Erik Von DettenFilmography

Born:: October 3, 1982 in San Diego, CA
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: A tall blond with surfer/boy band good looks, Erik Von Detten has been involved in the entertainment industry since he was a young child. Before he turned 20, he had already developed a huge fan following in teen magazines and on the web, despite never having garnered an enduring lead role, with...Read More

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Barely Legal

Actors: Erik Von Detten, Tony Denman, Daniel Farber, Amy Smart, Sarah Jane Potts, Tom Arnold

Synopsis: Why rent a dirty movie when you can make your own? That's the can-do philosophy embraced by a handful of girl-crazy teens in this comedy. Fred (Tony Denman), Deacon (Erik von Detten), and Matt (Daniel Farber) are three high school kids who, like most teenaged boys, are obsessed with sex. Deacon Read More

10/21/05
Smile

Actors: Mika Boorem, Luoyong Wang, Beau Bridges, Cheri Oteri, Linda Hamilton

Synopsis: Two girls born at the same time on different sides of the world are brought together by an act of mercy in this drama. Katie (Mika Boorem) is a high-school student who has grown up in a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles. While Katie has never had to want for material things, she feels a certain Read More

4/8/05
Complete Savages [TV Series]

Actors: Keith Carradine, Andrew Eiden, Shaun Sipos, Erik Von Detten, Evan Ellingson

2004
What a Girl Wants

Actors: Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Jonathan Pryce, Eileen Atkins, Anna Chancellor

Synopsis: Loosely based on the 1958 comedy The Reluctant Debutante starring Sandra Dee, the family-friendly comedy What a Girl Wants features popular Nickelodeon teen star Amanda Bynes in her first feature-starring performance after her debut in Big Fat Liar. She plays teenager Daphne Reynolds, who lives in Read More

4/4/03
The Mole: Season 03

Actors: Ahmad Rashad, Kathy Griffin, Frederique Van Der Wal, Stephen Baldwin, Corbin Bernsen

Synopsis: The format of the ABC reality game show The Mole undergoes a few alterations as the series enters its third season. As indicated by season three's "official" title Celebrity Mole: Hawaii, the contestants are no longer "civilians," but instead well-known media personalities. Also, whereas in Read More

2003
Dinotopia [TV Series]

Actors: Michael Brandon, Erik Von Detten, Shiloh Strong, Jonathan Hyde, Georgina Rylance

Synopsis: Spun off from the Emmy-winning TV miniseries of the same name (which in turn was based on a series of children's novel by James Gurney) , the weekly ABC fantasy-adventure series Dinotopia picked up where its predecessor left off, albeit with an entirely new cast. Stranded in an idyllic lost land Read More

2002
Confessions of an American Girl

Actors: Jena Malone, Brad Renfro, Chris Mulkey, Michelle Forbes, Clifton Collins, Jr., Alicia Witt, Erik Von Detten

Synopsis: Despite living in what she considers to be a less than perfect environment to raise the perfect family, pregnant teen Rena Grubb (Jena Malone) vows to escape the squalid trailer park that she calls home with a little help from the father she barely knows. If her living situation wasn't bad enough Read More

2002
The Princess Diaries

Actors: Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Mandy Moore

Synopsis: This teen comedy from Disney is based on a popular novel by Meg Cabot and directed by Garry Marshall. Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) is a teenage klutz who's openly mocked by the popular Lana Thomas (pop singer Mandy Moore). In fact, Mia's only friend at her exclusive prep school is the socially Read More

8/3/01
The Legend of Tarzan [Animated Series]

Actors: Michael T. Weiss, Olivia D'Abo, Jeff Bennett, Susan Blakeslee, Jim Cummings

2001
Replacing Dad

Synopsis: Linda Marsh (Mary McDonnell) may have been hoping for a surprise on her 16th wedding anniversary, but she certainly doesn't welcome the news that her school-principal husband George (William Russ) has been carrying on an affair with the teacher of the Marshes' daughter! The breakup of Linda and Read More

1999
Odd Man Out [TV Series]

Actors: Markie Post, Erik Von Detten, Jessica Capshaw, Natalia Cigliuti, Trevor Fehrman

1999
Brink!

Actors: Erik Von Detten, Christina Vidal, Patrick Levis, David Alan Graf, Asher Gold

Synopsis: A young rollerblader is torn between money and his personal morality in this family friendly made-for-TV movie. Andy Brinker (Erik Von Detten), known to his friends as "Brink," is a teenager who lives for in-line skating. Andy and his skating buddies skate for the sheer love of the sport, and view Read More

1998
Leave It to Beaver

Actors: Christopher McDonald, Janine Turner, Cameron Finley, Erik Von Detten, Adam Zolotin

Synopsis: The Cleaver Family makes the jump from the small black and white screen to color and Panavision in this updated version of the classic TV sit-com. Eight-year-old Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver (Cameron Finley) is a good natured kid with a habit of getting in trouble; he's not bad, mind you, just a bit Read More

1997
Christmas Every Day

Synopsis: This junior-level Ground Hog Day stars Erik Von Detten as Billy Jackson, a 13-year-old Scrooge in the making. Lacking the athletic prowess to play with his Christmas presents, mooning over a girl who doesn't know he's alive (and whose boyfriend is a bully), and ruminating over the fact that his Read More

1996
A Stranger to Love

Synopsis: Based on a true story, the made-for-TV A Stranger to Love stars Beau Bridges as Allan Grant, a reasonably happy Omaha man with a wife (Tess Harper) and two sons. Attacked by muggers and left for dead, Allan awakens with no memory of his past life--or even his name. Wandering from town to town, he Read More

1996
Toy Story

Actors: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn

Synopsis: Toy Story was the first feature-length film animated entirely by computer. If this seems to be a sterile, mechanical means of moviemaking, be assured that the film is as chock-full of heart and warmth as any Disney cartoon feature. The star of the proceedings is Woody, a pull-string cowboy toy Read More

11/22/95
Season of Hope

Actors: JoBeth Williams, Stephen Lang, Jeremy London, Ralph Waite

1995
Top Dog

Actors: Chuck Norris, Clyde Kusatsu, Michele Lamar Richards, Peter S. Moore, Erik Von Detten

Synopsis: In this action comedy, renegade cop Jake Wilder investigates the death of his old friend, Lou Swanson, another cop, who was killed while investigating the bombing of a San Diego housing project. To solve the murder and stop the bomber, Wilder teams up with Swanson's partner, a German Shepherd Read More

1995
ER: Hell and High Water

Synopsis: During a torrential downpour, Ross (George Clooney) struggles to rescue 12-year-old Ben Larkin (Erik Von Detten), who is trapped in a flooded culvert. Realizing that the youngster is already suffering from hypothermia and may not survive his ordeal even if rescued, Ross orders on-the-spot Read More

1995
Escape to Witch Mountain

Actors: Erik Von Detten, Elisabeth Moss, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dourif, Lynne Moody

Synopsis: This made-for-television remake of Disney's popular feature tells the tale of two orphan twins with special powers who go looking for their origins. The two are hindered by an avaricious tycoon who only wants to exploit their abilities. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1995
In the Best of Families

Actors: Kelly McGillis, Keith Carradine, Harry Hamlin, Holland Taylor, Jayne Brook

Synopsis: The full title of this made-for-TV film was In the Best of Families: Pride and Madness. Based on a true story, the film details the bitter divorce between overly idealistic Keith Carradine and emotionally disturbed Kelly McGillis. Caught in the middle are the couple's sons, played by Erik Von Detten Read More

1994
All I Want for Christmas

Actors: Harley Jane Kozak, Jamey Sheridan, Ethan Randall, Thora Birch, Lauren Bacall

Synopsis: The leading lady of the Christmas tale knows just what she wants for Christmas and she lets Macy's Santa know, too. She wants nothing more than the reuniting of her recently divorced parents. Bordering on being a Miracle on 34th Street re-make, this film follows much the same theme, but the kids Read More

11/8/91