Jonathan Lipnicki Biography

Jonathan William Lipnicki (born October 22, 1990) is an American actor. He is best known for his childhood roles in the Hollywood films Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little, The Little Vampire, and Like Mike.

Personal life

Lipnicki was born in Westlake Village, California, son of Joseph and Rhonda (née Rosen) Lipnicki. He has an older sister, Alexis. Lipnicki is Jewish.

Lipnicki has appeared and/or spoken at events for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Starlight Children's Foundation and NBA's Read to Achieve. He is also the international spokesperson for Pediatric Chiropractic and Kids Day American/International. He was named one of "the heroes of 2001" by JDRF for his involvement. Lipnicki, who has four dogs, is also involved in animal rights groups, including Pets & Their Stars and the Nuts for Mutts.

Lipnicki currently trains in Mixed martial arts styles, but when asked whether he plans to ever fight professionally he replied " I've been pretty busy filming and I would need to put off a certain amount of time to really train for a fight and be in amazing cardio shape and really work on my striking more. I'm not saying no and I'm not saying yes."

Philanthropy

Lipnicki has been a speaker for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and is actively involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Starlight Children Foundation and the NBA's Read to Achieve program.

In 2001, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation named Lipnicki one of its "Heroes of 2001" at the age of ten, for his work with the organization.

Additionally, Lipnicki has been an international spokesperson for Pediatric Chiropractic and Kids Day America/International, and works with animal rights groups such as Pets and their Stars and the Nutz for Mutts group.

Career

Lipnicki made his film debut in 1996's Jerry Maguire as the son of Renée Zellweger's character. He subsequently appeared on The Single Guy, The Jeff Foxworthy Show as well as episodes of Dawson's Creek and the 1997 sitcom Meego. In 1999, he starred in the film Stuart Little, playing a boy whose family adopts a talking mouse, a role he reprised in the film's 2002 sequel. Lipnicki also played the lead role in the 2000 film, The Little Vampire and starred opposite Bow Wow in the 2002 theatrical film Like Mike, which was released two weeks before Stuart Little 2; both of the films did relatively well in theaters, and Lipnicki has become known among pre-teen audiences, although he has not appeared in a widely released film since, focusing mostly on independent films. Lipnicki has also appeared in the season preview of Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up and When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. He appeared on the comedy Motherlover on the YOMYOMF Network.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	Jerry Maguire	Ray Boyd
1998	Doctor Dolittle	Baby Tiger (voice)	(cameo)
1999	Stuart Little	George Little	Lead Role
2000	The Little Vampire	Tony Thompson	Lead Role
2002	Like Mike	Murph
2002	Stuart Little 2	George Little	Lead Role
2003	When Zachary Beaver Came to Town	Toby Wilson
2005	The L.A. Riot Spectacular	Tom Saltine Jr.
2011	For the Love of Money	Young Yoni
2012	Tag	Rush
2014	Bad Asses	Hammer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996" 1997	The Jeff Foxworthy Show	Justin Foxworthy	15 episodes recurring role
1997	Meego	Alex Parker	13 episodes (main)
1997	The Single Guy	Rudy	Episode "Big Baby"
1997" 2002	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Himself	2 episodes
2000	Dawson's Creek	Buzz Thompson	3 episodes
2002	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Himself	1 episode
2002	HBO First Look	Himself	Episode "On the Set of 'Stuart Little 2"
2002	TV total	Himself	1 episode
2003	Touched by an Angel	Stan	Episode "The Good Earth"
2003	The Brendan Leonard Show	Himself	Episode "Pirates"
2003	The Sharon Osbourne Show	Himself	1 episode
2005	Family Guy	Wesly (voice)	Episode "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High"
2005	Biography (TV series)	Himself	Episode "Child Stars II: Growing Up Hollywood"
2006	Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List	Himself	Episode "Vegas, Baby!"
2008	Entertainment Tonight	Himself	1 episode
2009	Monk (TV Series)	Rudy Smith	Episode "Mr. Monk Takes the Stand"
2009	Glenn Martin DDS	Actor (voice)	Episode "Korea Opportunities"
2011	The John Kerwin Show	Himself	Episode "Ed Asner and Jonathan Lipnicki"
2013	Family Tools	Ryan	Episode "Role Model"

Awards and honors

Year	Award	Category	Result	Notes
1997	Critics Choice Award	Best Child Performance		Jerry Maguire
	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film " Actor Age Ten or Under
	Young Star Award	Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film
1998	Young Star Award	Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series		Meego
2000	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film " Young Actor Age Ten or Under		Stuart Little
	Young Star Award	Best Young Actor/Performance in a Motion Picture Comedy
2001	Saturn Award	Best Performance by a Younger Actor		The Little Vampire
	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film " Young Actor Age Ten or Under