Known from movies

Home Alone 3 (1997)
as Alex Pruitt

Tarzan (1999)
as young Tarzan

A Beautiful Day (1996)
as Sammy Parker

Titan A.E. (2000)
as Young Cale



Who is Alex D. Linz?

Alex D Linz is a former American actor, who is probably best known as the child star from movies like “One Fine Day” (1996), “Home Alone 3” (1997) and “Tarzan” (1999). He is also widely recognized for starring in the recurring role of Pete Calcatera on the TV series ‘Providence’ in the early 2000s.

Early life and education

Alexander David Linz was born under the zodiac sign of Capricorn on the 3^ed January 1989, in Santa Barbara, California, the eldest of three children of attorney Deborah Baltaxe, and Dr. Daniel G. Linz, professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Besides being of American nationality and white ethnicity, Alex is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent through his mother, as well as German, English, and Irish descent through his father. He has two younger sisters named Livia and Lily Alice. After his parents divorced when he was young, Alex grew up in Los Angeles, California along with his mother and siblings.

For his high school education Alex attended Alexander Hamilton High School in LA, where he dropped out in 2004. In 2007, he enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 2011.

During his studies, he was a member of “jericho!”, the university’s improv and sketch comedy group. In addition, he received his master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2017.

Acting career

Alex made his small screen Act debuted at the age of six, when he appeared in a 1995 episode of the Golden Globe award-winning TV comedy series “Cybill”.

This was then followed by an appearance in an episode of the 10-time Daytime Emmy Award-winning CBS soap opera “The Young and the Restless” after which he appeared in a series of supporting roles in TV series such as “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”, and “Step by Step” before appearing in the TV drama movie “Vanished”.

He rose to greater prominence in 1996 when he appeared opposite George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer in the Oscar-nominated romantic comedy drama film “One Fine Day”; for this performance he was honored with a nomination for both the Young Artist Award and the Young Star Award.

However, the real breakthrough in Linz’s acting career took place in 1997, when he was cast to replace Macaulay Culkin in the lead role of the third installment of the movie franchise “Home Alone”, starring Alex Pruitt in the family comedy film “home alone 3“. This role earned him another Young Artist Award nomination, earning him ShoWest Award’s Young Star of the Year brace.

1998 and 1999 Linz voice actor in animated short films shot for the McDonald’s fast food restaurant chain, titled “The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly” and “The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Legend of Grimace Island”.

Later in 1999, he played the voice of young “Tarzan” in a Disney Oscar-winning animated film of the same name. In 2000, Alex was cast in the title role in the comedy drama film “Bruno”, after which he appeared alongside Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow in the romantic drama film “Bounce”.

With the early 2000s, Alex starred in a range of roles in films such as “The Jennie Project”, “Max Keeble’s Big Move” and “Race to Space”. These were followed by the recurring role of Pete Calcatera on the NBC TV medical drama series “Providence”, which he voiced in a total of 19 episodes of the show’s two seasons.

In 2001, he voiced in another animated short film for McDonald’s titled “The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Have Time, Will Travel” before appearing in the critically acclaimed thriller drama film “Red Dragon” in 2002. Alex voiced also starred in a few episodes of the “Hey Arnold!TV animation series.

In the following years, Alex starred in two TV comedy movies “Full-Court Miracle” and “Exit 9”, before making a cameo appearance in 2004 in an episode of the TV comedy series “Crossballs: The Debate Show”.

Later that year, he appeared in an episode of the Golden Globe-nominated TV sci-fi series “Jack & Bobby”, before starring opposite Jeff Bridges in the 2005 comedy film “The Amateurs” (also known as “The Moguls”). . The last engagement Alex D Linz‘s acting career took place in 2007, when he appeared in the role of Owen Norris in the political drama film “Choose Connor”.

Private life

After quitting acting, Alex D Linz devoted himself to academics, and keeps his personal life private and far from media attention.

The 31 year old former child star has a number of professional achievements and is the lead science instructor at Galileo Learning. He also served in the City of Los Angeles pedestrian programs, in Metrolink’s planning department, and as a legal researcher at Smith & Baltaxe, LLP.

Net value

Authoritative sources estimate that the total of Alex’s ability, speaking as of mid-2020, amount to around the sum of $400,000. He has mainly acquired this through his prosperous acting career, which was active for 12 years between 1995 and 2007, undoubtedly supplemented by his current work.

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia