Adam Augustus Wylie (born May 23, 1984) is an American actor, magician and a former Crayola spokesman. He played Zack Brock, the youngest son of Doctor and Sheriff Brock's children, on Picket Fences from 1992 to 1996. Wylie is also a voice actor; his voice roles include Brainiac 5 in Legion of Super Heroes (2006–2008), Pierce Wheels in the Ben 10 franchise (2008–2011), and Peter Pan in Jake and the Never Land Pirates (2012–2015).
Early life Adam Augustus Wylie was born on May 23, 1984, in San Dimas, California, the son of Karen and Leonard Wylie.Adam Wylie Biography (1984–) filmreference.com He is one of five children, including brothers Eric, Ben, Aaron, and sister, Tai. He started his acting career at the age of four in a candy commercial. He attended Upland Christian Schools in Upland, California and Condit Elementary in Claremont, California.
Career
Voice-over work By the age of nine, Wylie was busy with voice-over work, including the voice of young Prince Derek in The Swan Princess (1994), and David in All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996). He then lent his voice to many animated series, including Dennis the Menace as the title character (1993–94), Hey Arnold! as Curly (1996–2002), Crayola Kids Adventures, Napoleon as the title character (1997), The King and I (1999) as Louis Leonowens, and Walt Disney Television Animation's pilot Kitty's Dish (as Josh). Wylie's voice credits also include Batman Beyond, Pepper Ann as Crash, As Told By Ginger as Ian Richton, Midnight Club II, Jimmy Olsen in the 2007 direct-to-DVD film, Superman: Doomsday, the roles of Fred Nerk, Nigel Thrall and Bananas B on American Dragon: Jake Long, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ben 10, and the character Justin in The Easter StoryKeepers.
He also starred as Mike Fowler in Focus on the Family's The Last Chance Detectives audio cases (2004).
Wylie also starred as the voice of Brainiac 5 and Colossal Boy in the animated series Legion of Super Heroes and the voice of Ulraj in The Secret Saturdays.
Wylie voiced the lead role in Sir Malcolm and the Missing Prince, the first series in Lamplighter Publishing's new radio drama Lamplighter Theatre. This radio drama is a two-hour production.
He also voices Ryan Cummings in the popular Christian audio drama series Adventures in Odyssey.
From 2012 to 2013, Wylie voiced Tritannus, the main antagonist in the fifth season of Winx Club.
Television and film work In 1993, Wylie voiced Timmy and Chris in the Christmas film Precious Moments: Timmy's Special Delivery. In 1994, he did one of the characters on the Easter film Precious Moments: Simon the Lamb. Wylie first became widely known as Zack Brock, the youngest of Sheriff Brock's three children in the television series Picket Fences from 1992 to 1996. This was followed by appearances in many other television programs, including as a series regular in Love and Marriage as Max, Ed as David Mirsky (2001), and Gilmore Girls as Brad Langford (2001–2003), he played Garfield in The Biggest Fan (2002) and as a guest star in 7th Heaven as Marvin, Sliders as Trevor, Touched by an Angel as Andy Erskine, Judging Amy as Nicholas Binkow, MTV Undressed as Owen, Entourage, Living Single, Monk, CSI: Miami, and Veronica Mars.
Wylie was cast as Garfield (Debbie Warden's older brother) in the Dream Street film The Biggest Fan.
Wylie also appeared in the television films Under Wraps as Gilbert, Out on a Limb, Balloon Farm as Charles, and Michael Landon, the Father I Knew as the best friend to the television star's teenage son.
Wylie's first motion picture appearance was in Child's Play 2 (1990), which was followed by roles in films including Kindergarten Cop as Larry (1990), Santa With Muscles (1996), Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror as Ezekial (1998), Breaking Free as Billy (1995), Cutaway as Cal (2000), Can of Worms as Nick (1999), Flying Virus as Adam (2001), Daybreak as Newton Warner (2001), Rebound (2005), and American Pie Presents: Band Camp as Guy (2005). He also starred in several Crayola Kids' Club-produced films.
Wylie played Mikey in the 2009 skateboarding film Street Dreams.
In 2009, Wylie was seen performing card tricks and coin tricks on the syndicated magic show Masters of Illusion.
In 2010 he had a small part as a cop opposite Kelly Monaco's character Sam McCall on General Hospital.
Also in 2012, Wylie guest starred as Andy the Android on Disney Channel's Shake It Up: Made in Japan.
Musical theatre In 2002, Wylie appeared as Jack in Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning revival of Into the Woods on Broadway."Adam Wylie Broadway" playbillvault.com, accessed February 21, 2016 His role in Into the Woods was meta-referenced on Gilmore Girls as being done by his character in that series, Brad Langford.
He has also appeared frequently in regional theatre, including in Camelot as Merlyn-Tom-Morgan at the North Shore Music Theatre (Massachusetts) in 2005,Gans, Andrew. "Nudity Warning — Not the Nudity — Removed from North Shore's 'Camelot'" playbill.com, September 9, 2005 Big River as Huck Finn, 110 in the Shade as Jimmy Curry in 2004 at the Pasadena Playhouse (California),Kendt, Rob. "Sunny, chance of rain" Los Angeles Times, June 28, 2004 On the Town as Chip in 2003 at the Gateway Playhouse, Bellport, New York,Klein, Alvin. "Review. Those Three Sailors, Lost on Shore Again" The New York Times, August 10, 2003 Footloose as Willard, Precious Sons as Freddie Jr., House Arrest as Todd, and Beauty and the Beast, as Chip. He also played Leo Bloom in a regional production of The Producers at Gateway Playhouse.
February 21, 2007, marked Wylie's debut in the musical Wicked at the Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles. He starred as Boq opposite such stars as Eden Espinosa, Jenna Leigh Green, Megan Hilty, and Carol Kane. He played his final performance on December 30, 2007, along with Espinosa and Kane, and was replaced by understudy Michael Drolet.
Personal life On June 24, 2017, Wylie married Sophie Ullett. He currently resides in Valley Village, Los Angeles, California.
On October 20, 2023, Wylie was arrested on charges of petty theft after allegedly shoplifting from a Target store in Burbank, California, taking $108.05 worth of products. He was given a citation and subsequently released.
Honors and awards Wylie won Young Artist Awards for Picket Fences, and Dennis the Menace, and Hollywood Reporter YoungStar Awards for Picket Fences twice. He has been nominated for Young Artist Awards for Under Wraps and All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, and YoungStar Awards for Balloon Farm and Michael Landon, The Father I Knew.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1990 Child's Play 2 Sammy Kindergarten Cop Larry 1991 The Doctor Joey 1992 Out on a Limb Bob 1993 Reckless Kelly Pop Corn Boy 1994 Pom Poko Voice, English dub The Swan Princess Young Prince Derek Voice A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Voiceover – TV or Movie 1995 Napoleon Napoleon Voice, American dub Breaking Free Billy Rankin 1996 All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 David Voice Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Voiceover – Young Artist Santa with Muscles Taylor 1997 Crayola Kids Adventures: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Captain Nemo 1997 The Ugly Duckling Young Ugly Voice 1998 Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror Ezeekial Direct-to-video Sandman Easter Bunny 1999 The King and I Louis Leonowens Voice Nominated – YoungStar Award for Best Performance in a Voice Over Talent2000CutawayCalTelevision film Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel Duane Striker Day Break Newton Warner 2001 Flying Virus Adam 2002 The Biggest Fan Garfield 2004 Wild Roomies Mr. Asher 2005 American Pie Presents: Band Camp Trading Card Bandy Direct-to-video 2006 Bratz: Genie Magic Bryce Voice 2007 Superman: Doomsday Jimmy Olsen Voice, direct-to-video 2008 Return to Sleepaway Camp Weed Direct-to-video 2009 Porky's Pimpin' Pee Wee Pee Wee Street Dreams Mikey Robbins 2011 1320 Little Jim 2013 Dark Powers Neil Roberts The Smurfs 2 Panicky Smurf Voice 'Til Morning Mr. Smee 2019 The Addams Family ADR Looper2020The Big UglyAdditional voicesVoice 2021 The Mitchells vs. the Machines Additional voicesVoice
Television Year Title Role Notes 1990 Empty Nest Boy Episode: "Everything But Love" 1991 Who's the Boss? Child Episode: "Tony and the Princess" Home Improvement Jimmy Wagner Episode: "Wild Kingdom" Seinfeld The Kid Episode: "The Parking Garage" 1992 The Torkelsons Young Kirby Episode: "Say Uncle" 1993 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Charlie Sims Episode: "Pirates!" Won Young Artist Award for Best Youth Actor Guest Starring in a Television Show All-New Dennis the Menace Dennis Mitchell Voice, main role Won Young Artist Award for Best Youth Actor in a Voiceover Role – TV or Movie Timmy's Special Delivery: A Precious Moments Christmas Timmy, Chris Television special 1995 The Crew Episode: "Bar Mitzvah Boy" 1996 Boy Meets World Robert Episode: "New Friends and Old" Weird Science Trevor Episode: "Grumpy Old Genie" Phantom 2040 Hamid Episode: "The Second Time Around" Murder, She Wrote Boy Episode: "Southern Double-Cross" 1992–1996 Picket Fences Zachary Brock Main role, 87 episodes Won:Young Artist Award for Best Youth Actor Recurring or Regular in a TV Series YoungStar Award for Best Young Actor in a Drama TV Series
Nominated:
Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Youth Actor in a Drama Series
Young Artist Award for Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Television Series (shared with Holly Marie Combs and Justin Shenkarow)
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with Kathy Baker, Don Cheadle, Holly Marie Combs, Kelly Connell, Robert O. Cornthwaite, Fyvush Finkel, Lauren Holly, Costas Mandylor, Justin Shenkarow, Tom Skerritt, Leigh Taylor-Young and Ray Walston)