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Alexander David Linz (born January 3, 1989) 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). He retired from acting in 2007.

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. 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.

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

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!. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2011. He earned his master's degree in urban and regional planning at University of California, Los Angeles in 2017.

Acting career

Linz made his professional acting debut in 1995 on an episode of the television series Cybill. 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.

He was cast as the son of Michelle Pfeiffer's character in the 1996 feature film One Fine Day. 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. 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.

Career after acting

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

Filmography

References

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6. "Where Is This 'Max Keeble' Star Now?". bustle.com. December 23, 2015.
7. "Child Star Alumnus, Alex D. Linz". hercampus.com. October 2012.
8. "Alex Linz". global.luskin.ucla.edu. Global Public Affairs, Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles. August 2, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
9. "Remember Alex D. Linz From 'Home Alone 3?' Where is he now?". gistfest.com. March 13, 2022.
10. ^ Shakhnazarova, Nika (December 20, 2023). "'Home Alone' child star Alex D. Linz spotted in rare LA appearance decades after quitting Hollywood". New York Post.
11. "Alex D. Linz Biography". tcm.com. Turner Classic Movies.
12. "Home Alone 3 (1997)". RottenTomatoes.com. Fandango.
13. "Flashback Review: Max Keeble's Big Move". nickthemoviecritic.com. October 10, 2018.
14. "Max Keeble's Big Move: Disney's Epic Blunder EXPOSED". nickdiramio.com.
15. Esuabom, Christina (April 23, 2023). "Jonathan Taylor Thomas And Scarlett Pomers Aren't The Only Child Stars To Keep Their Lives A Secret After Vanishing From Hollywood". thethings.com.
16. "10 Christmas Movies That Should Have Been Standalone Films". collider.com. December 5, 2022.
17. ^ "Alex Linz (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 2, 2025. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

External links

• Alex D. Linz at IMDb

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• 20th-century American Jews
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• American male film actors
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• Film directors from California
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• Male actors from Santa Barbara, California
• University of California, Berkeley alumni