Erik Per Sullivan

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Biography

After appearing as an extra ate age five in the sci-fi blockbuster "Armageddon" (1998), Sullivan won an open audition for a speaking role in the Academy Award-winning drama "Cider House Rules" (1999). His touching death scene, opposite film legend Michael Caine, ensured that there was not a dry eye in the theater. It was, however, his role as the oddball youngest brother on the rambunctious family comedy "Malcolm in the Middle" that would earn …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

July 12, 1991

Career Milestones

2010

Joined the ensemble cast, including Chace Crawford and Ellen Barkin, in the drama thriller "Twelve"

2004

Cast in the holiday comedy "Christmas with the Kranks"

2002

Had featured role in "Unfaithful"

2001

Cast as the youthful incarnation of the title character in "Joe Dirt"

2001

Played the son of a embattled couple in "Wendingo"; screened at Sundance

2000

Had a guest role on the psychiatric hospital-set "Wonderland" as the son of Dr. Robert Banger (Ted Levine), a forensic specialist in a custody battle

2000

Was a regular on the acclaimed Fox sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle", playing Dewey, the titular character's strange younger brother

1999

Had a supporting role in "The Cider House Rules" as sickly orphan Fuzzy

Raised in Milford, Massachusetts