Mowry, Tahj 1987–

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MOWRY, Tahj 1987

(Tahj D. Mowry)

PERSONAL

Full name, Tahj Dayton Mowry; born May 17, 1987, in Honolulu, HI; son of Timothy (a police officer) and Darlene (a personal manager; maiden name, Flowers) Mowry; brother of twins Tamera Mowry (an actress) and Tia Mowry (an actress). Education: Attended high school in Westlake Village, CA. Religion: Christian. Avocational Interests: Playing football.

Addresses: Agent Karen Forman, Metropolitan Talent Agency, 4526 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010.

Career: Actor and voice performer. Appeared in commercials; appeared in Express Yourself, a series of public service announcements, 2001.

Awards, Honors: Young Artist Award nomination, exceptional performance by a young actor under ten, 1992, for Full House; Young Artist Award nomination, best performance in a television comedy series by a leading young performer, 1998, YoungStar Award nomination, Hollywood Reporter, best performance by a young actor in a comedy television series, 1998, and Image Award nominations, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), outstanding youth actor or actress, 1999 and 2000, all for Smart Guy; Young Artist Award nomination, best performance in a comedy television movie by a supporting young actor, 2001, for Seventeen Again.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Teddy, Full House, ABC, 19911995.

T. J. Henderson, Smart Guy, The WB, 19971999.

Voice of Wade the webmaster, Kim Possible (animated; also known as Disney's Kim Possible ), The Disney Channel, 2002.

Appeared as T. J. Malone in Family of Five.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Willie Donovan, Seventeen Again, Showtime, 2000.

Eddie Ballard, The Poof Point, The Disney Channel, 2001.

Jay Martin, Hounded, The Disney Channel, 2001.

Himself, Circle of Life, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Presenter, The Walt Disney Company Presents the Eighth American Teacher Awards, The Disney Channel, 1998.

Disney's Animal Kingdom: The First Adventure, ABC, 1998.

Voice of Wade the webmaster, Kim Possible: A Stitch in Time (animated), The Disney Channel, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Greg, "Who's Minding the Kid?," Who's the Boss?, ABC, 1990.

Santa's visitor, "Away in a Manger," Baby Talk, ABC, 1991.

Shavon, "The Dream Team," Out All Night, NBC, 1992.

Cousin Tahj, "Get a Job," Sister, Sister, ABC, 1994.

Voices of young Sonic the hedgehog and others, "Blast to the Past: Parts 1 & 2," Sonic the Hedgehog (animated), ABC, 1994.

Sammy, "Christmas," Sister, Sister, ABC, 1995.

(As Tahj D. Mowry) Corin, "Innocence," Star Trek: Voyager (also known as Voyager ), UPN, 1996.

Kenny, "A Christmas Story," Minor Adjustments, UPN, 1996.

Kid, "The One after the Superbowl," Friends, NBC, 1996.

T. J. Henderson, "Child's Play," Sister, Sister, The WB, 1997.

Himself, "Because I Said So," The Weird Al Show, CBS, 1997.

Appeared in an episode of Jesse, NBC; voice of Nefu, "Rafiki's Apprentice," Rafiki's Fables; also voice for WhataMess (animated), ABC. Some episodes of the animated series Kim Possible were broadcast in The Crazy Cartoon Caper III: Perfect Experiment.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Kid clown, Disney SingAlongSongs: Let's Go to the Circus, Buena Vista Home Video, 1994.

Voice of Ollie, We Wish You a Merry Christmas (animated), 1999.

Voice of Wade the webmaster, Kim Possible: The Secret Files (animated), 2003.

Dancer in music videos by Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, and Prince.

Albums:

Contributor to albums, including School's Out, by Raven Symone.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Jet, March 1, 1999.

People Weekly, December 8, 1997, p. 108.

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