Aaron Michael Metchik
{{short description|American actor}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|04|22}}
| birth_place = San Clemente, California, USA
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|writer|director}}
| years_active = 1991 – 1999
2009 – 2012
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Aaron Michael Metchik (born April 22, 1980), also credited as Aaron Metchik, is an American former actor, writer, and director, known for his role as Steven Floyd Torkelson on The Torkelsons{{Cite web|url=https://scribol.com/pop-culture/tv/the-torkelsons-where-are-they-now-90s-sitcom/21|title=Here's What The Cast Of '90s Cult Comedy Classic The Torkelsons Are Up To Today|date=2019-06-26|website=scribol.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://imsvintagephotos.com/stills-of-austin-o-brien-as-logan-bruno-and-aaron-michael-205340|title=Stills of Austin O'Brien as Logan Bruno and Aaron Michael Metchik as Alan Gray from the film The Baby-Sitters Club.|website=imsvintagephotos.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.zimbio.com/Beyond+the+Tube/articles/Zo1447CLYaG/See+Cast+Torkelsons+Grown+Up|title=See the Cast of 'The Torkelsons' All Grown Up|website=Zimbio|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09}} and as Jeremy in Trading Mom.
Biography
Metchik's acting debut was as Steven Floyd Torkelson from 1991 to 1992 on the Oklahoma-set series The Torkelsons. When the show was spun off into Almost Home the next year, two of the five children were inexplicably written off the show, including Metchik's character. Since then, Metchik has had several guest-starring roles on television, as well as various film roles, his largest role being that of Alan Gray in the 1995 film The Baby-Sitters Club, the adaptation of the popular novel series. He has also had various voice roles, including a recurring role of Jack Pumpkinhead Jr. in several straight-to-video The Oz Kids films, and that of Ithicles in the 1997 Disney film Hercules. In 1999, Metchik made his directorial debut with the short film Jenny, which won the 2000 Reel Frontier Award for Best Long Short Take. He wrote, produced, directed, and starred in Ten Years Later, a film which released in 2010.
After his last film, More Than Stars, released in 2012, Metchick became a full time acting coach, running his acting program Actor's Edge out of Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo.{{Cite web |title=Actor's Edge {{!}} Acting Classes Los Angeles {{!}} Acting Classes San Luis Obispo |url=https://www.actorsedge.com/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Actorsedge |language=en}}
Metchick attended Shell Beach Elementary School and Judkins Middle School in Pismo Beach and Arroyo Grande High School in Arroyo Grande, California. His brother is actor Asher Metchik. His mother, Robyn Metchik, connected Zac Efron with a talent agent, effectively launching Efron's career.
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |
|---|
| 1991
| Big Deals | Brian | TV movie |
| 1991–1992
| Steven Floyd Torkelson | Main role |
| 1992
| The Magic Paintbrush | Nib |Voice |
| rowspan=2|1993
| Peter | Miniseries |
| When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
| Sky | TV movie |
| rowspan=4|1994
| Nick | Episode: "Orphan Train" |
| Duckman
| | Voice, episode: "Ride the High School" |
| Trading Mom
| Jeremy Martin | |
| Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
| Kid #3 | Voice, episode: "The Switching Hour" |
| rowspan=3|1995
| VR.5 | Stuart Fischer | Episode: "Dr. Strangechild" |
| The Baby-Sitters Club
| Alan Gray | |
| Life with Louie
| The Lanza Triplets | Voice, episode: "Lake Winnibigoshish" |
| rowspan=10|1996
| Todd | Episode: "Me and My Hormones" |
| Boy Meets World
| Jake | Episode: "Life Lessons" |
| Party of Five
| Othello | Episode: "Spring Breaks: Part 2" |
| Feeling Minnesota
| Young Sam Clayton | |
| The Oz Kids Christmas in Oz
| rowspan=7|Jack Pumpkinhead Jr. |rowspan=7|Voice, direct to video |
| The Oz Kids Return of Mombi |
| The Oz Kids The Nome Prince and the Magic Belt |
| The Oz Kids Toto Lost in New York |
| The Oz Kids Virtual Oz |
| The Oz Kids Underground Adventure |
| rowspan=3|1997
| The Oz Kids Journey Beneath the Sea |
| Hercules
| Ithicles |Voice |
| You Wish
| Mitch | Episode: "Genie Without a Cause" |
| rowspan=2|1999
| Pumpkin Hill | Alex | |
| The Practice
| Brent Jones | Episode: "Lawyers, Reporters and Cockroaches" |
| 2009
| Terry | Episode: "Marshall's New Plan" |
| 2010
| 10 Years Later | Adam Huffman | |
| 2012
| More Than Stars | Quinn | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0582485}}
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Category:American male child actors
Category:American male voice actors
Category:People from Arroyo Grande, California
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)