Spencer Breslin (born May 18, 1992) is an American actor and musician. He is the older brother of actress Abigail Breslin and is best known for his roles in Disney's The Kid, The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, You Wish!, Zoom and The Cat in the Hat.
Early life
Breslin was born in New York City, the son of Kim, a personal manager, and Michael Breslin, a telecommunications expert. Spencer has an older brother, Ryan Breslin (born in 1985), and a younger sister, Abigail Breslin (born April 14, 1996) who is an actress.
Acting career
Breslin was discovered in a New York City playground at the age of three, and proceeded to star in commercials for McDonald's and Life cereal. By age five, he was a series regular for the three episode-long first season of ABC's Soul Man. He later moved on to guest star on several shows including Law and Order before appearing in the three-part miniseries, Stephen King's Storm of the Century.
Breslin made his big leap into film starring alongside Bruce Willis in Disney's The Kid. For this role, Breslin won a Young Artist Award and was nominated for a Saturn Award. He later played a little boy in Meet the Parents, and Curtis the Elf in The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause, marking the first of four films in which he co-starred alongside actor Tim Allen. After appearing in TV movies such as You Wish!, Ozzie, and Mom's on Strike, Breslin returned to the big screen starring alongside Dakota Fanning and Mike Myers in the 2003 big-budgeted box office failure The Cat in the Hat.
Breslin later played on-screen siblings with his real life younger sister Abigail Breslin in Raising Helen, starring Kate Hudson. The two siblings would work together again in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, in which Spencer played a prince and Abigail made a cameo as a girl at an orphanage. Abigail would also appear in the 2006 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, in which Spencer reprised his role of Curtis the Elf, and Spencer would later appear alongside Abigail as Cousin Derek in the 2012 Perfect Sisters.
In 2004, Spencer Breslin was a regular on the short-lived sitcom Center of the Universe starring John Goodman. After appearing in the Wonderfalls episode "Lovesick Ass", Breslin returned to feature films for Zoom, The Shaggy Dog, and M. Night Shymalan's The Happening.
Breslin then went on to star as the titular character in 2007's Harold, which failed to succeed in the box-office. More recently, Breslin has appeared in films such as the 2011 Born to Race and the 2012 Stuck in Love.
He has also been involved in the world of animation by lending his voice to the television cartoon Teamo Supremo, Return to Neverland, and Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey. In 2004, Breslin also was asked to read alongside Alyson Stoner, Dylan and Cole Sprouse, and Hailey Anne Nelson when Dr. Seuss won his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Breslin has also begun to work in other aspects of filmmaking, serving as an executive producer on the animated Really Bad Movie!, as well as writing and directing his own short film.
Music
In the summer of 2007 he helped form alternative rock trio The Red Agenda with Harold co-star Evan Daves and musician Paul DeMasi. He finished recording his debut album Labor Day as of October 2009 and it was released August 2012. It was recorded by Ladybug Transistor's Gary Olson, and produced by James William Hindle. Breslin founded his own record label Acadian Recording Company and is currently working with the hard rock group Damus on their debut album.
Discography
Labor Day
Labor Day is Breslin's debut album, released under his own label, Acadian Recording Co., in August 2012.
Written and composed by sixteen-year-old Breslin, Labor Day was recorded by Gary Olson - known for his engineering work for acts as diverse as Cold Cave, Jens Lekman, and The Essex Green â€" over three, weeklong sessions in Brooklyn from 2008 to 2009. The album was produced by James William Hindle, whose own music has been featured in The O.C., One Tree Hill, and other shows. Musicians featured include, among others, Kevin Barker (Joanna Newsom, Vetiver, and Antony and the Johnsons), Isobel Knowles (Architecture in Helsinki), Kyle Forester (Crystal Stilts), and Eric Farber (Ladybug Transistor). The record also features a spoken word cameo by actor Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, The Squid and the Whale).
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Spencer Breslin, except where noted.Â
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- Spencer Breslin at imdb.com
- Archive of an instance of Breslin's official website (His official website's domain name is no longer controlled by him)
- Spencer Breslin's Filmography
- 2008 video of Spencer Breslin thanking the US Armed Forces for their service
- Spencer Breslin at AllMovie