Aaron Schwartz (American actor)

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Aaron Schwartz is an American actor, known for playing the lead role of Gerald Garner in the 1995 comedy film Heavyweights,{{cite web |last=Hunter |first=Stephen |title=As comedies go, the unfunny 'Heavyweights' sinks like a stone |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=February 17, 1995 |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1995/02/17/as-comedies-go-the-unfunny-heavyweights-sinks-like-a-stone/ |quote=His most important cohort is a plump decent boy, played by Aaron Schwartz with good nature all the way through. |access-date=February 16, 2013 |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012104840/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-02-17/entertainment/1995048041_1_ben-stiller-anne-meara-camp-hope |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Ranier |first=Peter |title=MOVIE REVIEWS : 'Heavyweights': Too thin when it comes to humor |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 17, 1995 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-17-ca-32913-story.html |access-date=February 16, 2013}}{{cite web |last=Holden |first=Stephen |title=FILM REVIEW: Spoofing the TV gurus of fitness |work=The New York Times |date=February 17, 1995 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/17/movies/film-review-spoofing-the-tv-gurus-of-fitness.html |accessdate=February 16, 2013}}{{cite web |last=Lincoln |first=Kevin |title=WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The Cast Of Heavyweights |publisher=Business Insider |date=December 8, 2011 |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/ben-stiller-paul-feig-gossip-girl-2011-12?op=1 |accessdate=February 16, 2013}} and for the role of Dave Karp in the 1992 Walt Disney film The Mighty Ducks.{{cite news |last=Tyler |first=Josh |title=Remembering The Mighty Ducks |publisher=CinemaBlend.com |date=January 31, 2008 |url=http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Remembering-The-Mighty-Ducks-7661.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201100044/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Remembering-The-Mighty-Ducks-7661.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 2008 |accessdate=February 16, 2013 }} In addition to his two film roles, Schwartz played Clem Lanell in eight episodes of The Adventures of Pete & Pete, and appeared in one episode of The Cosby Show. He had a recurring role as doorman Vanya on The CW's teen drama series Gossip Girl and its spin-off web series Chasing Dorota.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483070/combined |title="Chasing Dorota" (2009) |publisher=IMDb |quote=6 [mini]-episodes.… Spin off from Gossip Girl}}

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 (1991–1992).{{cite web|title=Fourteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards: 1991-1992 |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms14.htm |publisher=Young Artist Awards |accessdate=February 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217002739/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms14.htm |archivedate=February 17, 2011 }}