Editing Frankie Muniz (section)

==Early life==
Francisco Muniz IV was born in [[Wood-Ridge, New Jersey]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Biography Today 2001 Annual Cumulation|first=Cherie D.|last=Abbey|publisher=Omnigraphics Inc|year=2001|isbn= 9780780804562|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6cMENOavuEYC}}</ref> on December 5, 1985,<ref name=allmovie>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/frankie-muniz-232781|title=Frankie Muniz – Overview|work=[[Allmovie]]|access-date=July 6, 2009}}</ref> the son of nurse Denise and restaurateur Francisco Muñiz III.<ref name=filmreference>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/2/Frankie-Muniz.html|title=Frankie Muniz Biography (1985–)|access-date=February 19, 2008|year=2008}}</ref> Muniz's mother is half [[Irish American|Irish]] and half [[Italian Americans|Italian]],<ref name="ref001">{{cite news|last=Vincent|first=Mal|title='Skip' star Frankie Muniz finds sudden superstardom|publisher=The Seattle Times|date=March 3, 2000|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20000303/4008156/skip-star-frankie-muniz-finds-sudden-superstardom|access-date=November 2, 2009|archive-date=October 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003094658/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20000303&slug=4008156|url-status=live}}</ref> while his father is [[Stateside Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] (of Spanish descent from [[Asturias]]).<ref name="irispress">{{cite news|title=7 actores de Hollywood con origen español|publisher=irispress magazine|date=October 14, 2015|url=https://irispress.es/2015/10/14/actores-hollywood-espanoles/|access-date=June 24, 2020|archive-date=June 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627014114/https://irispress.es/2015/10/14/actores-hollywood-espanoles/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has an older sister named Cristina.<ref name="ref001"/> When Muniz was four years old, his family moved to [[Knightdale, North Carolina]], where he grew up.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/frankiemuniz/status/298134598506905602?lang=en|title=In the town i grew up in, Knightdale, NC for the first time in 15 years. Tons of memories popping off.|first=Frankie|last=Muniz}}</ref> He was discovered at the age of eight at a talent show in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], playing [[Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)|Tiny Tim]] in a local production of ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''. His parents divorced shortly after, and he subsequently moved with his mother to [[Burbank, California]]. Beginning in the sixth grade, he was homeschooled by his mother.<ref name="cbs" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=Frankie muniz boy genius|first=Nancy|last=Krulik|date=2014|publisher=Gallery Books|isbn=978-0743418447|location=New York|oclc=893120021}}</ref>