Freddie Prinze Jr - Biography

Last Editor: vflasch				Freddie Prinze Jr Biography -   Name : Freddie Prinze Jr Birth Name : Freddie James Prinze, Jr Date of Birth : March 8, 1976 Place of Birth : Los Angeles, California, USA Height : 6' 1'' Education : La Cueva High School in Albaquerque, New Mexico (graduated in 1994); Attended three different schools during his childhood, these were Eldo Nationality : American Profession : Actor Claim to Fame : As Zach Siler in She's All That (1999). Nickname : Pie

Freddie Prinze Jr Trivia -

Named one of "People" magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People [2000] Graduated from La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, NM in 1994 Son of Freddie Prinze and Katherine Elaine Cochrane-Prinze (Kathy Prinze) Enjoys martial arts. Enjoys swimming, and recently took up tap dancing Bought a $3 million, 5-bedroom, 4000 square foot house in the San Fernando Valley. [September 2000] On People's (USA) 'Best-Dressed' list. [September 2000] Auditioned for the role of Stu in Scream (1996). Collects comic books. Publicly announced that he and Sarah Michelle Gellar are engaged. [April 17, 2001] Ancestry is as follows: 1/4 Puerto Rican, 1/4 Hungarian (on the part of his father, actor Freddie Prinze) and 1/2 Italian (on the part of his mother). Put his Toluca Lake house (bought September 2000) on the market, as he has moved into a new house with fiancee Sarah Michelle Gellar. [February 2002] As of 2004, has worked (co-starred) with actor Matthew Lillard 5 times: Wing Commander (1999), Summer Catch (2001), She's All That (1999), Scooby-Doo (2002), and Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004). Said the hardest part about filming Scooby-Doo (2002) (aside from being homesick) was that he had to constantly re-dye his jet black hair blonde to match his character, Fred. Was "Mr. Golden Globe" for 1996. His father committed suicide when Freddie was very young. He was raised by his mother and grandmother. He grew up in New Mexico but spent the summers in Puerto Rico with his paternal grandmother. As a fan of pop culture, he initially turned down Raja Gosnell's offer to star with real life love Sarah Michelle Gellar in Scooby-Doo (2002) because he felt it would not be respecting the original series, but Sarah talked him into it. Shares a birthday with James Van Der Beek and Camryn Manheim.

Freddie Prinze Jr Detailed Biography -

Freddie Prinze, Jr. was born on March 8th, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Freddie Prinze, Jr. attended three different schools during his childhood, these were Eldorado, Sandia and La Cueva. After graduating in 1994, Freddie Prinze, Jr. moved to L.A. to focus on an acting career and immediately garnered featured roles on several episodic series. One of these was "Family Matters" (1989) in which Freddie Prinze, Jr. had a four-line part in the episode "The Gun". Freddie Prinze, Jr. played a punk kid who brought a gun to school. "That was my big break, and I thought it was huge," says Freddie Prinze, Jr. Freddie Prinze, Jr. then went on to appear in a few afterschool specials including _Too Soon for Jeff (1996) (TV)_ , and Detention: The Siege at Johnson High (1997) (TV) co-starring Rick Schroeder and Henry Winkler.