
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Freddie James Prinze, Jr. (born March 8, 1976) is an American actor. He rose to fame during the late 1990s and early 2000s, after starring in several Hollywood films aimed at teenage audiences, I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and its sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), as well as She’s All That (1999), Summer Catch (2001) and Scooby-Doo (2002). Prinze has also made appearances in television sitcoms, including Friends. He is a former member of World Wrestling Entertainment’s creative team as the SmackDown brand writer.
Trivia:
Named one of “People” magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People [2000]
Graduated from La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, NM in 1994
Son of Freddie Prinze and Katherine Elaine Cochrane-Prinze (Kathy Prinze)
Enjoys martial arts.
Enjoys swimming, and recently took up tap dancing
Bought a $3 million, 5-bedroom, 4000 square foot house in the San Fernando Valley. [September 2000]
On People’s (USA) ‘Best-Dressed’ list. [September 2000]
Auditioned for the role of Stu in Scream (1996/I).
Collects comic books.
Publicly announced that he and Sarah Michelle Gellar are engaged. [April 17, 2001]
Put his Toluca Lake house (bought September 2000) on the market, as he has moved into a new house with fiancee Sarah Michelle Gellar. [February 2002]
As of 2004, has worked (co-starred) with actor Matthew Lillard 5 times: Wing Commander (1999), Summer Catch (2001), She’s All That (1999), Scooby-Doo (2002), and Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004).
Said the hardest part about filming Scooby-Doo (2002) (aside from being homesick) was that he had to constantly re-dye his jet black hair blonde to match his character, Fred.
Was “Mr. Golden Globe” for 1996.
His father committed suicide when Freddie was 10 months old. He was raised by his mother and grandmother.
He grew up in New Mexico but spent the summers in Puerto Rico with his paternal grandmother.
As a fan of pop culture, he initially turned down Raja Gosnell’s offer to star with real life love Sarah Michelle Gellar in Scooby-Doo (2002) because he felt it would not be respecting the original series, but Sarah talked him into it.
Shares a birthday with James Van Der Beek and Camryn Manheim.
His godfather is martial arts legend Robert Wall.
First met Sarah Michelle Gellar on the movie set of I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997).
Is an only child.
Lindsay Sloane was maid of honor at his wedding to Sarah Michelle Gellar
Was suppose to be in I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006) (V) with Brandy and Jennifer again, but then they changed the script and left them out.
Had to shave his head after filming Scooby-Doo (2002) because the bleach ruined his hair.
Has the same manager as Jared Padalecki.
In March 2006, he ran his first marathon (The Los Angeles Marathon XXI) with a 05:50:49 finishing time using the name “Freddie James”.
On April 9, 2009, Freddie announced that he and Sarah are expecting their first child, due in the fall.
He and wife Sarah Michelle welcomed daughter Charlotte Grace Prinze on Saturday, 19th Sept 2009.
Freddie and Sarah became the parents of a girl, Charlotte Grace Prinze, on September 19, 2009 in Los Angeles.
Freddie is descendant from Puerto Rican and Hungarian from his father’s side and Italian from his mother’s side.