Line #45 Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr


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2	->''"Life is not about making dough or how many movies you can make in a year. It's about finding someone that you can share things with."''
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4	Freddie James Prinze Jr. (born March 8, 1976 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor, writer, and producer.
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6	Prinze is perhaps best known for starring in a string of youth-oriented films throughout the mid-late [[UsefulNotes/TheNineties '90s]], such as ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'', ''Summer Catch'', and ''Film/ShesAllThat''. He also starred in both live-action ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' movies as Fred Jones, and ''[[TheDanza Freddie]]'', a {{sitcom}} he co-created.
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8	Outside of live-action film and television, Prinze has also done some voiceover work in animated works and video games. Most notably, he portrays James Vega in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' universe, Iron Bull in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', and Kanan Jarrus in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.
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10	Prinze is married to actress Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, with whom he has two children. They met while filming ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', and also appeared together in the ''Scooby Doo'' films (as love interests) and ''Rebels'' ([[IronyAsSheIsCast as enemies]]).
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12	His father, the late Creator/FreddiePrinze, was also an actor, best known for his starring role on the '70s sitcom ''Series/ChicoAndTheMan''.
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15	!! Selected filmography:
16	* ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' (1997) as Ray Bronson
17	** ''Film/IStillKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' (1998)
18	* ''Film/WingCommander'' (1998) as Christopher Blair
19	* ''Film/ShesAllThat'' (1999) as Zack Siler
20	* ''Film/{{Head Over Heels\|2001}}'' (2001) as Jim Winston/FBI Special Agent Bob Smoot
21	* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' as Fred Jones
22	** ''Film/ScoobyDoo2002'' (2002)
23	** ''Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed'' (2004)
24	* ''Series/BostonLegal'' (2003 -- 2004) as Donny Crane
25	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' (2005 -- present) as Fred Jones (voice)
26	* ''Series/{{Freddie}}'' (2005 -- 2006)
27	* ''WesternAnimation/HappilyNEverAfter'' (2006) as Rick (voice)
28	* ''Film/BrooklynRules'' (2007) as Michael
29	* ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' (2008 -- 2009) {{as himself}} (also writer)
30	* ''Series/TwentyFour'' (2010) as Cole Ortiz
31	* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' as James Vega
32	** ''Anime/MassEffectParagonLost'' (2012)
33	** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' (2012)
34	* ''Series/WitchesOfEastEnd'' (2013) as Leo Wingate
35	* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' (2013) as Danny Beck
36	* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' (2014) as Iron Bull (voice)
37	* ''Franchise/StarWars'' as Kanan Jarrus
38	** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' (2014 -- 2018)
39	** ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' (2019)
40	** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'' (2021) as Caleb Dume [[note]]Kanan's original name[[/note]] (voice)
41	** ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'' (2023) [[note]]Prinze only appears in a photo as Kanan seen in a few episodes[[/note]]
42	* ''Series/PunkyBrewster2021'' (2021 - ) as Travis Luna
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45	!! Freddie Prinze Jr. provides examples of the following tropes:
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47	* CreatorBacklash: Prinze wasn't happy about reprising his role as Kanan in ''The Rise of Skywalker'' and ''The Bad Batch'', feeling that doing so diminished the character's conclusion in ''Rebels''.
48	* PromotedFanboy: Prinze is an avid gamer, and (to date) has voiced major roles in two video game franchises. He's also a fan of anime, which is kind of realized in ''Anime/MassEffectParagonLost'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.
49	* RomanceOnTheSet: He met wife Sarah Michelle Gellar while filming ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', and they played one another's love interest in the ''Scooby Doo'' films.
50	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
51	** He was considered for the role of [[Comicbook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' before the casting of Creator/TobeyMaguire.
52	** He was [[Creator/WarnerBros Warner Brothers']] first choice for the part of [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] in Creator/DarrenAronofsky's adaptation of ''Comicbook/BatmanYearOne''. However, Aronofsky preferred casting Creator/JoaquinPhoenix as the titular role before the project was scrapped.
53	** He was almost TOM for ''Creator/{{Toonami}}'', though it hasn't been specified if this was for the first TOM, who ended up being played by Creator/SonnyStrait or the subsequent TOM incarnations, which Creator/SteveBlum ended up playing.
54	** For ''Film/PunisherWarZone'', according to the director, he auditioned for the part of Jigsaw and was apparently quite good but [[ExecutiveMeddling the executives told her not to cast him when they had to MAKE the director see him for an audition]].
55	** He initially signed on for ''{{Series/Nancy Drew\|2019}}'' as Nancy's father, Carson Drew, but dropped out shortly before the first trailer was released and was replaced by Scott Wolf.
56	** He was going to be head writer for ''WWE Smackdown'' but quit the company after listening to Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin talk about how being a wrestler cost him a chance to be a good father. Prinze chose to focus on being a father first and saw he couldn't do that work the ''WWE'' schedule.

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