Daryl Christopher Sabara (born June 14, 1992) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Juni Cortez in the Spy Kids film series, and for a variety of television and film appearances, first as a child actor and continuing into adult roles, including voice roles.
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Early life
Sabara was born on June 14, 1992 to a Jewish family of Russian descent in Torrance, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. His father, who died in 2026, left the family when he was a year old and he was raised by a single mother. His family would attend Chabad events and had his bar mitzvah at a Chabad house. He graduated from West Torrance High School in 2010. His twin sister, Eve Sabara, is also an actor. Sabara began performing with the regional ballet company, South Bay Ballet.
Career
Sabara began acting during the mid-1990s, appearing on episodes of Murphy Brown, Life's Work, Friends, and Will and Grace, before being cast as Juni Cortez in the Spy Kids series of family films, which became popular among pre-teen audiences.
Sabara has appeared in episodes of the television series such as Weeds, House, Dr. Vegas, and was one of the judges on America's Most Talented Kid. Sabara voiced the main character, Hero Boy, in the 2004 animated version of The Polar Express. He then played a young Jewish boy trying to have a nice bar mitzvah in Keeping Up with the Steins, which received a limited release on May 12, 2006. He also guest starred in the Criminal Minds episode, "P911" where he played a sexually molested child. He also provided the voices for the titular character in Generator Rex and Hunter in Father of the Pride.
