Kyle Joseph Kaplan (born 16 July 1990) is an American

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Life and career

At the age of 13, Kaplan toured with Jim Henson's Bear and the Big Blue House Live! across the U.S. and

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for ten months. He also performed at the Los Angeles Stage Ovation Awards in 2004. He is a member of a comedy improvisation troupe in Los Angeles. Early in his career, he was the subject of a German filmmaker's documentary called "Hollywood Kids". He has appeared in several national commercials, including Wendy's restaurants,

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, Cingular Wireless, Simon Malls,

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, and most recently,

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. He can be seen in a recurring role as Chad the Chomper in Disney's ''

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''. In 2006, he also appeared in ''

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'', '' CSI: Miami'', and ''

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''. Kaplan recurred on the

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sitcom '' The War at Home'', and made guest appearances on the Fox sitcom '' The Winner'', ''

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'' for the FX network. He appeared in the Owen Wilson comedy ''

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'', and was cast in a leading role in '' Just Peck'', a feature film which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009, in which he plays the best friend of the title character, played by

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. Kaplan appears as Michael in the

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sitcom ''

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'', based loosely on the 1999 film of the same name, which premiered July 7, 2009.

Music career

Since 2013, Kaplan has been a part of the music duo Phantoms alongside Vinnie Pergola. Their eponymous debut album was released in March 2017.

Filmography

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'' (2011) (TV series) as voice of Horace *''

'' (2009) (TV series) as Michael Bernstein (2009, 8 episodes) *'' Just Peck'' (2009) as Geiger *'' The Oaks'' (TV series) as Brian (2008, 1 episode) *''

'' (2008) as Teen Blogger *''

'' (TV series) as Jared (2008, 1 episode) *'' The Final Season'' (2007) ADR *'' The War at Home'' (TV series) as Monte (2006–2007, 3 episodes) *'' The Winner'' (TV series) as Murray (2007, 1 episode) *''Tim Stack's Family Vacation'' (TV series) as Kyle (2006, 1 episode) *''You've Reached the Elliott's'' (TV series) as Brendan (2006, 1 episode) *''

'' (TV series) as Chad the Chomper (2006, 2 episodes) *''

'' (TV series) as Andrew (2006, 1 episode) *'' CSI: Miami'' (TV series) as young Brett Flanders (2006, 1 episode) *''

'' (TV series) as David (2006, 1 episode) *''Grand Union'' (TV series) as Wayne (2005, 1 episode)

References

External links

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