Preston Strother

{{short description|American teen actor (born 1999)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name =Preston Strother

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| birth_name = Preston Thomas Strother

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|1|28}}

| birth_place = Dallas, Texas

| occupation = Actor

| education = Oaks Christian School

| alma_mater = University of California, Los Angeles

| years_active = 2005–present

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Preston Strother (born January 28, 1999) is an American teen actor born in Dallas, Texas.

Biography

He is best known for playing the Fox in Ni Hao, Kai-Lan, Arthur Junior in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and several television shows and movies. His older brother, Tyler Strother, is also an actor and now attends Bentley University in Boston, Massachusetts.

At the age of four, Preston Strother started acting, signing with a talent agent in Dallas, who booked him in a commercial audition for Lowes. Preston's first coach was Catherine Hart, a Dallas-based acting coach who has taught many young actors.{{cite web|url=http://dfwyoungstars.com/whos-next/preston-strother-whos-next-profile-of-the-week/|title=Preston's Profile of the week|accessdate=May 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918061717/http://dfwyoungstars.com/whos-next/preston-strother-whos-next-profile-of-the-week/|archive-date=September 18, 2011|url-status=dead}}

Strother first appeared in plays for Dallas Children's Theater, and has appeared on many commercials nationally and locally such as for Pizza Hut and the American Heart Association.{{cite web|url=http://resumes.actorsaccess.com/prestonstrother |title=Preston Strother - Actors Access|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}

He ran varsity cross country and track at his high school, Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, California. He now attends the University of California, Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=http://www.mediamikes.com/2011/10/interview-with-preston-strother/|title=An interview with Preston Strother|date=October 20, 2011|accessdate=May 14, 2012}}

Filmography

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2005

|Hate Crime

|Boy in Church

|Uncredited

2006

|Barney

|Peter

|3 Episodes

rowspan=2|2008

|The Temerity of Zim

|Student

|Short Film

Ni Hao, Kai-Lan

|Fox (voice)

|19 Episodes

rowspan=5|2009

|Eli Stone

|Italian Boy

|Season 2, Episode 11

Midgets vs. Mascots

|Kickball Kid

|Uncredited

The Final Destination

|Pool Boy with Mask

|Uncredited

Community

|Guard Kid

|Season 3, Episode 20

Leo Little's Big Show

|Cousin Rick

|

rowspan=3|2010

|What Would Jesus Do?

|Jake Mitchell

|

Brothers & Sisters

|Narrator

|Season 5, Episode 4

Criminal Minds

|Sammy Bennett

|Season 6, Episode 5

rowspan=2|2011

|BrainSurge

|2 Episodes

Oliver's Ghost

|Tony

|

2010-2011

|Batman: The Brave and the Bold

|Arthur Jr./Kyle (voice)

|3 Episodes

References