Scott Weinger
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| Born | Scott Eric Weinger October 5, 1975  New York City, New York, United States |
Scott Eric Weinger (born October 5, 1975) is an American actor and screenwriter best known as the speaking voice of Aladdin in Walt Disney's eponymous feature film. Weinger reprised the role in two direct-to-video sequels and for the Disney Channel television series. He is also well known for playing DJ Tanner's boyfriend Steve on Full House.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Weinger was born in New York City, New York. He spent the majority of his formative years in Florida. He moved to Los Angeles when his career began to take off.
[edit] Early career
Weinger first became interested in acting in the third grade, when an actor gave a presentation for Career Day. He relentlessly pestered his parents to get him an agent until they finally realized that their son was serious about becoming an actor.
[edit] Television
Weinger's first job was a national television commercial for Ideal Toys.
His first role on a television series was on the situtation comedy "Family Man" on CBS. He played the middle son. The show was produced to air on the CBS network by Miller-Boyett Productions, which had produced many other hits. However, the network later lost faith in the program and aired it as a summer series.
His next role in a top-ten series came when he was cast as Steve Hale in the sitcom Full House from 1992 to 1994 (also produced by Miller-Boyett Productions). It was during the run of Full House that Weinger would earn his first motion picture role as the voice of Aladdin. Later, in a "Full House" episode in which the Tanner family goes on a trip to Disney World, his character appears dressed as Aladdin.
In later years, Weinger's dream of becoming a screenwriter came true with his first writing assignment, for the WB television show, Like Family, described as a "multi-ethnic crossover comedy about two very different families coming together under one roof." More recently, (2005-2006), he was a member of the writing staff for another WB sitcom, What I Like About You.
[edit] Film
Weinger was cast as the speaking voice of Aladdin, the street urchin in Walt Disney Pictures' animated feature film Aladdin. He would reprise the role for the Disney Channel Aladdin series, the direct-to-video sequels The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves, and in English-language versions of the Disney/Square-Enix Kingdom Hearts video game series.
[edit] Later life
In autumn of 1994, Weinger left Los Angeles to attend Harvard University. While attending classes, he continued to work as the voice of Aladdin and made a final appearance on Full House. During his years at Harvard, Weinger served as an on-camera youth correspondent for Good Morning America, a job that required much international travel, as well as frequent live appearances on the show to discuss his pieces with Charles Gibson.
Scott majored in English and minored in French literature while at Harvard, and graduated magna cum laude in June 1998.
Since his return to Hollywood, he has starred in a horror film, Shredder; produced an award winning film short, The Cricket Player; and provided his voice for Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis, and the 3-D Disney film, Mickey's Philharmagic.
Most recently, he had worked as a writer for shows such as Like Family and What I Like About You. While writing for What I Like About You, he also appeared frequently on the show as the boyfriend of Allison Munn. In 2007, he had a guest-starring role on the NBC Comedy Scrubs.
