Andrew James "A. J." Trauth (born September 14, 1986) is an American actor and musician. Trauth is known for playing Alan Twitty on ''

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'' and Josh Mankey on ''

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'', both programs which aired on

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Acting career

Trauth is known for playing Alan Twitty on ''

'' and did a guest role in ''

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'' opposite

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and

Drake Bell Jared Drake Bell (born June 27, 1986) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and musician. Born in Newport Beach, California, he began his career as an actor in the early 1990s at the age of five with his first televised appearance on ''Hom ...

. Later he worked with Bell and

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in an episode of

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's show taken from the book series: ''

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'' in the episode "Dear Diary I'm Dead". On the TV show ''

'', Trauth voiced

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, a one-time love interest of Kim (voiced by

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). Trauth also made a guest appearance on '' Reba'' as Kyra's 17-year-old date Scott in the episode the "United Front". Trauth starred in the Disney Channel original movie '' You Wish!'' alongside

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. He has also worked opposite

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in ''

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'' as the title character's younger brother, Mitch. Trauth also appeared in an episode of ''

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'', playing an older brother in the clinic when his little brother gets treated by

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. In 2003, Trauth guest starred on '' 7th Heaven'', in the eighth season episode "Getting to Know You". In 2006, Trauth guest starred on the CBS drama ''

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'', and on the Fox drama ''

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'' in 2009.

Personal life

On February 5, 2014, ''

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'' announced that Trauth became engaged to actress

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, after almost three years of dating. They married on December 6, 2014 in

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. Pipes filed for divorce in May 2019 citing "irreconcilable differences."

Filmography

References

External links

Official A. J. Trauth websiteOfficial Mavin website
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