Justin Whalin
Justin Whalin | |
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Born | Justin Garrett Whalin September 6, 1974 San Francisco,California,U.S. |
Alma mater | American Conservatory Theater |
Occupation(s) | Actor,teacher |
Years active | 1987–2009 |
Spouse |
Reina Flynn
(m.2006;div.2009) |
Justin Garrett Whalin(born September 6, 1974) is an Americanactorturned drama teacher and administrator. He portrayed the teenageAndy BarclayinChild's Play 3,Ridley Freeborn inDungeons & Dragons,andJimmy Olsenin the American television seriesLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.[2]
Early life
[edit]Whalin was born in theSunset DistrictofSan Francisco,California.His mother, Terry Villanueva, is a teacher and school administrator who owns and operates two L.A. area schools: The Learning Castle and La Cañada Preparatory. His father, Craig Whalin, is areal estateappraiser.[3]His parents divorced when he was seven years old and both remarried. He has a younger half-brother and an older stepbrother and stepsister.[citation needed]
He studied acting at theAmerican Conservatory Theater(A.C.T.) in San Francisco, and attendedLowell High School.After years of commuting between Los Angeles and San Francisco, he and his mother relocated to L.A. permanently when he was fifteen years old. He completed his high school education throughU.C. Berkeley's homeschooling program.
Career
[edit]Whalin worked as an actor from the age of eleven, when he appeared in a production of the playThe Little PrinceatSan Francisco'sVictoria Theatre.[4]His first TV role was onGeneral Hospital,after he caught the attention of a casting director who was giving an acting class.[4]He starred in the 1993CBS Schoolbreak SpecialproductionOther Mothers,for which he won aDaytime Emmy.[4]He went on to star inMiracle at MidnightoppositeMia FarrowandSam Waterston.He also auditioned to playBilly LoomisinScream.[citation needed]
Whalin was cast as the youngDaily PlanetphotographerJimmy Olsenin the TV seriesLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Supermanfrom 1994 to 1997. Whalin said that initially the onlyfan mailhe got on the show was from people complaining that he was not as good asMichael Landes(who played Olsen during the show's first season), and that it was not until around his fifth episode that he began to see an even mix of positive and negative fan reactions.[5]He enjoyed the role, though he said it often seemed limited to delivering exposition; a reoccurring motif of the series was that Lois and/or Clark would ask Jimmy to research a suspicious person or organization, and in a later scene Jimmy would rattle off the requested names, dates, addresses, and backstory.[6]When Whalin was first cast, the producers had planned a Jimmy Olsen-centric episode in which Jimmy heads toSouth Americato look for his long-lost father,[4]but it was never produced, though the show did get Olsen-centric episodes in season 3 ( "The Dad Who Came in From the Cold" ) and 4 ( "AKA Superman" ).
Whalin quit acting in 2009 to work as a social studies/drama[7]teacher and administrator at The Learning Castle and La Cañada Preparatory, his mother's exclusive schools in the Los Angeles area.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | The Dead Pool | Jason | |
1990 | Denial | Jason | |
1991 | Child's Play 3 | Andy Barclay | |
1993 | Murder of Innocence | Phil Andrew | |
1994 | Serial Mom | Scotty Barnhill | |
1995 | White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild | Jeff | |
1996 | Susie Q | Zach Sands | |
1996 | Jimmy Zip | Billy | Short |
1997 | Academy Boyz | Jeffrey Wagner | |
2000 | For the Cause | Sutherland | |
2000 | Dungeons & Dragons | Ridley Freeborn | |
2003 | Roulette | Bobby | Short |
2003 | Slammed | Jeff | |
2005 | Blood of Beasts | Eric | |
2006 | National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2 | Foosball | Direct-to-video |
2009 | Super Capers | Ed Gruberman | |
2009 | The House That Jack Built | Father Joe | |
2009 | Off the Ledge | Hopper Jackson |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988–1989 | General Hospital | A.J. Quartermaine | |
1988 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Johnny | Episode: "Silent Whisper" |
1989 | One of the Boys | Nick Lukowski | 6 episodes |
1989 | Charles in Charge | Anthony | 6 episodes |
1989 | Mr. Belvedere | Eric | Episode: "Big" |
1989–1990 | The Wonder Years | Henchman / Mark Kovinsky | Episode: "Fate" Episode: "The Cost of Living" |
1990–1991 | Blossom | William Zimmerman / Jordan Taylor / Jimmy | Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "The Geek" Episode: "Second Base" |
1991 | Santa Barbara | ||
1991 | Perfect Harmony | Taylor Bradshaw | TV movie |
1992 | The Young Riders | Adrian Dawkins | Episode: "The Sacrifice" |
1993 | The Fire Next Time | Paul Morgan | 2 episodes |
1993 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Chaz Havelik / Will Jurgenson | Episode: "Crosses on the Lawn" Episode: "Other Mothers" |
1993 | It Had to Be You | David Quinn | 6 episodes |
1994–1997 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Jimmy Olsen | 65 episodes |
1998 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Henrik Koster | Episode "Miracle at Midnight" |
Awards
[edit]Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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1991 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actor in a Daytime Series | Santa Barbara | Nominated |
Best Young Actor Guest Starring or Recurring Role in a TV Series | Blossom | Nominated | ||
Best Young Actor Starring in a Cable Special | Perfect Harmony | Nominated | ||
Saturn Award | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Child's Play 3 | Nominated | |
1994 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special | CBS Schoolbreak Special(Episode: "Other Mothers") | Won |
1996 | ALMA Award | Outstanding Television Series Actor in a Crossover Role | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^Account (2009-11-03)."Superman's Whalin Files For Divorce".Contactmusic.Retrieved2019-09-29.
- ^"WITH AN EYE ON...: As ABC's second assigned Jimmy Olsen, Justin Whalin hits the newsroom running".Los Angeles Times.March 26, 1995.Retrieved2019-09-29.
- ^"Justin Whalin Biography (1974-)".Filmreference.Retrieved2019-09-29.
- ^abcdWinslow, Harriet (March 5, 1995)."A Younger Jimmy Joins 'Lois & Clark'".Sun Sentinel.Archived fromthe originalon May 24, 2012.RetrievedOctober 22,2010.
- ^Lois & Clark Second Season DVD Set, "Marketing Metropolis: The Fans of Lois & Clark".Warner Bros. Entertainment.2006.
- ^Lois & Clark Second Season DVD Set, "Lois & Clark: Secrets of Season 2".Warner Bros. Entertainment.2006.
- ^"Theater".
External links
[edit]- Justin WhalinatIMDb
- Film-Reviews.netinterview(25 July 2007)