Adam Wylie
Adam Augustus Wylie (born May 23, 1984) is an American actor, voice actor, musical performer, magician, singer and a former Crayola spokesman. Wylie is known most for playing Zack Brock, the youngest son of Sheriff Brock's children, on Picket Fences from 1992 to 1996.
Adam Wylie | |
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| Born | Adam Augustus Wylie May 23, 1984 |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor, singer, musical performer, spokesman, magician |
| Years active | 1989–present (actor) 2014–present (singer) |
| Parent(s) | Leonard Wylie (father) Karen Wylie (mother) |
Early life
Wylie was born in San Dimas, California, the son of Leonard and Karen Wylie.[1] He is one of five children, including brothers Eric, Ben, Aaron, and sister, Tai.[2] He started his acting career at the age of four in a candy commercial.[2] He attended Upland Christian Schools in Upland, California and Condit Elementary in Claremont, California.
Career
Voice-over work
By the age of nine, he was busy with voice-over work, including the voice of young Prince Derek in The Swan Princess (1994),[3] and David in All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996).[2] He then lent his voice to many animated series, including Dennis the Menace as the title character (1993–94), Hey Arnold! as Curly (1996–2002), Crayola Kids Adventures, Napoleon as the title character (1997), The King and I (1999) as Louis Leonowens, and Walt Disney Television Animation's pilot Kitty's Dish (as Josh). Wylie's voice credits also include Batman Beyond, Pepper Ann as Crash, As Told By Ginger as Ian Richton, Midnight Club II, Jimmy Olsen in the 2007 direct-to-DVD movie, Superman: Doomsday, the roles of Fred Nerk, Nigel Thrall and Bananas B on American Dragon: Jake Long, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ben 10, and the character Justin in The Easter StoryKeepers.
He also starred as Mike Fowler in Focus on the Family's The Last Chance Detectives audio cases (2004).
Wylie also starred as the voice of Brainiac 5 and Colossal Boy in the animated television show Legion of Super-Heroes and the voice of Ulraj in the Secret Saturdays.
Wylie voiced the lead role in Sir Malcolm and the Missing Prince, the first series in Lamplighter Publishing's new radio drama Lamplighter Theatre. This radio drama is a two-hour production in which Wylie plays the role of the prince.
He also voices Ryan Cummings in the popular Christian audio drama series Adventures in Odyssey.
From 2012 to 2013, Wylie voiced Tritannus, the main antagonist in the fifth season of Winx Club.
Television and film work
In 1993, he voiced Timmy and Chris on cartoon Christmas movie Precious Moments Timmy's Special Delivery. In 1994, he did one of the characters on cartoon Easter movie Precious Moments: Simon the Lamb. Wylie first became widely known as Zack Brock, the youngest of Sheriff Brock's three children in the television series Picket Fences from 1992 to 1996. This was followed by appearances in many other television programs, including as a series regular in Love and Marriage as Max, Ed as David Mirsky (2001), and Gilmore Girls as Brad Langford (2001–2002), he played Garfield in The Biggest Fan (2002) and as a guest star in 7th Heaven as Marvin, Sliders as Trevor, Touched by an Angel as Andy Erskine, Judging Amy as Nicholas Binkow, MTV Undressed as Owen, Entourage, Living Single, Monk, CSI: Miami, and Veronica Mars.
Wylie was cast as Garfield (Debbie Warden's older brother) in the Dream Street film The Biggest Fan.
Wylie also appeared in the made for TV movies Under Wraps as Gilbert, Out on a Limb, Balloon Farm as Charles, and Michael Landon, the Father I Knew as the best friend to the television star's teenage son.
Wylie's first motion picture appearance was in Child's Play 2 (1990), which was followed by roles in films including Kindergarten Cop as Larry (1990), Santa With Muscles (1996), Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror as Ezekial (1998), Breaking Free as Billy (1995), Cutaway as Cal (2000), Can of Worms as Nick (1999), Flying Virus as Adam (2001), Daybreak as Newton Warner (2001), Rebound (2005), and American Pie Presents: Band Camp as Guy (2005). He also starred in several Crayola Kids' Club-produced movies.
Wylie played Mikey in the 2009 skateboarding film Street Dreams.
In 2009, Wylie was seen performing card tricks & coin tricks on syndicated magic show "Masters of Illusion."
In 2010 he had a small part as a cop opposite Kelly Monaco's character Sam McCall on General Hospital.
Also in 2012, he guest starred as Andy the Android on Disney Channel's Shake It Up: Made in Japan and was in love with a Talking Toilet he named ToyToy.
Musical theatre
In 2002, Wylie appeared as Jack in Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning revival of Into the Woods on Broadway. [4] His role in Into the Woods was meta-referenced on Gilmore Girls as being done by his character in that series, Brad Langford.
He has also appeared frequently in regional theatre, including in Camelot as Merlyn-Tom-Morgan at the North Shore Music Theatre (Massachusetts) in 2005,[5] Big River as Huck Finn, 110 in the Shade as Jimmy Curry in 2004 at the Pasadena Playhouse (California),[6] On the Town as Chip in 2003 at the Gateway Playhouse, Bellport, New York,[7] Footloose as Willard, Precious Sons as Freddie Jr., House Arrest as Todd, and Beauty and the Beast, as Chip. He also played Leo Bloom in a regional production of Mel Brooks' The Producers (musical) at Gateway Playhouse.
February 21, 2007 marked Wylie's debut in the musical Wicked at the Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles. He starred opposite such stars as Eden Espinosa, Jenna Leigh Green, Megan Hilty, and Carol Kane. He played his final performance on December 30, 2007 along with Espinosa and Kane, and was replaced by his understudy, Michael Drolet.
Honors and awards
Wylie won Young Artist Awards for Picket Fences, and Dennis the Menace, and Hollywood Reporter YoungStar Awards for Picket Fences twice. He has been nominated for Young Artist Awards for Under Wraps, and All Dogs Go To Heaven 2, and YoungStar Awards for Balloon Farm, and Michael Landon, The Father I Knew.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Child's Play 2 | Sammy | |
| 1990 | Kindergarten Cop | Larry | |
| 1991 | The Doctor | Joey | |
| 1992 | Out on a Limb | Bob | |
| 1993 | Reckless Kelly | Pop Corn Boy | |
| 1994 | Pom Poko | Voice – English dubbed version | |
| 1994 | The Swan Princess | Young Prince Derek | Voice Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Voiceover – TV or Movie |
| 1995 | Napoleon | Napoleon | Voice – USA dubbed version |
| 1995 | Breaking Free | Billy Rankin | |
| 1996 | All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 | David | Voice Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Voiceover – Young Artist |
| 1996 | Santa with Muscles | Taylor | |
| 1997 | The Ugly Duckling | Young Ugly | Voice |
| 1998 | Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror | Ezeekial | Direct-to-video |
| 1998 | Sandman | Easter Bunny | |
| 1999 | The King and I | Louis Leonowens | Voice Nominated – YoungStar Award for Best Performance in a Voice Over Talent |
| 2000 | Cutaway | Cal | TV movie |
| 2000 | Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel | Duane Striker | |
| 2000 | Day Break | Newton Warner | |
| 2001 | Flying Virus | Adam | |
| 2002 | The Biggest Fan | Garfield | |
| 2004 | Wild Roomies | Mr. Asher | |
| 2005 | American Pie Presents: Band Camp | Trading Card Bandy | Direct-to-video |
| 2006 | Bratz: Genie Magic | Bryce | Voice |
| 2007 | Superman: Doomsday | Jimmy Olsen | Voice; direct-to-video |
| 2008 | Return to Sleepaway Camp | Weed | Direct-to-video |
| 2009 | Porky's Pimpin' Pee Wee | Pee Wee | |
| 2009 | Street Dreams | Mikey Robbins | |
| 2011 | 1320 | Little Jim | |
| 2013 | Dark Powers | Neil Roberts | |
| 2013 | The Smurfs 2 | Panicky Smurf | Voice |
| 2013 | 'Til Morning | Mr. Smee | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Empty Nest | Boy | Season 2, episode 16 "Everything But Love" |
| 1991 | Who's the Boss? | Child | Season 7, episode 22 "Tony and the Princess" |
| 1991 | Home Improvement | Jimmy Wagner | Season 1, episode 5 "Wild Kingdom" |
| 1991 | Seinfeld | The Kid | Season 3, episode 6 "The Parking Garage" |
| 1992 | The Torkelsons | Young Kirby | Season 1, episode 16 "Say Uncle" |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Charlie Sims | Season 1, episode 7 "Pirates!" Young Artist Award for Best Youth Actor Guest Starring in a Television Show |
| 1993 | All-New Dennis the Menace | Dennis Mitchell | Leading role; voice Season 1: "Caution: Boy at Work" |
| 1993 | Timmy's Special Delivery: A Precious Moments Christmas | Timmy, Chris | TV Special |
| 1995 | The Crew | Season 1, episode 6 "Bar Mitzvah Boy" | |
| 1996 | Boy Meets World | Robert | Season 3, episode 13 "New Friends and Old" |
| 1996 | Weird Science | Trevor | Season 4, episode 6 "Grumpy Old Genie" |
| 1996 | Phantom 2040 | Hamid | Season 2, episode 14 "The Second Time Around" |
| 1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Boy | Season 12, episode 20 "Southern Double-Cross" |
| 1992–1996 | Picket Fences | Zachary Brock | Leading role; 4 seasons – 87 episodes Young Artist Award for Best Youth Actor Recurring or Regular in a TV Series YoungStar Award for Best Young Actor in a Drama TV Series Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Youth Actor in a Drama Series Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Youth Actor in a Drama Series Nominated – Young Artist Award for Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Television Series (shared with Holly Marie Combs & Justin Shenkarow) Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with Kathy Baker, Don Cheadle, Holly Marie Combs, Kelly Connell, Robert O. Cornthwaite, Fyvush Finkel, Lauren Holly, Costas Mandylor, Justin Shenkarow, Tom Skerritt, Leigh Taylor-Young & Ray Walston) Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with Amy Aquino, Kathy Baker, Don Cheadle, Kelly Connell, Fyvush Finkel, Lauren Holly, Costas Mandylor, Marlee Matlin, Justin Shenkarow, Tom Skerritt & Ray Walston) |
| 1996 | Love and Marriage | Max Begg | Season 1, episode 1 "Pilot" |
| 1996 | Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles | Matthew | Season 1, episode 5 "A Bronx Tail" |
| 1996 | Jungle Cubs | Mungo | Voice; season 1, episode 4 "Mondo Mungo / Bare Necessities" |
| 1997 | Sliders | Trevor | Season 3, episode 13 "Murder Most Foul" |
| 1997 | Living Single | Curly | Season 4, episode 14 "The Clown That Roared" |
| 1997 | High Incident | Timmy Martin | Season 2, episode 14 "Knock, Knock" |
| 1997 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues | Courtier / Croseus | Season 1, episode 11 "Humility" |
| 1997 | Oddville, MTV | Episode aired 9 July 1997 | |
| 1998 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Anthony Shaw | Season 2, episode 3 "The Wall, The Chalkboard, The Getaway, The Prescription & Summer Camp" |
| 1998 | Touched by an Angel | Andy Erskine | Season 4, episode 15 "Doodlebugs" |
| 1998 | Pensacola: Wings of Gold | Casey Hunt | Season 1, episode 18 "We Are Not Alone" |
| 1998 | Kelly Kelly | Kid #1 | Season 1, episode 3 "Junior Firefighters" |
| 1998 | 7th Heaven | Marvin | Season 3, episode 5 "... And a Nice Chianti" |
| 1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | Nate | Episode: "Blind Date with Belinda" |
| 1999 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Thomas | Season 7, episode 10 "Rise to the Occasion" |
| 2000 | The Wild Thornberrys | Todd | Voice Season 2, episode 22 "Luck Be an Aye-Aye" |
| 2000 | Undressed | Owen | Season 2, episode 5 "Inflatable Girlfriend" Season 2, episode 6 "Zit" Season 2, episode 7 "Gonorrhea" |
| 2000 | Movie Stars | Smithers | Season 2, episode 3 "The Seduction of Reese Hardin" |
| 2000 | Batman Beyond | Boy Kenny |
Voice Season 2, episode 16 "The Last Resort" Season 2, episode 23 "Payback" |
| 1999–2000 | Pepper Ann | Crash: Moose's Best Friend | Voice Season 3, episode 3 "Beyond Good and Evel / One of the Guys" Season 5, episode 11 ""Unhappy Campers / The Search for Pepper Ann Pearson" Season 5, episode 13 "The Finale" |
| 2001 | Kate Brasher | Sincere Boy | Season 1, episode 2 "Simon" |
| 2001 | 18 Wheels of Justice | Matthew | Season 2, episode 12 "A Place Called Defiance" |
| 2001 | Spin City | Kid | Season 5, episode 22 "A Shot in the Dark: Part 1" |
| 2001 | The Huntress | Zack | Season 1, episode 27 "The Quest: Part 2" |
| 2001 | Dead Last | Buzz | Season 1, episode 3 "Death is in the Air" |
| 2001 | Ed | David Mirsky | Season 1, episode 22 "Prom Night" Season 2, episode 1 "The Stars Align" |
| 2000–2001 | As Told by Ginger | Ian Richton | Voice Season 1, episode 3 "Stealing First" Season 1, episode 6 "Dare I, Darren?" Season 1, episode 11 "The 'A' Ticket" Season 1, episode 17 "Piece of My Heart" |
| 2002 | Judging Amy | Nicholas Binkow | Season 3, episode 13 "The Cook of the Money Pot" |
| 2002 | So Little Time | Todd | Season 1, episode 17 "Riley's New Guy" |
| 2002 | The Division | Rory Kyle | Season 2, episode 7 "A Priori" |
| 1996–2002 | Hey Arnold! | Thaddeus "Curly" Gammelthorpe | Voice Season 1, episode 2 "The Little Pink Book / Field Trip" Season 1, episode 18 "False Alarm / World Records" Season 2, episode 1 "Save the Tree / New Teacher" Season 2, episode 6 "Ransom / Ms. Perfect" Season 2, episode 7 "Arnold's Halloween" Season 2, episode 17 "Eugene Goes Bad / What's Opera, Arnold?" Season 3, episode 1 "Helga Blabs It All / Harold the Butcher" Season 3, episode 6 "Curly Snaps / Preteen Scream" Season 3, episode 12 "Best Man / Cool Party" Season 3, episode 15 "Helga's Show / The Flood" Season 3, episode 20 "School Play" Season 5, episode 4 "Bag of Money / Principal Simmons" Season 5, episode 5 "New Bully on the Block / Phoebe Breaks a Leg" Season 5, episode 14 "April Fool's Day" |
| 2001–2003 | Gilmore Girls | Brad Langford | Season 2, episode 9 "Run Away, Little Boy" Season 2, episode 14 "Should Have Been Lorelai" Season 2, episode 18 "Back in the Saddle Again" Season 3, episode 16 "The Big One" Season 3, episode 21 "Here Comes the Sun" Season 3, episode 22 "Those Are Strings, Pinocchio" |
| 2003 | Fillmore! | Winston Cotter Geek Brute #1 |
Voice Season 2, episode 5 "Immune to All But Justice" Season 2, episode 6 "The Nineteenth Hole Is a Shallow Grave" |
| 2004 | Switched! | Himself | Season 2, episode 13 "Adam and Julia" |
| 2004 | NCIS | Darin Spotnitz | Season 1, episode 17 "The Truth is Out There" |
| 2004 | Malcolm in the Middle | Scott | Season 5, episode 20 "Victor's Other Family" |
| 2004 | Veronica Mars | Grant Winters | Season 1, episode 4 "The Wrath of Con" |
| 2005 | Monk | Pet Store Owner | Season 3, episode 10 "Mr. Monk and the Red Herring" |
| 2005 | Joan of Arcadia | Skinny Kid God | Season 2, episode 19 "Trial and Error" |
| 2005 | The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | Deputy Minion / Zombie #1 | Season 1, episode 2 "I've Got My Mind on My Mummy and My Mummy on My Mind" |
| 2006 | Zoey 101 | Dorm Advisor | Season 2, episode 7 "Girls Will Be Boys" |
| 2006 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Academy Student | Season 2, episode 6 "The Blind Bandit" |
| 2006 | Entourage | Jay | Season 3, episode 2 "One Day in the Valley" |
| 2006 | Finley the Fire Engine | Miguel | TV series |
| 2005–2007 | American Dragon: Jake Long | Various (Fred /Nigel Thrall / Bananas B) |
Voice Season 1, episode 9 "Dragon Summit" Season 2, episode 14 "Supernatural Tuesday" Season 2, episode 22 "Siren Says" Season 2, episode 24 "Nobody's Fu" Season 2, episode 29 "Furious Jealousy" Season 2, episode 30 "Being Human" Season 2, episode 31 "The Hong Kong Longs" |
| 2007 | The Boondocks | Theater Employee #1 | Voice Season 2, episode 1 "...Or Die Trying" |
| 2005–2008 | Ben 10 | Various (JT / Young Max Tennyson / Boy Nerdy Kid #4) |
Season 1, episode 1 "And Then There Were Ten" Season 3, episode 9 "The Unnaturals" Season 4, episode 3 "Don't Drink the Water" Season 4, episode 10 "Goodbye and Good Riddance" |
| 2006–2008 | Legion of Super Heroes | Brainiac 5 | Leading role – 20 episodes |
| 2008 | Masters of Illusion: Impossible Magic | Himself | TV series |
| 2008 | Numb3rs | Oliver Mayo | Season 5, episode 10 "Frienemies" |
| 2009 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Henry Douglas Jr. | Season 2, episode 15 "Desert Cantos" |
| 2009 | Life | Pete Magnus | season 2, episode 17 "Shelf Life" |
| 2008–2010 | The Secret Saturdays | Ulraj | Season 1, episode 6 "The King of Kumari Kandam" Season 1, episode 14 "The Underworld Bride" Season 1, episode 22 "The Atlas Pin" Season 2, episode 8 "Life in the Underground" |
| 2010 | General Hospital | Officer Church | Season 28 (episode 11986) |
| 2010 | Phineas and Ferb | Season 2, episode 24 "Undercover Carl" (segment a) "Hip Hip Parade" (segment b) | |
| 2010 | CSI: Miami | Teddy Enwald | Season 8, episode 17 "Getting Axed" |
| 2008–2010 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Pierce | Season 1, episode 12 "Plumber's Helpers" Season 2, episode 8 "Voided" Season 3, episode 17 "Above and Beyond" |
| 2011 | Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Pierce | Season 2, episode 13 "The Purge" |
| 2012 | The Rules of Unemployment | Adam | TV series short |
| 2013 | Dark Things | Reggie | Season 1, episode 4 "Guilt" |
| 2013 | Anger Management | Winger | Season 2. episode 25 "Charlie and the Airport Sext" |
| 2012–2013 | Winx Club (season 5) | Tritannus | Voice; 23 episodes |
| 2012–2013 | Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Peter Pan | Voice; 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Mad | Season 4, episode 22 "MAD's 100th Episode Special" | |
| 2014 | He Don't Got Game | Austin | TV series |
| 2014 | Perception | Tyler Woolf | Season 2, episode 14 "Obsession" |
Television films
Other appearances
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland | Luke Morris | Voice; video game |
| 1996 | Dot and Spot's Magical Christmas Adventure | Ryan | Voice; video short |
| 1997 | Adventures in Odyssey: In Harm's Way | Doug Harding | Voice; video short |
| 1997 | Sitting in Limbo | Joey Viola | Short film |
| 1997 | Crayola Kids Adventures: The Trojan Horse | Odysseus | Film; video special |
| 1997 | Crayola Kids Adventures: Tales of Gulliver's Travels | Gulliver | Film; video special |
| 1997 | Crayola Kids Adventures: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Captain Nemo | Film; video special |
| 1997 | The Easter Story Keepers | Justin | Film; voice; video special |
| 1999 | Pirates: 3D Show | Davey | Short film |
| 1999 | Our Friend, Martin | Sam Dale | Film; voice; video special |
| 2003 | Midnight Club II | Angel | Voice; video game |
| 2005 | Tony Hawk's American Wasteland | Voice; video game | |
| 2006 | Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas | Puddle | Film; voice; video special |
| 2008 | Booth Girls | Wil / Convention Worker | Short film |
| 2013 | The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow | Panicky Smurf | Short film; voice |
| 2014 | WildStar | Arwick Redleaf, Freebot | Voice; video game |
References
- Adam Wylie Biography (1984–) filmreference.com
- Mendoza, N.F. (January 8, 1995). "Adam Wylie's interests go beyond 'Picket Fences' but that's where his heart is". Los Angeles Times.
- Palka, Chloe (October 30, 2019). "Celebrating 25 Years of 'The Swan Princess' (Exclusive Interviews)". hollywoodnewssource.com.
- "Adam Wylie Broadway" playbillvault.com, accessed February 21, 2016
- Gans, Andrew. "Nudity Warning — Not the Nudity — Removed from North Shore's 'Camelot'" playbill.com, September 9, 2005
- Kendt, Rob. "Sunny, chance of rain" Los Angeles Times, June 28, 2004
- Klein, Alvin. "Review. Those Three Sailors, Lost on Shore Again" The New York Times, August 10, 2003
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