Sam Gifaldi
Sam Gifaldi (* 1984) is an American actor and voice actor, whose active period was mainly from the 1990s to about 2004. During his playing days, he won a Young Artist Award twice and was seven times more for one of the coveted trophies nominated. He has also received a 1999 nomination for the Young Star Award.
Life and career
His first role was born in 1984 Sam Gifaldi in 1992 when it was first in a series of Parker Lewis - was used not Lose the school came into existence and in the same year misused in the TV movie When baby. For small role of Eric, he was awarded the following year with the Young Artist Award in the category "Best Young Actor Under Ten in a Television Movie." Because of its holdings there he reached increasing celebrity and was brought in 1993 as one of the main characters in the television series The Super - mums, with which he was quite successful in part. As he listened to the official cast of the show until its discontinuation in 1995, while in 32 different episodes was used, he was three times nominated for the Young Artist Award for his engagement there in the same. He received in 1994 a nomination in the category " Best Actor Under Ten in a Television Series or Show " and was a second time along with Ryan Merriman, Ashley Peldon, Shiloh Strong and Joey Zimmerman yet at the same award in the category "Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Television Series " nominated. In 1995 for his role as Danny Kellogg another nomination in the category " Best Performance by an Actor Under Ten in a TV Series". During its initial phase at the super moms, he was also employed new parents in 1993 in the film I want, which had abused about a similar topic as As baby. He had a more significant role in the film Limitless suffering of a mother, in which he actually held only a small supporting role, but in the following year in 1995 for a Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance by a Youth Actor in a TV Mini -Series or Special " was nominated.
In 1995 he finally took his first synchronous role he in the movie Fluke - A dog cleans up held. In the same year he also took a starring role in the short-lived sitcom Bless This House. He was set to 1996 in all 16 episodes and was also in 1996 for his local role of Sean for a Young Artist Award in the category - nominated "Best Performance by a Young Actor TV Comedy Series". He also came in 1996 as one of the main voice actors in the team around the formerly successful animated television series Hey Arnold!, In the English-speaking world, especially through its synchronous role of Sid and some additional characters (such as Billy or Iggy ) where he gained significant notoriety. He held up to the series organizer in 2004 his local role and was employed in eta 57 different episodes. Followed in 1998 for his engagement there in a nomination for the Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a Voiceover - TV or film - Young Actor", 1999, a nomination for the Young Star Award in the category "Best Performance in a Voice Over Talent ". At his side appeared in an episode be about five years younger brother Taylor Gifaldi in appearance, which likewise acted like the character Sid. While most of the time with the productions of Hey Arnold! was busy, Sam Gifaldi was still used in the subsequent years after 1996 regularly in film and television productions, but could not connect to the time before 1996, where he acted frequently as the main actor in film and television by far.
Still followed in 1996 for the young Sam Gifaldi each an appearance in an episode of Caroline in the City and Touched by an Angel. For his involvement in the latter series, he was among others in 1997 for a Young Artist Award in the category "Best Performance in a Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor" nominated, however, could once again win any of these prizes. After several years of absence in the film business, he was in 1997 for a role in the film Leave It to Beaver! committed, but only where he held the rather small role of Richard Rickover. In the same year he was still in such series as JAG - The gate used in a strange dimension, Glamorous Genie or The Visitor, which he joined in each appearance in an episode - The Call of Duty, Sliders. In 1998, he took over all additional voice-overs in the large-scale production A Bug's Life and in the same year and in each case an episode of X-Factor - The incomprehensible and Susan used. For his guest appearance in Susan he was in 1999 with the Young Artist Award in the category - awarded "Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series Guest Starring Young Actor". The following year, 1999 Gifaldi finally had his last significant role in a television series, as he comes into a sequence of one twin had rarely seen alone. In the same year he was also in the two films Treasure of Pirate 's Point and Held Up - Warning hostage! used, he even occupied one of the main roles in the first film.
In the years after Gifaldi mainly focused on his career as a voice actor, where he in addition to his still ongoing activity at Hey Arnold! in 2000 in an episode of Captain Buzz Lightyear - Star Command was heard. 2001 followed by roles in an episode of Clerks: Uncensored, as well as the role of Sam in The Swan with the trumpet. After his career was already on the decay, he was in 2002 still in Hey Arnold! - Used the film, where he again took over the voice of Sid and could be heard in the same year in an episode of Fillmore and Mickey's Clubhouse. The following year, 2003, he had his last film appearance, where he held a supporting role in the TV movie Remembering Charlie. Once in 2004, his last episode of Hey Arnold! was broadcast to Gifaldi drew largely back from the film and television business and began studying at the Johnson & Wales University.