Alex D. Linz

Alexander David Linz (born January 3, 1989)^[1] is an American former child actor who starred in several late 1990s and early 2000s films and television series. His film roles include Home Alone 3 (1997) and Max Keeble's Big Move (2001).

Alex D. Linz
Born	Alexander David Linz (1989-01-03) January 3, 1989 (age 36) Santa Barbara, California, US
Other names	Alex Linz
Education	Alexander Hamilton High School
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (MURP)
Occupation(s)	Actor (retired), researcher, instructor
Years active	1995–present

Early life, family and education

Linz was born in Santa Barbara, California, the son of Deborah (née Baltaxe), an attorney, and Dr. Daniel Linz, a professor of communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara.^[2] He has two younger sisters, Lily Alice and Livia. His parents are divorced, and he lived with his mother. The family is Jewish, and Alex had a bar mitzvah ceremony.^[3]

He attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, during which time he was the lead singer of a garage band, The Fez Armada.^[4]

After his career as a child actor, Linz attended college at University of California, Berkeley, where he became involved in a campus improv group, Jericho!.^[5] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2011.^[6] He earned his master's degree in urban and regional planning at University of California, Los Angeles in 2017.^[7][8]

Acting career

Linz made his professional acting debut in 1995 on an episode of the television series Cybill.^[9] He subsequently appeared in several television productions, played Phillip Chancellor IV on the soap opera The Young and the Restless in 1995 for a short period of time.^[9]

He was cast as the son of Michelle Pfeiffer's character in the 1996 feature film One Fine Day.^[10] His big breakthrough came in the 1997 Christmas film Home Alone 3, but the film received a lukewarm response due to lacking a reprising cast that represented the McCallister family of the previous blockbuster Home Alone feature films.^[11] In 2001, Linz played the title character in the Disney film Max Keeble's Big Move, which received mixed reviews and was a box-office failure.^[12][13]

Career after acting

As of 2023^[update], Linz was working as a legal researcher in Los Angeles, California, and he is also a lead science instructor.^[14]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Siege at Ruby Ridge	Young Sammy Weaver	Uncredited
	The Cable Guy	Tony	Uncredited
	One Fine Day	Sammy Parker
1997	Home Alone 3	Alex Pruitt	[15]
1998–2002	The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald series	Franklin (voice)	Direct-to-video[16]
1999	Tarzan	Young Tarzan (voice)	[16]
	My Brother the Pig	Freud
2000	Bruno	Bruno Battaglia
	Titan A.E.	Young Cale Tucker (voice)	[16]
	Bounce	Scott Janello
2001	Max Keeble's Big Move	Max Keeble	[17]
	Race to Space	Wilhelm 'Billy' von Huber
2002	Red Dragon	Young Francis Dolarhyde (voice)	[16]
2005	The Amateurs	Billy
2007	Order Up	Busboy
	Choose Connor	Owen Norris
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	The Young and the Restless	Phillip Chancellor IV #6	1 episode
	Cybill	Jason	Episode: "The Replacements"
	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Jesse Stipanovic	Episode: "Chip Off the Old Clark"
	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Son, Little Boy (voice)	Episode: "Krumm Rises to the Top"[16]
	Step by Step	Howie	Episode: "The Fight Before Christmas"
	Vanished	Teddy	Television film
1996	The Uninvited	Jonathan Johnson
2000	Touched by an Angel	Joey Hauk	Episode: "Stealing Hope"
	ER	Dennis	Episode: "Mars Attacks"
2001	The Jennie Project	Andrew Archibald	Television film
2001–2002	Providence	Pete Calcatera	20 episodes
2002	Hey Arnold!	Arnold Shortman (voice)	2 episodes[16]
2003	Full-Court Miracle	Alex Schlotsky	Television film
	Exit 9	Richie Sommerset
2004	Crossballs: The Debate Show	PSA Kid	Episode: "Drugs"
	Jack & Bobby	Hunter	Episode: "The Kindness of Strangers"