Spencer Breslin
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Spencer Breslin is an American
United States
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 teen actor and musician
Musician
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.

Early life

Breslin was born in New York City
New York City
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, the son of Kim, a personal manager, and Michael Breslin, a telecommunications expert. Spencer is the older brother of actress, Abigail Breslin
Abigail Breslin
Abigail Kathleen Breslin is an American teen actress. She is one of the youngest actresses ever to be nominated for an Academy Award....

 (born April 14, 1996) and younger brother of Ryan Breslin (born 1985).

Acting Career

He has appeared in films such as Disney's The Kid, The Santa Clause 2
The Santa Clause 2
The Santa Clause 2 is a 2002 American comedy film and the sequel to the 1994 film, The Santa Clause. All the principal actors from the first film reprise their roles, except for Peter Boyle, who returns portraying a different minor character...

, The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat (film)
The Cat in the Hat is a 2003 American slapstick comedy film loosely based on the 1957 book of the same name by Dr. Seuss. It was produced by Brian Grazer and directed by Bo Welch, and stars Mike Myers in the title role of the Cat in the Hat, and Dakota Fanning as Sally...

, You Wish!, and Zoom
Zoom (film)
Zoom is a comedy-superhero film released on August 11, 2006. It is based upon the children's book Amazing Adventures from Zoom's Academy by Jason Lethcoe...

. He has also been involved in the world of animation by lending his voice to the television cartoon Teamo Supremo
Teamo Supremo
Teamo Supremo is an animated television series created by Disney. Animated in the limited animation style pioneered by Jay Ward, predecessors which inspired its style, it tells of three superhero kids: Captain Crandall, Skate Lad, and Rope Girl...

, with the same year's Return to Neverland offering even more vocal work. He reprised his role of Curtis in The Santa Clause 3, which opened on November 3, 2006, taking the tally of movies in which he co-starred with Tim Allen
Tim Allen
Tim Allen is an American comedian, actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer, known for his role in the sitcom Home Improvement...

 up to four. In 2004, when Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone....

 won his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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, Breslin was asked to read alongside Alyson Stoner
Alyson Stoner
Alyson Rae Stoner is an American actress, dancer and singer. Stoner is known for her roles in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody , Cheaper By The Dozen and Cheaper By The Dozen 2 , Step Up and Step Up 3 , and Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2...

, Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse, and Hailey Anne Nelson
Hailey Anne Nelson
Hailey Anne Nelson is an American actress.-Career:After commencing her career at age 5 in various stage performances, Nelson starred in the Tim Burton film Big Fish as Jenny , alongside Ewan McGregor, Danny DeVito, Steve Buscemi, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, and Miley Cyrus...

.

In 2004, he and his real life younger sister Abigail Breslin
Abigail Breslin
Abigail Kathleen Breslin is an American teen actress. She is one of the youngest actresses ever to be nominated for an Academy Award....

 played on-screen siblings in Raising Helen
Raising Helen
Raising Helen is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and written by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler. It stars Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere, Spencer and his sister Abigail Breslin and Helen Mirren...

. They once again starred together in 2004's Princess Diaries 2, in which Spencer played a prince and Abigail made a cameo
Cameo appearance
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 as a girl at an orphanage. Abigail was also in The Santa Clause 3, in which Spencer played Curtis, the head elf of the North Pole.

Music

In the summer of 2007 he helped form alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 trio The Red Agenda with Harold
Harold (film)
Harold is a 2008 American comedy film, co-written by Greg Fields and T. Sean Shannon, starring Spencer Breslin, Cuba Gooding Jr., Nikki Blonsky, Ally Sheedy and Stella Maeve. The film is T. Sean Shannon's first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, which itself...

co-star Evan Daves and musician Paul DeMasi. He is finished recording his debut album, Labor Day
Labor Day
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 as of October, 2009 and it is due for release soon. It was recorded by Ladybug Transistor's Gary Olson, and produced by James William Hindle. Breslin founded his own record label Acadian Recording Company and is currently working with the hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 group Damus on their debut album.

Personal life

He lives in New York City with his family, and travels to Los Angeles for movies and auditions.

Filmography

  • Stephen King: Storm of the Century (1999) - Little Boy in the Child Day Care house
  • Disney's The Kid (2000) - Rusty Duritz
  • Meet the Parents
    Meet the Parents
    Meet the Parents is a 2000 American comedy film written by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg and directed by Jay Roach. Starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller, the film chronicles a series of unfortunate events that befall a good-hearted but hapless male nurse while visiting his girlfriend's parents...

    (2000) - Little Boy
  • The Ultimate Christmas Present
    The Ultimate Christmas Present
    The Ultimate Christmas Present is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Brenda Song and Hallee Hirsh.-Plot:Two teen girls, Samantha Elizabeth "Sam" Kwan and Allison Rachel "Allie" Thompson find a weather machine at a shack in the woods. After learning of its controls, they use it to...

    (2000) - Joey Thompson
  • Return to Neverland (2002) - Cubby (voice)
  • The Santa Clause 2
    The Santa Clause 2
    The Santa Clause 2 is a 2002 American comedy film and the sequel to the 1994 film, The Santa Clause. All the principal actors from the first film reprise their roles, except for Peter Boyle, who returns portraying a different minor character...

    (2002) - Curtis
  • The Cat in the Hat
    The Cat in the Hat (film)
    The Cat in the Hat is a 2003 American slapstick comedy film loosely based on the 1957 book of the same name by Dr. Seuss. It was produced by Brian Grazer and directed by Bo Welch, and stars Mike Myers in the title role of the Cat in the Hat, and Dakota Fanning as Sally...

    (2003) - Conrad
  • You Wish! (2003) - Stevie Lansing / Terrence Russell McCormack
  • Ozzie (2004)
  • Raising Helen
    Raising Helen
    Raising Helen is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and written by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler. It stars Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere, Spencer and his sister Abigail Breslin and Helen Mirren...

    (2004) - Henry Davis
  • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
    The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
    The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is the 2004 sequel to 2001's The Princess Diaries.Most of the cast returned from the first film, including Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Héctor Elizondo, and Heather Matarazzo...

    (2004) - Prince Jacques
  • Wonderfalls
    Wonderfalls
    Wonderfalls is a comedy-drama television series that was broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004.The show centres on Jaye Tyler , a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop...

    (2004) - Peter Johnson in "Lovesick Ass" Episode
  • Link Goes to New York (2005) (voice)
  • Zoom
    Zoom (film)
    Zoom is a comedy-superhero film released on August 11, 2006. It is based upon the children's book Amazing Adventures from Zoom's Academy by Jason Lethcoe...

    (2006) - Tucker Williams / Mega-Boy
  • The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
    The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
    The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause is a 2006 American film, the sequel to The Santa Clause and The Santa Clause 2. This is the third and final film in the trilogy. This film was also scheduled as a Disney Channel Original Movie....

    (2006) - Curtis
  • The Shaggy Dog
    The Shaggy Dog (2006 film)
    The Shaggy Dog is a 2006 film by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the second remake of the 1959 film of the same name, which was first remade as a television film in 1994....

    (2006) - Josh Douglas
  • Harold
    Harold (film)
    Harold is a 2008 American comedy film, co-written by Greg Fields and T. Sean Shannon, starring Spencer Breslin, Cuba Gooding Jr., Nikki Blonsky, Ally Sheedy and Stella Maeve. The film is T. Sean Shannon's first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his earlier short film, which itself...

    (2008) - Harold
  • The Happening
    The Happening (2008 film)
    The Happening is a 2008 science fiction thriller film written, co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan that follows a woman, her husband, the husband's best friend, and the friend's daughter as they try to escape from an inexplicable natural disaster. The plot revolves around a mysterious...

    (2008) - Josh
  • Bones
    Bones (TV series)
    Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...

    (2009) - Clinton Gilmore
  • Dear Eleanor (2010)
  • Born To Race
    Born to Race
    Born to Race is a 1988 film directed by James Fargo. It stars Joseph Bottoms and Marla Heasley.-Cast:*Joseph Bottoms as Al Pagura*Marla Heasley as Andrea Lombardo*Robert Logan as Theo Jennings*George Kennedy as Vincent Duplain...

    (2011)

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