Ryan Malgarini

Infobox Actor
name = Ryan Malgarini
birthname = Ryan Timothy Malgarini
birthdate = birth date and age|1992|6|12
birthplace = Renton, Washington, U.S.A.
yearsactive = 1997 – present
website = http://www.RyanTMalgarini.com

Ryan Timothy Malgarini, (born June 12, 1992 [cite web|url=http://www.ryanmalgarini.com/faqs.asp|title=Official biography|accessdate=2008-05-29] in Renton, Washington) is an American actor.

Ryan Malgarini became interested in acting as a result of watching his grandmother, Gloria Malgarini's, involvement in commercials. At the age of five, Malgarini was delighted to spot her in a commercial for "Senior Dimensions", a Nevada-based healthcare provider, he pointed at the television and said, "I want to do that!"Fact|date=June 2007

From that point on Malgarini would appear as an extra for some of his grandmother's commercials. Malgarini was soon appearing in commercials for, McDonald's and Washington Mutual. He also took acting classes at the famed Young Actors Space in Los Angeles which earned him an agent and a manager. Fact|date=June 2007

Finally, in 2002, Malgarini made his film debut. "The United States of Leland" (released in 2004), playing a six-year-old boy in flashback scenes. This was a rather challenging role for Malgarini, since it required him to weep for the first time on screen in a funeral scene. Malgarini rose to the occasion and enjoyed working with Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey.Fact|date=June 2007

In 2003, Malgarini played the role of Harry Coleman in Disney's comedy hit, "Freaky Friday", starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, a mother and daughter who magically switch places for a day. He appeared with Tom Hanks in a test film to develop the "performance capture" technology for "The Polar Express" in 2004, a process in which an actor's movements and facial expressions are digitally recorded with light sensors, and later used to bring a computer animated character to life.Fact|date=June 2007

Malgarini recently appeared as "Benjy" in the film adaptation of "How to Eat Fried Worms", the beloved gross-out children's novel by Thomas Rockwell.Fact|date=June 2007

As of September 24, 2008, he stars on CBS's new comedy "Gary Unmarried" as Gary's (Jay Mohr) son Tom.

References

External links

* [http://www.ryanmalgarini.com Ryan Malgarini Official Website]
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