Daryl Sabara
{{short description|American actor (born 1992)}}
{{use mdy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Daryl Sabara
| image = DarylSabara2022.png
| caption = Sabara in 2022
| birth_name = Daryl Christopher Sabara
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|6|14}}
| birth_place = Torrance, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = {{hlist|1992|1996–present}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Meghan Trainor|2018}}
| children = 2
}}
Daryl Christopher Sabara (born June 14, 1992) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Juni Cortez in the Spy Kids film series, and for a variety of television and film appearances, first as a child actor and continuing into adult roles, including voice roles.
Early life
He graduated from West Torrance High School in 2010.{{cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Janet |title='Spy Kids' stars help less fortunate kids |newspaper=Austin American-Statesman |date=December 3, 2001 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F02FFAA0ACC1002&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=March 21, 2010 |archive-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823174304/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F02FFAA0ACC1002&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=live }} His fraternal twin sister is an actor.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/celebrity-couples/g23344353/celebrity-twins-siblings/ |title=15 Celebs You Never Knew Had a Twin |last=Grant |first=Stacey |magazine=Seventeen |date=July 13, 2023 |accessdate=November 25, 2024 }} The siblings are of mostly Russian-Jewish descent.{{cite news |last=Aushenker |first=Michael |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119204456/http://www.jewishjournal.com/circuit/article/chabad_rocks_20020906/ |archive-date=November 19, 2011 |title=Chabad rocks! |newspaper=Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles |date=September 5, 2002 |access-date=December 8, 2013 |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/circuit/article/chabad_rocks_20020906/ |publisher=Tribe Media Corp. }} Sabara began performing with the regional ballet company, South Bay Ballet.{{cite web |publisher=BBC Film |title=Daryl Sabara. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/07/30/daryl_sabara_spy_kids_3d_game_over_interview.shtml |access-date=June 14, 2006 |first=Anwar |last=Brett |archive-date=September 5, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040905223806/http://www0.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/07/30/daryl_sabara_spy_kids_3d_game_over_interview.shtml |url-status=live }}
Career
Sabara began acting during the mid-1990s, appearing on episodes of Murphy Brown, Life's Work, Friends and Will and Grace before being cast as Juni Cortez in the Spy Kids series of family films, which became popular among pre-teen audiences.{{cn|date=November 2024}}
Sabara provided the voice of Hunter in Father of the Pride. He has appeared in episodes of the television series Weeds, House, Dr. Vegas, and was one of the judges on America's Most Talented Kid. Sabara also voiced the main character, Hero Boy, in the 2004 animated version of The Polar Express. He then played a young Jewish boy trying to have a nice Bar Mitzvah in Keeping Up with the Steins (formerly known as Lucky 13), which received a limited release on May 12, 2006. He also guest starred in the Criminal Minds episode, "P911" where he played a sexually molested child. He also provided the voice for the titular character in Generator Rex.
He next appeared in the films Her Best Move and the interactive DVD Choose Your Own Adventure, played Ben on The Last Chance Detectives radio dramas by Adventures in Odyssey and Focus on the Family,{{cite journal |journal=Clubhouse Magazine |url=http://clubhousemagazine.com/detectives/a0001044.cfm |access-date=February 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040710163455/http://www.clubhousemagazine.com/detectives/a0001044.cfm |archive-date=July 10, 2004 |title=Meet the Actors |publisher=Focus on the Family}} and also appeared as school bully Wesley Rhoades in Rob Zombie's Halloween. He then played Irwin in the theater play The Catskills Sonata, about a young Jewish busboy in the late 1950s.
In 2003, Sabara made a guest appearance as the character Owen on an episode of Friends, during which Matthew Perry's character Chandler accidentally reveals to Owen that he is adopted. He also gained a recurring role in the Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place as T.J. Taylor, a wizard who ignores the rules and uses magic the way he wants, often getting him into trouble. He was also in The Boondocks as the voice of Butch Magnus Milosevic in the episode "Shinin'". He appeared in two episodes of The Batman: first as Harris, a middle schooler; then as Scorn, the sidekick of the villain Wrath. Both roles were opposite his sister, who played "Robin".
He costarred in the 2009 film April Showers, a film written and directed by a survivor of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. He played Kyle, a misanthropic teenager in World's Greatest Dad, with Robin Williams, and Peter Cratchit in the 2009 film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. He appeared in the comedy series Easy To Assemble, where he played a character named George. In 2010, he appeared in the film Machete, and the MTV film Worst. Prom. Ever. which premiered May 10. In 2012, he co-starred in John Carter as Edgar Rice Burroughs.
He portrayed the recurring role of Tim Scottson in seven episodes (spanning from 2005 to 2012) of Weeds.
In 2014 he starred alongside Chloë Grace Moretz in the off-Broadway play The Library directed by Steven Soderbergh.{{cite web |url=https://www.publictheater.org/Tickets/Calendar/PlayDetailsCollection/13-14-Season/The-Library/ |title=The Library |work=Public Theater |access-date=February 3, 2017 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408162654/http://publictheater.org/Tickets/Calendar/PlayDetailsCollection/13-14-Season/The-Library/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last=Healy |first=Patrick |date=January 16, 2014 |title=Soderbergh to Direct New Play at Public Theater |url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/soderbergh-to-direct-new-play-at-public-theater/ |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=December 23, 2018 |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331042702/https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/soderbergh-to-direct-new-play-at-public-theater/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Rooney |first=David |date=January 16, 2014 |title=Steven Soderbergh to Direct Off-Broadway Play Starring Chloe Grace Moretz |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-soderbergh-direct-broadway-play-671668 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=December 23, 2018 |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310183046/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-soderbergh-direct-broadway-play-671668 |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Sabara started dating singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor in July 2016.{{Cite news |url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a9215051/meghan-trainor-may-2017/ |title=Meghan Trainor: I Wrote My Boyfriend a Song Called "Marry Me" |date=April 6, 2017 |magazine=Cosmopolitan |access-date=August 8, 2017 |first=Amy |last=Spencer |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126100302/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a9215051/meghan-trainor-may-2017/ |url-status=live }} They became engaged on December 21, 2017,{{cite news |last=Swertlow |first=Meg |title=Meghan Trainor Is Engaged to Spy Kids Star Daryl Sabara |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/901898/meghan-trainor-is-engaged-to-daryl-sabara |access-date=December 23, 2017 |work=E! |date=December 21, 2017 |publisher=E! News |archive-date=October 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014041716/https://www.eonline.com/news/901898/meghan-trainor-is-engaged-to-daryl-sabara |url-status=live }} and married on December 22, 2018, Trainor's 25th birthday.{{cite news |last=Nelson |first=Jeff |title=Meghan Trainor Marries Daryl Sabara in Backyard Wedding: 'I Got Way More Than I Ever Wished For' |url=https://people.com/music/meghan-trainor-marries-daryl-sabara-wedding-exclusive/ |access-date=December 23, 2018 |work=People |date=December 22, 2018 |publisher=People |archive-date=December 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223195319/https://people.com/music/meghan-trainor-marries-daryl-sabara-wedding-exclusive/ |url-status=live }} On October 7, 2020, Trainor and Sabara announced they were expecting their first child, a boy.{{Cite news|url=https://www.today.com/parents/meghan-trainor-reveals-she-s-pregnant-1st-child-today-t193545|title=Surprise! Meghan Trainor tells Hoda and Jenna she's pregnant with 1st child|access-date=October 8, 2020|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007174417/https://www.today.com/parents/meghan-trainor-reveals-she-s-pregnant-1st-child-today-t193545|url-status=live}} On February 8, 2021, Trainor gave birth to their first son.{{cite magazine|last=VanHoose|first=Benjamin|title=Meghan Trainor and Husband Daryl Sabara Welcome First Child, Son Riley|date=February 14, 2021|url=https://people.com/parents/meghan-trainor-husband-daryl-sabara-welcome-first-child-son-riley/|access-date=February 14, 2021|magazine=People|archive-date=February 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214174518/https://people.com/parents/meghan-trainor-husband-daryl-sabara-welcome-first-child-son-riley/|url-status=live}} In January 2023, Trainor and Sabara announced they were expecting their second child.{{Cite news |date=January 30, 2023 |title=Meghan Trainor Is Pregnant, Expecting Baby No. 2 With Husband Daryl Sabara |website=E! |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1363089/meghan-trainor-is-pregnant-expecting-baby-no-2-with-husband-daryl-sabara |access-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130142731/http://www.eonline.com/news/1363089/meghan-trainor-is-pregnant-expecting-baby-no-2-with-husband-daryl-sabara |url-status=live }} On April 25, 2023, Trainor and Sabara announced on The Kelly Clarkson Show that their second child is a boy.{{Cite news |url=https://people.com/parents/pregnant-meghan-trainor-reveals-sex-second-baby-kelly-clarkson-show/ |website=People |date=April 25, 2023 |access-date=April 25, 2023 |title=Pregnant Meaghan Trainor Reveals Sex of Second Baby on the Kelly Clarkson Show. |first=Angela |last=Andaloro |archive-date=April 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425175921/https://people.com/parents/pregnant-meghan-trainor-reveals-sex-second-baby-kelly-clarkson-show/ |url-status=live }} On July 1, 2023, they welcomed their second son.{{Cite news |title=Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara Welcome Baby No. 2, Son Barry Bruce Trainor |language=en |work=People |first=Angela |last=Andaloro |first2=Liza |last2=Esquibias |url=https://people.com/meghan-trainor-and-daryl-sabara-welcome-baby-no-2-7552859 |date=2023-07-04 |access-date=2023-07-04 |archive-date=July 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704224521/https://people.com/meghan-trainor-and-daryl-sabara-welcome-baby-no-2-7552859 |url-status=live }}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2001
| Spy Kids | rowspan="3" | Juni Cortez | |
| 2002
| Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams | |
| 2003
| |
| 2004
| Hero Boy |
| rowspan="2" | 2005
|Doggie | |
| My Neighbors the Yamadas
| Noburu |
| rowspan="4" | 2006
| Benjamin Fielder | |
| Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman
| Marco North | Voice, direct-to-video |
| Solace
| Gunther | Short film |
| Maybe It's in the Water
|Himself |Short film |
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| Nathan | |
| Halloween
| Wesley Rhoades | |
| rowspan="3" | 2009
| Kyle Clayton | |
| April Showers
| Jason | |
| A Christmas Carol
| Undertaker's Apprentice, Tattered Caroler, Beggar Boy, Well-Dressed Caroler |
| 2010
| Machete | Junito | |
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| Blacktino | Evan | |
| Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
| Juni Cortez | |
| 2012
| Ned | |
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| Chips | |
| The Green Inferno
| Lars | |
| 2014
| Matt | |
| 2020
|Ben 10 Versus The Universe: The Movie |Heatblast, Vulpimancer Prisoner |Voice, television film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1992
| Baby Brown | 3 episodes |
| 1996
| Toby | Episode: "Pilot" |
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| Love & Money | Roger | Episode: "Career Daze" |
| Roswell
| Corey | Episode: "Monsters" |
| 2000
| Broccoli Boy | Episode: "Sweet (and Sour) Charity" |
| rowspan="5" | 2002
| Total Access 24/7 | Himself / Juni Cortez | 1 episode |
| All That
| Spy Kids | Episode: "Knubby McFarlin" |
| John Doe
| Wesley Silver | Episode: "Mind Games" |
| One on One
| Jeffy | Episode: "Is It Safe?" |
| What's New, Scooby-Doo?
| Tommy / Steve | Voice, episode: "A Scooby-Doo! Christmas" |
| rowspan="3" | 2003
| Daryl | Recurring role |
| Gamefarm
| Himself / Special Guest | 1 episode |
| Friends
| Owen | Episode: “The One Where Ross is Fine” |
| rowspan="4" | 2004
| Frank "Auggie" Wood | Episode: "To Know Her" |
| Fatherhood
| Larry Keating | Voice |
| Dr. Vegas
| Jesse Selznick | Episode: "Love for Life" |
| Murder Without Conviction
| James Talley (age 10) | Television film |
| 2004–2005
| Hunter | Voice, main role |
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| Gabriel Reilich | Episode: "Cursed" |
| Grounded For Life
| Garth | 1 episode |
| 2005–2012
| Weeds | Tim Scottson | Recurring role |
| rowspan="5" | 2006
| Hobie | Voice, episode: "Ring Around the Dragon" |
| Criminal Minds
| Kevin Rose | Episode: "P911" |
| What About Brian
| Lil' Adam | Episode: "What About Denial..." |
| Lolo's Cafe
| Mikey | Voice, television film |
| Boys Life
| Scott Morrow | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2007
| Butch Magnus Milosevic |Voice, episode: "Shinin'" |
| 2007–2008
| Andrew Mallory / Scorn, Harris |
| 2007–2009
| T.J. Taylor | Recurring role |
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| Russell | Episode: "Homecoming" |
| The Closer
| Jason Hetner | Episode: "Problem Child" |
| 2009
| Easy to Assemble | George | Recurring role |
| 2010
| Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated | Jason / British Nerd | Voice, episode: "Howl of the Fright Hound" |
| 2010–2013
| Rex Salazar, Cade Rombauer, White Fighter, East Side Kid |
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| Worst. Prom. Ever. | Clark Peterson | Television film |
| Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United
|Rex Salazar |Voice, television film |
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| Grimm | Hanson | Episode: "Organ Grinder" |
| Gravity Falls
| Son on Pier | Voice, episode: "Fight Fighters" |
| 2013
| Aaron Reece |
| 2013–2015 |
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| Leslie | Recurring role |
| Zombie Basement
| Joel | Recurring |
| 2016–2021
| Ben 10 | Heatblast, Rex Salazar, additional voices |
| 2023
| Himself (With Son) | Guest |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role |
|---|
| 2004
| Hero Boy |
| rowspan=3|2011
| Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall | rowspan=2|Rex Salazar |
| Generator Rex: Agent of Providence |
| Saints Row: The Third
| Pedestrian and Character Voices |
| 2017
| Ben 10 | Heatblast |
References
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External links
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