama television series based on the novel series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, ran on The CW network for six sea ...
'' and its
spin-off web series ''
Chasing Dorota''.
Schwartz is
Jewish
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.
Award nominations
Schwartz, together with the rest of the young cast of ''The Mighty Ducks'', was nominated for the Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture award at the
14th Youth in Film Awards
The 14th Youth in Film Awards ceremony (now known as the Young Artist Awards), presented by the Youth in Film Association, honored outstanding youth performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, theater and music for the 1991 ...
(1991–1992).
Filmography
See also
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List of Gossip Girl characters#Guest stars
References
External links
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1981 births
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American male child actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
Living people
Male actors from New York City
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