Eli Marienthal
{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| image = LA Animation Festival - Iron Giant introduction from Eli Marienthal (the voice of Hogarth Hughes).jpg
| caption = Marienthal at the LA Animation Festival in March 2012
| name = Eli Marienthal
| birth_name = Eli David Marienthal
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|3|6}}
| birth_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1996–2019
| children = 1{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/COrRGFihk03/?hl=en | title=Instagram }}
}}
Eli David Marienthal (born March 6, 1986) is an American former actor. He won the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production for his vocal performance as Hogarth Hughes in the animated film The Iron Giant (1999).
Family and personal life
Marienthal was born in Santa Monica, California, to Penny and Joseph. His older brother Harley Cross and younger sister Flora Cross are also actors.{{cite web|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051106/PEOPLE/511060301|title='BEE' GIRL CARRIES FILM|work=Roger Ebert, Flora Cross Interview|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=August 27, 2015|access-date=November 6, 2005|archive-date=September 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912170441/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20051106%2FPEOPLE%2F511060301|url-status=dead}} Marienthal is Jewish.{{cite web|url=https://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/interfaith_celebrities_santas_jewish_family_and_margot_at_the_weddings_near-minyan/|title=Interfaith Celebrities: Santa's Jewish Family, and Margot at the Wedding's Near-Minyan|website=InterfaithFamily|date=22 November 2007}}https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyi8ZYMr9lA/?hl=en
Marienthal graduated from the private East Bay French-American School in Berkeley.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/232712/Eli-Marienthal/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230143757/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/232712/Eli-Marienthal/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 30, 2015 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Jason Buchanan |date=2015 |title=Eli Marienthal - Biography |access-date=December 30, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Testing-Their-Mettle-Warner-Bros-and-director-2917326.php|title=Testing Their Mettle / Warner Bros. and director Bill Bird challenge Disney with 'The Iron Giant'|work=sfgate.com|last=Stack|first=Peter|access-date=December 30, 2015|date=August 1, 1999}} As of February 2019, he has a doctorate in geography at the University of California, Berkeley.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/confessions-teenage-drama-queens-eli-marienthal-heartthrob/|title=Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Heartthrob Eli Marienthal Isn't Acting But He's Still Cute!|website=PEOPLE.com}}
Career
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Marienthal's career started in Bay Area stage theater work, performing in Missing Persons, The Cryptogram, Hecuba, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Every 17 Minutes the Crowd Goes Crazy, and The Life of Galileo.{{Citation needed |date=October 2023}}
He provided the voice of Hogarth Hughes in the 1999 animated film The Iron Giant, which won him an Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production.{{Citation needed |date=October 2023}}
Marienthal also voiced the character Robin (Tim Drake) in the Static Shock episode "The Big Leagues", and reprised his role in Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman.{{Cite web|title=Rotten Tomatoes: Movies {{!}} TV Shows {{!}} Movie Trailers {{!}} Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/eli_marienthal|access-date=2021-11-18|website=www.rottentomatoes.com|language=en}} He played the title role of Tucker Pierce in the Tucker television series, as well as Steve Stifler's brother in American Pie franchise and Sam in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.
Filmography
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=Film=
| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |
| 1996
| Matthew Bartilson | Television film |
| 1997
| Adrian | |
| rowspan="2"|1998
| Richard "Rickey" Abromowitz | |
| Jack Frost
| Spencer | |
| rowspan="2"|1999
| Matt Stifler | |
| The Iron Giant
| Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production |
| 2001
| Matt Stifler | |
| 2002
| Dexter "Dex" Barrington | |
| 2003
| Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman | Tim Drake / Robin (voice) | |
| 2004
| Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Sam "Samuel" | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television series ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes | |||
| rowspan="3"|2000 | Touched by an Angel | John | Episode: "A House Divided" |
| Batman Beyond | Dak (voice) | Episode: "Where's Terry?" | |
| Tucker | Tucker Pierce | Main role; 10 episodes | |
| 2001–2002 | The Zeta Project | Young Zee (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Static Shock | Tim Drake / Robin (voice) | Episode: "The Big Leagues" |
| 2003 | Fillmore! | Derek Minna, Computerized Stingray (voice) | Episode: "Two Wheels, Full Throttle, No Brakes" |
| 2017–2019 | The North Pole | Finn | Web series, 12 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|547349}}
{{Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production}}
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Category:American male child actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male voice actors
Category:Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California) alumni
Category:Brown University alumni
Category:Jewish American male actors
Category:Male actors from Santa Monica, California
Category:20th-century American male actors