Adam Wylie

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birthname = Adam Augustus Wylie
birthdate = Birth date and age|1984|5|23
birthplace = San Dimas, California, U.S.A.
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yearsactive = 1990 ─ present
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Adam Augustus Wylie (born May 23, 1984) is an American television and motion picture actor, as well as a Broadway musical performer, and a former Crayola spokesman.

Biography

Early life

Wylie was born in San Dimas, California, the son of Karen Wylie. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/86/Adam-Wylie.html Adam Wylie Biography (1984-) ] ] He is one of five children, including brothers Eric, Ben, and Aaron and sister Tai. He started his acting career at the age of four in a toy commercial. He attended Upland Christian Schools in Upland, California.

Voice-over work

By the age of nine, he was busy with voice-over work, including the voice of David in "All Dogs Go to Heaven 2" (1996). He then lent his voice to many animated series, including "Dennis the Menace (U.S.)" as the title character (1993-94), "Hey Arnold!" as Curley, "Crayola Kids Adventures", "Napoleon" as the title character (1997), "The King and I" as Louis (1999), "As Told by Ginger", and Walt Disney Television Animation's pilot "Kitty's Dish" (as Josh). Wylie's voice credits also include "Batman Beyond", "Pepper Ann" as Crash, "As Told By Ginger" as Ian Richton, "Midnight Club II", Jimmy Olsen in the 2007 direct-to-DVD movie, , and the character Justin in "The Easter Story Keepers".

He also starred as Mike Fowler in Focus on the Family's "The Last Chance Detectives" audio cases.

Wylie currently stars as the voice of Brainiac 5 in the animated television show "Legion of Super-Heroes".

Television and film work

Wylie first became widely known as Zack Brock, the youngest of Sheriff Brock's three children in the television series "Picket Fences" from 1992 to 1996. This was followed by appearances in many other television programs, including as a series regular in "Love and Marriage" as Max, "Ed" as David Mirsky (2001), and "Gilmore Girls" as Brad Langford (2001-2002),he played Garfield in the biggest fan (2002) and as a guest star in "7th Heaven" as Marvin, "Sliders" as Trevor, "Touched by an Angel" as Andy Erskine, "Judging Amy" as Niki, "MTV Undressed" as Owen, "Entourage", "Living Single", "Monk", "Veronica Mars", "", and "Ben 10". He also appeared in American Dragon Jake Long as Bannas B (a villain) and Nigel Thrall (an ally) during several episodes.

Wylie also appeared in the made for TV movies "Under Wraps" as Gilbert, "Out on a Limb", "Balloon Farm" as Charles, and "Michael Landon, the Father I Knew".

Wylie's first motion picture appearance was in "Child's Play 2" (1990), which was followed by roles in films including "Kindergarten Cop" as Larry (1990), "Santa With Muscles" (1996), "Children of the Corn V" as Ezekial (1998), "Breaking Free" as Billy (1995), "Cutaway" as Cal (2000), "Can of Worms" as Nick (2001), "Flying Virus" as Adam (2001), "Daybreak" as Newton Warner (2001), "Rebound" (2005), and "American Pie IV" as Guy (2005). He also starred in several Crayola Kids' Club-produced movies.

Wylie's next film is "Street Dreams", as Mikey (in production - 2007).

Adam Wylie plays Pierce in .

Musical theatre

In 2002, Wylie appeared as Jack in Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning revival of "Into the Woods" on Broadway. His role in "Into the Woods" was meta-referenced on "Gilmore Girls" as being done by his character in that series, Brad Langford. He has also appeared frequently in regional theatre, including in "Camelot" as Merlyn-Tom-Morgan, "Big River" as Huck Finn, "110 in the Shade" as Jimmy Curry, "On the Town" as Chip, "Footloose" as Willard, "Precious Sons" as Freddie Jr., "House Arrest" as Todd, and "Beauty and the Beast, as Chip.

Adam recently played Boq in the Los Angeles open-ended production of Wicked at the Pantages Theatre, which opened on February 21, 2007. He left the production on December 30, 2007 along with Eden Espinosa and Carol Kane. He was later replaced by understudy Michael Drolet

Honors and Awards

Wylie won Young Artist Awards for "Picket Fences", and "Dennis the Menace", and Hollywood Reporter YoungStar Awards for "Picket Fences" twice. He has been nominated for Young Artist Awards for "Under Wraps", and "All Dogs Go To Heaven 2", and YoungStar Awards for "Balloon Farm", and "Michael Landon, The Father I Knew".

References

External links

* [http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/artists/w/Adam-Wylie/biography-619366.html Profile at UK Movies.com]
* [http://www.filmbug.com/db/338602 Profile at Filmbug.com]
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* [http://www.adamwylie.com/ Wylie's official website]
* [http://www.starmania.com/AdamWylie/pictures.htm Photos of Wylie]