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Christopher Daniel Barnes

American actor (born 1972) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Christopher Daniel Barnes
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Christopher Daniel Barnes (born November 7, 1972)[1] is an American actor, writer, and former child model.[1] He is best known for his voice role as the titular character in the 1990s animated series Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994–1998), as well as Prince Eric in Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989).[2] On-screen, he has portrayed Greg Brady in the films The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) and A Very Brady Sequel (1996).

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He starred in 22 episodes of the science fiction series Starman (1986–1987), as the 14-year-old son of the title character played by Robert Hays and had a starring role in the 1988–1989 NBC sitcom Day by Day as Ross Harper. From 1998–2000, he played Leonard on the UPN sitcom Malcolm & Eddie.

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Early life

Barnes was born on November 7, 1972, in Portland, Maine; the youngest of three children. He has a sister, Lisa, who is older by three years; and a brother, Steve, who is older by two years.[1]

Career

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Live-action roles

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Barnes at the Magic City Comic Con in 2015

Barnes originally began his career as a child model, he would later began pursuing his acting career in 1981 at 8 years old.[1] In the 1986–1987 series Starman, he played the teenage boy Scott, the son of the Starman.[3] He starred in the NBC sitcom Day by Day for two seasons. In one episode's dream sequence which included many guest stars from The Brady Bunch, he played a fourth Brady son, "Chuck Brady".[4] He later played Greg Brady in the Brady Bunch films.[5] He starred as Leonard Rickets in the sitcom Malcolm & Eddie.

He appeared in Beverly Hills, 90210; Clueless; Wings; Blossom; JAG; American Dreamer; The Golden Girls; Touched by an Angel; Herman's Head; Time Trax; 7th Heaven; Empty Nest; Girlfriends; CBS Schoolbreak Special and ABC Weekend Specials.

Disney work

At age 16 in 1989, Barnes voiced Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid and reprised the role in 2006 for Kingdom Hearts II. He was unable to return for the sequel The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea in 2000 and was replaced by Rob Paulsen. He voiced Prince Charming in the Cinderella sequels Cinderella II: Dreams Come True and Cinderella III: A Twist in Time.[6] He reprised the role of Prince Eric 16 years later for Disney Dreamlight Valley.

As Spider-Man

As a voice actor, Barnes is best known for his main role in the 1994–1998 Spider-Man series.[7][8] He later provided the voice of Spider-Man Noir in the 2010 video game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions,[9] Spider-Man 2099 in the 2011 video game Spider-Man: Edge of Time, Electro, Spyder-Knight and Wolf Spider in the 2012 animated series Ultimate Spider-Man, and also voiced two special costumes, Symbiote Spider-Man and Superior Spider-Man 2.0, in the 2013 video game Marvel Heroes.[10] He reprised his role of Electro and voiced Vulture in the mobile game Spider-Man Unlimited.[10] He again portrayed Electro in the 2019 video game Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order

Other work

He has done voices for other animated series including several characters in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Tagert McStone in Jackie Chan Adventures'',[6] and Speckles in Speckles: The Tarbosaurus.

He has done voice acting in video games, including Scott Donovan in the Law & Order titles Law & Order: Dead on the Money and Law & Order: Double or Nothing.

Short stories

Barnes is a writer of short stories which he shares freely on his website at christopherdanielbarnes.com.[11]

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Personal life

Barnes earned his BA in 2004 and his MA in 2009 and enjoys reading, writing short stories, playing the guitar,[1] and practicing yoga.

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