Freddie Prinze, Jr
Freddie Prinze, Jr
Birth name	Freddie James Prinze
Born	March 8, 1976 (1976-03-08) (age 31) Los Angeles, California,  United States
Spouse(s)	Sarah Michelle Gellar (2002-present)
Golden Globe Awards
Mr. Golden Globe (1996)

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Biography

Early life

Prinze was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Katherine Elaine Cochran (a real-estate agent) and Freddie Prinze, an American actor and comedian who died in 1977, after Elaine left him and filed a restraining order against him. (Prinze was just 10 months old at the time). His father's death was originally termed a suicide but later ruled an accident, as he was under the influence of quaaludes. Prinze's paternal grandfather Karl Pruetzel was a German immigrant and his paternal grandmother was Puerto Rican; he was raised a Roman Catholic ^[1] and embraces his Puerto Rican heritage ^[2]. Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Frederick Karl Pruetzel (22 June 1954 – 29 January 1977), better known as “Freddie Prinze” was an American stand-up comedian and actor. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... Methaqualone1 is an addictive, sedative drug. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope · Peter Waldo Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      The Roman...

Prinze grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Puerto Rico. He learned about Spanish and Puerto Rican culture from his paternal grandmother's Puerto Rican family. He showed an interest in acting from an early age and attended La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, which he described in interviews as a painful experience. Having an interest in drama, he joined the Albuquerque Children's Theatre and the Duo Drama Company. His interest in acting led to his first job as a puppeteer at a local nursing home, where Prinze spent hours critiquing the art of entertainment. As one elderly man later said to reporters, "[Freddy] was a natural. He breathed life into those puppets." After graduating from high school in 1994, Prinze moved to Los Angeles to audition for television roles. Nickname: Location in the state of New Mexico Coordinates: , Country United States State New Mexico County Bernalillo Founded 1706 Government  - Mayor Martin Chavez Area  - City  181. ... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... La Cueva High School is a public high school located in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ...

Career

Prinze was cast in a guest role on the ABC TV series Family Matters in 1995. He then appeared on a few special programs and made-for-TV movies, before making his motion picture debut in To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday in 1996.In subsequent years, Prinze experienced much success appearing in youth-oriented movies. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and its sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), made him well-known among teenage audiences and his first leading role, the romantic comedy She's All That (1999), was very successful at the box office, grossing $63 million ^[3] in the United States. The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Family Matters is an American sitcom about a middle-class, African-American family living in Chicago. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1995. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday is a 1996 film starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Peter Gallagher, Claire Danes and Wendy Crewson. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1996. ... I Know What You Did Last Summer is an Award-winning 1997 horror film. ... The year 1997 in film involved some significant events. ... I Still Know What You Did Last Summer is a horror film released in 1998 as a sequel to I Know What You Did Last Summer. ... // February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein. ... Shes All That is a 1999 romantic comedy film, directed by Robert Iscove, and is a modern remake of George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion (which was also the basis for the musical comedy My Fair Lady starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison). ... The year 1999 in film involved some significant events. ... The term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. ...

Subsequently, Prinze had leading roles in Wing Commander (1999), Down to You (2000), Boys and Girls (2000), Head Over Heels (2001) and Summer Catch (2001), most of which were generally disliked by critics ^[4] and had moderate box office performances ^[5]. In 2000, he was named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World". Wing Commander is a science fiction film loosely based on the Wing Commander computer game series. ... The year 1999 in film involved some significant events. ... A boy/girl film about broken trust. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2000. ... Boys and Girls is a 2000 American film. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2000. ... Head over Heels is an August 1983 (see 1983 in music) album by British rock group Cocteau Twins. ... For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ... Promotional movie poster for Summer Catch Summer Catch is a 2001 romance comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr. ... For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ...

In 2002, he played Fred Jones in the live film version of the popular cartoon, Scooby-Doo, and repeated the role in the 2004 sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. He starred in both Scooby-Doo movies alongside his wife, Sarah Michelle Gellar. He guest starred on the popular NBC show, Friends, as a sensitive male nanny named Sandy. He also appeared as Donny Crane, a character believed to be Denny Crane's son in the ABC legal drama Boston Legal. This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... Daphne (left) and Fred (right), as seen in Whats New, Scooby Doo? For other uses, see Fred Jones (disambiguation). ... Scooby-Doo is a 2002 live-action movie, based upon the popular Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. ... Scooby-doo is also British naval divers slang for civilian sport scuba diver. Scooby-Doo is an important character in animation up to this day Scooby-Doo is a long-running animated series produced for television by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1969 to 1986, 1988 to 1991, and from 2002... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed is a 2004 American movie sequel. ... Sarah Michelle Gellar (born April 14, 1977) is a Golden Globe-nominated, Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress. ... NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Donny Crane is a recurring character in the ABC television show Boston Legal, portrayed by Freddie Prinze Jr. ... Information Gender Male Date of birth 1932 or 1933 Occupation Lawyer Portrayed by William Shatner Created by David E. Kelley Dennis Denny Crane is a fictional character on the television series Boston Legal. ... The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... A legal drama is a work of dramatic fiction about law, crime, punishment or the legal profession. ... Boston Legal is an American dramedy television series that began airing on ABC on October 3rd, 2004. ...

Prinze starred in his own television sitcom, titled Freddie. The sitcom is said to depict some actual events from his life. The show lasted one season (fall 2005 - spring 2006) before being canceled in May 2006. Freddie was a television sitcom created by, and starring, Freddie Prinze, Jr. ...

Prinze is also featured in the Marvel Comics series The Ultimates, though his face is always obscured. His date with Betty Banner, the Hulk's ex-wife, infuriates the Hulk, prompting him to go on a destructive rampage through New York City that results in the deaths of approximately 800 people. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... Members of the Ultimates, on the cover of The Ultimates is a comic book published by Marvel Comics, part of the Ultimate Marvel line featuring classic Marvel Universe characters re-imagined for a modern audience. ... Betty Ross (later Betty Talbot and then Betty Banner) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Incredible Hulk The Hulk, often called The Incredible Hulk, is a Marvel Comics superhero. ...

Personal life

In the mid-1990s Prinze dated actress Kimberly McCullough for more than three years. Prinze married actress Sarah Michelle Gellar on September 1, 2002 in Jalisco, Mexico, south of Puerto Vallarta. The couple met several years beforehand, while filming I Know What You Did Last Summer ^[6] but started dating in 2000 and were engaged in April 2001. For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Kimberly McCullough (born March 5, 1978 in Bellflower, California, USA) is an Emmy Award-winning actress. ... Sarah Michelle Gellar (born April 14, 1977) is a Golden Globe-nominated, Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Jalisco is one of the states of the United Mexican States (Mexico). ... Puerto Vallarta is a Mexican resort city situated on the Pacific Oceans Bahía de Banderas. ... I Know What You Did Last Summer is an Award-winning 1997 horror film. ...

Prinze is trained in several forms of martial arts, and enjoys tap dancing and collecting comic books. He is an avid soccer fan and supports the team Arsenal F.C., and is a fan of East Asian cinema. Prinze received a katana from Gellar in 2004 that she bought in Japan while filming The Grudge. Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Man tap dancing Tap dance was born in the United States during the nineteenth century, and today is popular all around the world. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ... East Asian cinema (sometimes called Far Eastern cinema, Eastern cinema, Asian cinema or Oriental cinema) is a term used to refer to the film industry and films produced in, and/or by natives of, East Asia. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Grudge is the 2004 American remake of the Japanese film Ju-on: The Grudge. ...

It has been claimed that Prinze and his wife are GOP (Republican) supporters. ^[7] This article is about the modern United States Republican Party. ...

Selected filmography

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See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

list of famous Puerto Ricans in alphabetical order by last names, where applicable. ...

References

External links

• Jam! Movies interview (October 5, 2005)
• Hispanic Magazine interview (September, 2005)
• Freddie Prinze, Jr. at the Internet Movie Database