Justin Whalin

Justin Garrett Whalin (born September 6, 1974) is an American drama teacher, administrator, and former actor. He portrayed the teenage Andy Barclay in Child's Play 3, Ridley Freeborn in Dungeons & Dragons, and Jimmy Olsen in the American television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.

Early life Whalin was born in the Sunset District of San Francisco, California. His mother, Terry Villanueva, is a teacher and school administrator who owns and operates two L.A. area schools: The Learning Castle and La Cañada Preparatory. His father, Craig Whalin, is a real estate appraiser. His parents divorced when he was seven years old and both remarried. He has a younger half-brother and an older stepbrother and stepsister.

He studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in San Francisco, and attended Lowell High School. After years of commuting between Los Angeles and San Francisco, he and his mother relocated to L.A. permanently when he was fifteen years old. He completed his high school education through U.C. Berkeley's homeschooling program.

Career Whalin worked as an actor from the age of eleven, when he appeared in a production of the play The Little Prince at San Francisco's Victoria Theatre. His first TV role was on General Hospital, after he caught the attention of a casting director who was giving an acting class. He enjoyed the role, though he said it often seemed limited to delivering exposition; a reoccurring motif of the series was that Lois and/or Clark would ask Jimmy to research a suspicious person or organization, and in a later scene Jimmy would rattle off the requested names, dates, addresses, and backstory. When Whalin was first cast, the producers had planned a Jimmy Olsen-centric episode in which Jimmy heads to South America to look for his long-lost father, teacher and administrator at The Learning Castle and La Cañada Preparatory, his mother's exclusive schools in the Los Angeles area.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1988 The Dead Pool Jason 1990 Denial Jason 1991 Child's Play 3 Andy Barclay 1993 Murder of Innocence Phil Andrew 1994 Serial Mom Scotty Barnhill 1995 White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild Jeff 1996 Susie Q Zach Sands 1996 Jimmy Zip Billy Short 1997 Academy Boyz Jeffrey Wagner 2000 For the Cause Sutherland 2000 Dungeons & Dragons Ridley Freeborn 2003 Roulette Bobby Short 2003 Slammed Jeff 2005 Blood of Beasts Eric 2006 National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2 Foosball Direct-to-video 2009 Super Capers Ed Gruberman 2009 The House That Jack Built Father Joe 2009 Off the Ledge Hopper Jackson

Television Year Title Role Notes 1988–1989 General Hospital A.J. Quartermaine 1988 CBS Summer Playhouse Johnny Episode: "Silent Whisper" 1989 One of the Boys Nick Lukowski 6 episodes 1989 Charles in Charge Anthony 6 episodes 1989 Mr. Belvedere Eric Episode: "Big" 1989–1990 The Wonder Years Henchman / Mark Kovinsky Episode: "Fate"Episode: "The Cost of Living" 1990–1991 Blossom William Zimmerman / Jordan Taylor / Jimmy Episode: "Pilot"Episode: "The Geek"Episode: "Second Base" 1991 Santa Barbara 1991 Perfect Harmony Taylor Bradshaw TV movie 1992 The Young Riders Adrian Dawkins Episode: "The Sacrifice" 1993 The Fire Next Time Paul Morgan 2 episodes 1993 CBS Schoolbreak Special Chaz Havelik / Will Jurgenson Episode: "Crosses on the Lawn"Episode: "Other Mothers" 1993 It Had to Be You David Quinn 6 episodes 1994–1997 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Jimmy Olsen 65 episodes 1998 The Wonderful World of Disney Henrik Koster Episode "Miracle at Midnight"

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