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Freddie Prinze, Jr.  

Freddie James Prinze, Jr. (born March 8, 1976) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his leading roles in teen-oriented films.

(born March 8, 1976) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his leading roles in teen-oriented films.

Early life
Prinze, Jr. 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 committed suicide in 1977, after Elaine left him and filed a restraining order against him. Prinze, Jr. was just ten months old at the time. His death was originally termed a suicide, but later ruled an accident, as he was under the influence of Quaaludes . Prinze, Jr.’s paternal grandfather was German and his paternal grandmother was Puerto Rican; he was raised a Catholic and embraces his Puerto Rican heritage.

(born March 8, 1976) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his leading roles in teen-oriented films.Prinze, Jr. 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 committed suicide in 1977, after Elaine left him and filed a restraining order against him. Prinze, Jr. was just ten months old at the time. His death was originally termed a suicide, but later ruled an accident, as he was under the influence of Quaaludes . Prinze, Jr.’s paternal grandfather was German and his paternal grandmother was Puerto Rican; he was raised a Catholic and embraces his Puerto Rican heritage.Prinze, Jr. 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’s described in interviews as a painful experience. Having an interest in drama, he became a member of the Albuquerque Children’s Theatre and the Duo Drama Company. After graduating high school in 1994, he moved to Los Angeles and began auditioning for television roles.

Career
Prinze, Jr. was cast in a guest role on the ABC TV series Family Matters in 1995. He then appeared on a few after-school specials and made-for-TV movies, before making his motion picture debut in To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday in 1996.

In the following years, Prinze, Jr. had a great deal of 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 in the United States.

Subsequently, Prinze, Jr. 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 and had moderate box office performances. In 2000, he was named one of People magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People in the World”.

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 guest starred on the popular NBC show, Friends, as a sensitive male nanny named Sandy. He also appeared as “Donny Crane”, Denny Crane’s son on Boston Legal. 

Prinze, Jr. currently stars in his own television sitcom, titled Freddie. The sitcom is said to represent some actual events from his life.

Personal life
Prinze, Jr. 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 and were engaged in April 2001.

Prinze, Jr. is trained in several forms of martial arts and considers tap dancing and collecting comic books his hobbies. He is also an avid soccer fan and supports the team Arsenal F.C..

An avid fan of East Asian cinema, Prinze, Jr. received a Samurai sword from Gellar in 2004 that she bought in Japan while filming The Grudge.

Recently, Freddie Prinze’s father, Freddie Prinze, was awarded a star on the walk of fame.  Freddie Jr, accepted it for him.