Alex D. Linz

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Alexander David Linz (born January 3, 1989)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is an American former child actor who starred in several late 1990s and early 2000s films and television series. His film roles include Home Alone 3 (1997) and Max Keeble's Big Move (2001). He retired from acting in 2007.<ref name="aol">Template:Cite web</ref>

Early life, family and education

Linz was born in Santa Barbara, California, the son of Deborah (née Baltaxe), an attorney, and Dr. Daniel Linz, a professor of communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He has two younger sisters, Lily Alice and Livia. His parents are divorced, and he lived with his mother. The family is Jewish, and Alex had a bar mitzvah ceremony.<ref name= "journal">Template:Cite web</ref>

He attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, during which time he was the lead singer of a garage band, The Fez Armada.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

After his career as a child actor, Linz attended college at University of California, Berkeley, where he became involved in a campus improv group, Jericho!.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He earned his master's degree in urban and regional planning at University of California, Los Angeles in 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Acting career

Linz made his professional acting debut in 1995 on an episode of the television series Cybill.<ref name="nypost">Template:Cite news</ref> He subsequently appeared in several television productions, played Phillip Chancellor IV on the soap opera The Young and the Restless in 1995 for a short period of time.<ref name="nypost" />

He was cast as the son of Michelle Pfeiffer's character in the 1996 feature film One Fine Day.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His big breakthrough came in the 1997 Christmas film Home Alone 3, but the film received a lukewarm response due to lacking a reprising cast that represented the McCallister family of the previous blockbuster Home Alone feature films.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2001, Linz played the title character in the Disney film Max Keeble's Big Move, which received mixed reviews and was a box-office failure.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career after acting

Template:As of, Linz was working as a legal researcher in Los Angeles, California, and he is also a lead science instructor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Cable Guy	Tony	Uncredited
	One Fine Day	Sammy Parker
1997	Home Alone 3	Alex Pruitt	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998–2002	The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald series	Franklin (voice)	Direct-to-video<ref name="btva">Template:Cite web A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
1999	Tarzan	Young Tarzan (voice)	<ref name="btva" />
	My Brother the Pig	Freud
2000	Bruno	Bruno Battaglia
	Titan A.E.	Young Cale Tucker (voice)	<ref name="btva" />
	Bounce	Scott Janello
2001	Max Keeble's Big Move	Max Keeble	<ref name="aol" />
	Race to Space	Wilhelm 'Billy' von Huber
2002	Red Dragon	Young Francis Dolarhyde (voice)	<ref name="btva" />
2005	The Amateurs	Billy
2007	Order Up	Busboy
	Choose Connor	Owen Norris
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	The Young and the Restless	Phillip Chancellor IV #6	1 episode
	Cybill	Jason	Episode: "The Replacements"
	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Jesse Stipanovic	Episode: "Chip Off the Old Clark"
	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Son, Little Boy (voice)	Episode: "Krumm Rises to the Top"<ref name="btva" />
	Step by Step	Howie	Episode: "The Fight Before Christmas"
	Vanished	Teddy	Television film
1996	The Uninvited	Jonathan Johnson
2000	Touched by an Angel	Joey Hauk	Episode: "Stealing Hope"
	ER	Dennis	Episode: "Mars Attacks"
2001	The Jennie Project	Andrew Archibald	Television film
2001–2002	Providence	Pete Calcatera	20 episodes
2002	Hey Arnold!	Arnold Shortman (voice)	2 episodes<ref name="btva" />
2003	Full-Court Miracle	Alex Schlotsky	Television film
	Exit 9	Richie Sommerset
2004	Crossballs: The Debate Show	PSA Kid	Episode: "Drugs"
	Jack & Bobby	Hunter	Episode: "The Kindness of Strangers"

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