Eli David Marienthal is an American

United States

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 former child actor

Child actor

The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...

.

Personal life

Marienthal was born in Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...

, the son of Lola Marienthal, who manufactures bags made of organically grown cotton

Cotton

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, and Joseph Cross, a journalist. Marienthal is Jewish and has two siblings, actors Harley Cross

Harley Cross

Harley Cross is an American film and television actor. He appeared in the 1980s horror films The Believers and The Fly II; his most recent roles were in the 2004 film Kinsey and in 2000, "Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth". He is also the co-founder of Hint Mint, a candy...

 and Flora Cross

Flora Cross

Flora Cross is a French-American actress.- Personal life :Cross was born in Paris, France. Her father, Joseph Cross, is a journalist. Flora is Jewish. She has traveled extensively with her family, most recently to Argentina where she lived for two years. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA...

. After his parents' divorce, he lived mainly in Berkeley

Berkeley, California

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 with his mother, though during the 3rd and 4th grades he spent some time in Paris with his father. Marienthal graduated from the private East Bay French-American Primary School in Berkeley, where all the students learn to speak fluent French and attend classes in two languages. And then graduated from Berkeley High in 2004.

Marienthal's hobbies include writing slam poetry and participating in spoken
word competitions, as well as boxing, skydiving, rock climbing and snowboarding.

Marienthal is a Brown University

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

 graduate of the Class of 2008 graduating Cum Laude in Mathematics.

Career

Marienthal's career started in Bay Area stage theater work, performing in Missing Persons, The Cryptogram, Hecuba, A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...

, Every 17 Minutes the Crowd Goes Crazy, and The Life of Galileo.

Marienthal is known for the role of Robin (Tim Drake) in the Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman is a 2003 direct-to-video animated film based on the animated series The New Batman Adventures. It was released in the U.S. in October 2003 and was produced by Warner Bros...

animated movie, and in an episode of Static Shock

Static Shock

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. He replaced the previous voice actor, Mathew Valencia

Mathew Valencia

Mathew Valencia is an American actor and voice actor. Mathew was born in Fontana, California. His father is a California Highway Patrol officer and his younger brother Joseph Ashton is also a voice actor...

, because in these appearances, Robin was supposed to sound older than he had on the animated series. He played the title role of "Tucker Pierce" in the Tucker

Tucker (TV series)

Tucker is a television family comedy series that aired on NBC from October 2, 2000 to March 27, 2001.-Premise:Tucker's parents have divorced, and so he is forced to move into his despised aunt Claire's house, with her decidedly calmer airplane pilot husband Jimmy and strange cousin Leon. Originally...

television series. He is also the voice of Hogarth Hughes in the 1999 film The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant is a 1999 animated film produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. Brad Bird directed the film, which stars a voice cast of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick, Jr., Vin Diesel, Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonald and John Mahoney...

and plays Steve Stifler's younger brother in the 1999 film American Pie

American Pie (film)

American Pie is a 1999 teen comedy film written by Adam Herz. American Pie was the directorial film debut of brothers Paul and Chris Weitz, and the first film in the American Pie film series...

and its 2001 sequel, American Pie 2

American Pie 2

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. His last film role to date was in the teenage-oriented comedy, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen is a 2004 American Teen musical comedy film directed by Sara Sugarman and produced by Robert Shapiro and Matthew Hart for Walt Disney Pictures...

, opposite Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...

, as Sam.
After a brief hiatus, Marienthal returned to television by making a cameo appearance on a 2009 episode of the television sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, however the following year, Marienthal retired from acting yet again.

Movies

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	Unlikely Angel Unlikely Angel Unlikely Angel is a 1996 Christmas film starring Dolly Parton. It premiered on CBS in 1996. As of 2009, it is shown in the 25 Days of Christmas programming block on ABC Family.- Plot summary :...	Matthew Bartilson
1997	First Love, Last Rites First Love, Last Rites First Love, Last Rites is a collection of short stories by Ian McEwan. It was first published in 1975 by Jonathan Cape and re-issued in 1997 by Vintage.- Context :...	Adrian
1998	Slums of Beverly Hills Slums of Beverly Hills The Slums of Beverly Hills is a 1998 motion picture, written and directed by Tamara Jenkins. Its hero is a teenage girl struggling to grow up in a lower-middle-class family that moves every few months in the late 1970s....	Richard "Rickey" Abromowitz
	Jack Frost Jack Frost (1998 film) Jack Frost is a 1998 Christmas film, starring Michael Keaton and Kelly Preston. Keaton stars as the title character, a man who dies in a car accident and comes back to life as a snowman...	Spencer
1999	American Pie American Pie (film) American Pie is a 1999 teen comedy film written by Adam Herz. American Pie was the directorial film debut of brothers Paul and Chris Weitz, and the first film in the American Pie film series...	Matthew "Matt" Stifler
	The Iron Giant The Iron Giant The Iron Giant is a 1999 animated film produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. Brad Bird directed the film, which stars a voice cast of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick, Jr., Vin Diesel, Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonald and John Mahoney...	Hogarth Hughes (voice)
2001	American Pie 2 American Pie 2 American Pie 2 is a 2001 comedy film and sequel to American Pie and is the second film in the American Pie film series. It was written by Adam Herz and David H. Steinberg, and directed by J. B. Rogers. The film picks up the story of the four friends from the first film as they reunite during the...	Matthew "Matt" Stifler
2002	The Country Bears The Country Bears The Country Bears is a 2002 American live-action comedy film, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, based on the Disney attraction Country Bear Jamboree, and released July 26, 2002...	Dexter "Dex" Barrington
2003	Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman is a 2003 direct-to-video animated film based on the animated series The New Batman Adventures. It was released in the U.S. in October 2003 and was produced by Warner Bros...	Robin / Timothy "Tim" Drake (voice)
2004	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen is a 2004 American Teen musical comedy film directed by Sara Sugarman and produced by Robert Shapiro and Matthew Hart for Walt Disney Pictures...	Sam "Samuel"

Television

Year	Television Series	Role	Notes
2000	Touched By An Angel Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...	John	Guest Star: Episode - A House Divided
	Batman Beyond Batman Beyond Batman Beyond is an American animated television series created by Warner Bros. Animation in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy...	Dak	Guest Star: Episode - Where's Terry
2000–2001	Tucker Tucker -People:First name *Tucker Carlson, former television host*Tucker Max, Internet personality, author*Tucker Martine, drummer and record producer*Tucker Smith, actor, dancer and singerSurname *Tucker *Albert W...	Tucker Pierce	Series Regular
2001	The Zeta Project The Zeta Project The Zeta Project is a science fiction American animated series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It first aired on Kids' WB in January 2001. It is a spin-off series based on the character Zeta from the Batman Beyond episode of the same name. The show was created by Robert Goodman and Warner Bros...	Young Zee	Guest Star: 2 Episodes - Shadows & Change of Heart
2002	Static Shock Static Shock Static Shock is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It premiered in September 2000 on the Kids' WB! block and ran for four seasons, with a total of 52 half-hour episodes....	Robin	Guest Star: Episode - The Big Leagues
2003	Fillmore! Fillmore! Fillmore! is an American animated television series which was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The series was created by Scott M. Gimple...	Derek Minna	Guest Star: Episode - Two Wheels, Full Throttle, No Brakes
2009	The Big Bang Theory	Mike Wyatt	Cameo: Episode - The Pirate Solution

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