Christopher Daniel Barnes (born November 7, 1972) is an American actor, writer, and former child model. He is best known for his voice role as the titular character in the 1990s animated series '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' (1994–1998), as well as Prince Eric in

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'' (1989). On-screen, he has portrayed Greg Brady in the films '' The Brady Bunch Movie'' (1995) and '' A Very Brady Sequel'' (1996). He starred in 22 episodes of the science fiction series '' Starman'' (1986–1987), as the 14-year-old son of the title character played by

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and had a starring role in the 1988–1989

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'' Day by Day'' as Ross Harper. From 1998–2000, he played Leonard on the

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sitcom '' Malcolm & Eddie''.

Early life

Barnes was born on November 7, 1972, in

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; the youngest of three children. He has a sister, Lisa, who is older by three years; and a brother, Steve, who is older by two years.

Career

Live-action roles

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Barnes originally began his career as a child model, he would later began pursuing his acting career in 1981 at 8 years old. In the 1986–1987 series '' Starman'', he played the teenage boy Scott, the son of the Starman. He starred in the NBC sitcom '' Day by Day'' for two seasons. In one episode's dream sequence which included many guest stars from ''

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'', he played a fourth Brady son, "Chuck Brady". He later played Greg Brady in the Brady Bunch films. He starred as Leonard Rickets in the sitcom '' Malcolm & Eddie''. He appeared in ''

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''; '' Clueless''; '' Wings''; ''

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''; '' JAG''; '' American Dreamer''; ''

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''; ''

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''; '' Herman's Head''; '' Time Trax''; '' 7th Heaven''; ''

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''; '' Girlfriends''; ''

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'' and '' ABC Weekend Specials''.

Disney work

At age 16 in 1989, Barnes voiced Prince Eric in ''

'' and reprised the role in 2006 for ''

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''. He was unable to return for the sequel '' The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'' in 2000 and was replaced by

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'' sequels '' Cinderella II: Dreams Come True'' and '' Cinderella III: A Twist in Time''. He reprised the role of Prince Eric 16 years later for '' Disney Dreamlight Valley.''

As Spider-Man

As a voice actor, Barnes is best known for his main role in the 1994–1998 ''

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'' series. He later provided the voice of Spider-Man Noir in the 2010 video game '' Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions'',

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in the 2011 video game '' Spider-Man: Edge of Time'', Electro, Spyder-Knight and

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in the 2012 animated series ''

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'', and also voiced two special costumes, Symbiote Spider-Man and Superior Spider-Man 2.0, in the 2013 video game '' Marvel Heroes''. He reprised his role of Electro and voiced

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in the mobile game '' Spider-Man Unlimited''. He again portrayed Electro in the 2019 video game '' Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order''

Other work

He has done voices for other animated series including several characters in '' Captain Planet and the Planeteers'', Tagert McStone in '' Jackie Chan Adventures', and Speckles in '' Speckles: The Tarbosaurus''. He has done voice acting in video games, including Scott Donovan in the ''

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'' titles '' Law & Order: Dead on the Money'' and '' Law & Order: Double or Nothing''.

Short stories

Barnes is a writer of short stories which he shares freely on his website at christopherdanielbarnes.com.

Personal life

Barnes earned his BA in 2004 and his MA in 2009 and enjoys reading, writing short stories, playing the guitar, and practicing

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, Christopher Daniel 1972 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors American male child actors American male video game actors Male actors from Portland, Maine 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors