David Krumholtz

David Krumholtz
David Krumholtz

at the premiere of Serenity, 2005
Born May 15, 1978 (1978-05-15) (age 33)
Queens, New York CIty
Occupation Actor
Years active 1992–present

David Krumholtz (born May 15, 1978) is an American actor best known for playing Professor Charlie Eppes in the television series Numb3rs. He appeared as Seth Goldstein in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and its two sequels, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas. He is also known for his role as Bernard the Arch-Elf in The Santa Clause and its sequel, The Santa Clause 2.

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Early life

Krumholtz was born in Queens, New York, the son of Judy, a dental assistant, and Michael Krumholtz, a postal worker. He grew up in a "very working-class, almost poor" Jewish family.[1][2] His mother moved from Hungary to the U.S. in 1956,[3] and his paternal grandparents immigrated from Poland.[1]

Career

Krumholtz began his acting career at the age of 13 when he followed his friends to an open audition for the Broadway play Conversations with My Father (1992). Though he did not expect to get the part, he won the role of Young Charlie opposite Judd Hirsch, Tony Shalhoub, and Jason Biggs, who was also making his Broadway debut. Soon after his run on Broadway, Krumholtz co-starred in two feature films, Life With Mikey (1993) opposite Michael J. Fox, and Addams Family Values (1993) opposite Christina Ricci. For his role in Mikey, David was nominated for a 1993 Young Artist Award.[4] Although his work in these two films garnered him critical attention, David is probably best known by children as the sarcastic head elf Bernard from The Santa Clause (1994) and its 2002 sequel The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs Clause, but due to filming overlap with Numb3rs was unable to take part in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause.[citation needed]

In 1994, at age of sixteen, Krumholtz co-starred in his first television series, Monty, with Henry Winkler. The show only lasted a few episodes. Krumholtz would star in several short-lived series over the years. Along the way, he had the opportunity to work with Jason Bateman (Chicago Sons, 1997), Tom Selleck (The Closer, 1998), Jon Cryer (The Trouble with Normal, 2000), and Rob Lowe (The Lyon's Den, 2003). In 2005, he finally found television success with the CBS series Numb3rs.[5] Along with his starring roles on television, Krumholtz made memorable guest appearances on ER, Law & Order, Undeclared, Lucky, and Freaks and Geeks.

He broke out of the children's movie genre with The Ice Storm (1997), directed by Ang Lee, and Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), starring Alan Arkin and Natasha Lyonne. In 1999, David starred as Michael Eckman in the popular teen movie 10 Things I Hate about You with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Stiles, and Heath Ledger. That same year, he portrayed a completely different teen character – that of Yussel, a young conflicted Jewish man in Liberty Heights.

It was the role of Yussel that brought Krumholtz to the attention of actor and filmmaker Edward Burns, who cast him in the 2001 independent movie Sidewalks of New York.[1] Playing the romantic and slightly obsessed Benny, Krumholtz was on a path to larger, more complex film roles. His first role as a leading man was in the 2002 romantic comedy You Stupid Man, playing opposite Milla Jovovich. Although never released theatrically in the United States, You Stupid Man, directed by Edward Burns's brother Brian Burns, was released on DVD in 2006. Krumholtz carried his first leading role in a released American film when he starred Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie, which premiered on FX Networks in 2002.

Big Shot was a true story based on the Arizona State University basketball fixing scandal of the early 1990s. Krumholtz played Benny Silman, a college student and campus bookmaker who was jailed for his part in shaving points off key ASU basketball games. Benny was unlike any character Krumholtz played prior, and garnered critical praise for his performance, proving that he was not just a sidekick.[6]

In 2004, Krumholtz reunited with Edward Burns for the independent film The Last Hold-Outs. The following year he played Max in My Suicidal Sweetheart (formerly Max and Grace), once again starring opposite actress Natasha Lyonne. Krumholtz also returned to smaller key roles in the successful films Ray and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle – two very different movies released in 2004. In September 2005, he was seen in Joss Whedon's science fiction film Serenity as "Mr. Universe", a hacker and information broker. Most recently, in early 2006, Krumholtz's 2003 film Kill the Poor screened in New York City at IFC Center and across the country on Comcast's On Demand cable service.

On Numb3rs, he played the part of Charlie Eppes, a mathematical genius who helped his brother Don (Rob Morrow), an FBI agent, solve crimes using mathematics. The cast of Numb3rs also included Judd Hirsch and Peter MacNicol, who appeared with him in Addams Family Values as a camp counselor. Television critic Matt Roush (TV Guide) called Krumholtz's work on Numb3rs "probably his best TV work to date". Numb3rs was officially cancelled by CBS on May 18, 2010.

Personal life

He appears in two documentaries on the Knocked Up DVD (one being staged and the other being genuine). "Gummy: The Sixth Roommate" tells the true story of how David dropped out of the film to play the lead part in a Woody Allen movie in Paris that got canceled before production, and Apatow would not write him back into his script. He would have played one of the main character's five roommates (along with other Freaks and Geeks alumni Seth Rogen, Jason Segel and Martin Starr).[7][8] Friend and fellow Freaks actor Jason Segel appears with him in a short scene in Tenacious D in 'The Pick of Destiny'.

On Saturday May 22, 2010, Krumholtz married actress Vanessa Britting at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. The couple had been engaged since July 2008.[9] As of 2007, he resides in Los Angeles, California where Numb3rs was produced.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Conversations with My Father Young Charlie Broadway play – original cast
1993 Life with Mikey Barry Corman
1993 Addams Family Values Joel Glicker
1994 Santa Clause, TheThe Santa Clause Bernard
1994 Monty David Richardson TV series
1998 Justice League of America Martin Walters Canceled TV pilot
1997 Ice Storm, TheThe Ice Storm Francis Davenport
1997 Chicago Sons Billy Kulchak TV series
1998 Slums of Beverly Hills Ben Abromowitz
1998 Closer, TheThe Closer Bruno Verma TV series
1999 10 Things I Hate About You Michael Eckman
1999 Liberty Heights Yussel
2000 ER Paul Sobriki TV series
2000 Freaks and Geeks Barry Schweiber TV Series, Episode 15: "Noshing and Moshing"
2000 How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog Brian Sellars
2000 Trouble With Normal, TheThe Trouble With Normal Bob Wexler TV series
2001 Mexican, TheThe Mexican Beck
2001 Sidewalks of New York Benjamin Bazler
2001 Two Can Play That Game Jason
2001 According to Spencer Ezra
2002 Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie Benny Silman TV film (FX Networks)
2002 You Stupid Man Owen Released in Europe
2002 Santa Clause 2, TheThe Santa Clause 2 Bernard
2002 Cheats Evan Rosengarden
2003 Scorched Max
2003 Lyon's Den, TheThe Lyon's Den Jeff Fineman TV series
2004 Looking for Kitty Abe
2004 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Goldstein
2004 Ray Milt Shaw
2005 Guess Who Jerry MacNamara Uncredited
2005 My Suicidal Sweetheart Max Formerly Max and Grace
2005 Serenity Mr. Universe
2006 American Storage Kurt Short film
2006 Kill the Poor Joe Peltz Filmed in 2003
2006 Tenacious D in 'The Pick of Destiny' Frat Boy #2
2006 Bobby Agent Phil
2006 Nail, TheThe Nail Daniel Short film
2007 Superbad Benji Austin
2007 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Schwartzberg
2007 Live! Rex
2008 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Goldstein
2009 I Love You, Man Sydney's Buddy #3
2005–10 Numb3rs Charlie Eppes TV series
2010 Law & Order: SVU Vincent Prochik Season 12, Episode 5: "Wet"
2011 Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, AA Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Goldstein
The Playboy Club Billy Rosen TV series

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