Erik von Detten

Erik Thomas von Detten (born October 3, 1982) is an American actor. He has appeared in the films The Princess Diaries (2001), American Girl (2002) and National Lampoon's Barely Legal (2003), which was released on DVD in early 2006. Von Detten was born in San Diego, California. His mother, Susan Von Detten (née Farber), is an American photographer, and his father, Volker von Detten, is an immigrant from Munich, Germany. He has three sisters, Dolly, Britta, and Andrea, and a brother, Timothy. As of 2003, he had a Dalmatian named Miles. One of Von Detten's earliest roles was Nicholas Alamain on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1992 until 1993. Nicholas was revealed to be the secret son of Lawrence Alamain and Carly Manning, two of the show's major characters. As a result Von Detten was heavily involved in some of the show's main storylines, despite only being 10 years old at the time. Perhaps the most notable storyline during Von Detten's time on the soap was Nicholas'... full article at wikipedia