Danny Tamberelli

Biography

Danny Tamberelli is an American actor and musician whose first performance came in a Huggies commercial. At age four he took his first regular television role, playing Sean Novak on the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope. He went on to appear as Jackie Rodowsky in The Baby-Sitters Club, then won wider recognition as Little Pete Wrigley in the Nickelodeon show The Adventures of Pete & Pete, which grew from 60-second shorts in 1989 into a half-hour sitcom in 1993. He lent his voice to Arnold in The Magic School Bus and acted in Igby Goes Down and in The Mighty Ducks (1992). He was a cast member on the Nickelodeon sketch series All That between 1997 and 2000 and also appeared on Figure It Out between 1997 and 1999. Later he did voice and motion capture work for Jimmy De Santa in Grand Theft Auto V, a 2013 video game. He plays bass and sings in the rock band Jounce.

44years old

Turns 45 on February 8in 89 days

Born February 8, 1982Wyckoff
Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Also credited as Daniel Joseph Tamberelli

Movie Career

Films: 4
Career span: 32 years1992 to 2024

Every film, newest first

2024I Saw the TV GlowIMDb rating 5.8
2018The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon StoryIMDb rating 7.5
1993The Adventures of Huck FinnIMDb rating 6.2
1992The Mighty DucksIMDb rating 6.6

Genres

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Getting ready for a role
Cast as Little Pete Wrigley on The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Tamberelli was 11 when he met Iggy Pop on the show. Pop taught him the Stooges song "T.V. Eye" on bass during breaks.
Beyond film
Tamberelli sings and plays bass in Jounce, a rock band that came together in Northern New Jersey. The group started as a jazz funk quartet in the early 2000s, then its sound became post-punk.
Behind the camera
In 2013, Tamberelli began a podcast with Michael C. Maronna, who had co-starred with him on The Adventures of Pete and Pete. Tamberelli also helped found the sketch comedy group Manboobs with Jeremy Balon.