Alex D Linz


Actor

About

Also Known As
Alexander David Linz
Birth Place
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Born
January 03, 1989

Biography

This child actor, who after playing Michelle Pfeiffer's son in "One Fine Day" (1996), was hired as the star of "Home Alone 3" (1997), putting one of Hollywood's most financially successful franchises on his eight-year old back. In this installment, Linz is left behind in suburbia and battles cyber-saboteurs.In 1993, at the age of four, Linz told his mother he wanted to be in TV commercia...

Biography

This child actor, who after playing Michelle Pfeiffer's son in "One Fine Day" (1996), was hired as the star of "Home Alone 3" (1997), putting one of Hollywood's most financially successful franchises on his eight-year old back. In this installment, Linz is left behind in suburbia and battles cyber-saboteurs.

In 1993, at the age of four, Linz told his mother he wanted to be in TV commercials and, after several auditions, won his first for JC Penney, followed by a series of spots for McDonald's. He broke into acting in 1995, appearing on daytime's "The Young and the Restless" (CBS), as well as primetime episodes of "Cybill" (CBS), "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (ABC), and "Step by Step" (ABC). That same year, he made his TV-movie debut in a small role in "Danielle Steel's 'Vanished'" (NBC). Linz had the lead in a CBS TV-movie, "The Uninvited" (1996), playing a boy who moves with his family to a new home only to find a spirit in the house covets him.

Life Events

1993

Announced to family he wanted to appear in TV commercials

1993

Appeared in first TV commercial for JC Penney

1995

Acted on the CBS daytime soap "The Young and the Restless" and on the primetime sitcom "Cybill"

1995

Made TV-movie debut in "Danielle Steel's 'Vanished'" (NBC)

1996

Feature film debut as Michelle Pfeiffer's son in "One Fine Day"

1997

First starring role in features, "Home Alone 3"

1998

Signed to an exclusive development deal by ABC

2000

Co-starred in Shirley MacLaine's directorial debut "Bruno" (filmed in 1998), screened at the Los Angeles International Film Festival; later aired on Starz! in lieu of a theatrical release

2001

Had lead role in "Max Keeble's Big Move"

2001

Joined cast of the NBC series "Providence" in a recurring role

Family

Dan Linz
Father
Professor. Taught psychology at UC Santa Barbara ; born c. 1955.
Deborah Baltaxe
Mother
Born c. 1961; graduated from law school c. 1996.

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