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William Samuel Horneff (born June 12, 1979) is an American former child actor and martial artist who won two Young Artist Awards from three nominations. After leaving his career as an actor, Horneff opened Training Grounds Jiu-Jitsu & MMA, where he teaches Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Wil Horneff. Actor: The Sandlot. Wil Horneff was born on June 12, 1979, in Englewood, New Jersey. He grew up in Saddle River, and has two sisters named Samantha and Vanessa Horneff (who is also an actress) and a brother named John.
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Mini Bio. Wil Horneff was born on June 12, 1979, in Englewood, New Jersey. He grew up in Saddle River, and has two sisters named Samantha and Vanessa Horneff (who is also an actress) and a brother named John. After finishing high school at Bergen Catholic in Oradell, he attended both UPenn and Columbia University in New York City where he ...
- June 12, 1979
- Bad at Baseball
- Elusive James Earl Jones
- Trading Insults with Ham Porter
- Now A Jiu Jitsu Expert
That wasn't the only challenge: Horneff was not a natural ballplayer. "I was so bad at throwing the ball and getting it into the glove," said Horneff. "They had someone else take the place and moved me to the shortstop position. I remember thinking 'hopefully my acting does better than my baseball throwing.'" While the primary cast was on set for a...
Before Horneff left the set as a kid, he had the entire cast sign a baseball, a memory that is dear to his heart. One signature was missing, however: that of James Earl Jones, whom Horneff never had a scene with. Horneff finally got the opportunity to meet with Jones last year, when Jones was performing on Broadway. Horneff got the signature that e...
The scene in the film that Horneff is most known for is his faceoff with the character Ham Porter. They trade insults until Porter drops the bomb: “You play ball like a giiirrrrrrrrl!” More than two decades later, the phrase hasn’t aged well. Always, a company that sells feminine hygiene products, even launched a #LikeAGirl campaign to instill conf...
"I lived off my savings when I was auditioning and I would spend free time doing Brazilian jiu jitsu as a hobby," said Horneff. "I loved it. I was immediately captivated by it and wanted to get black belt in it." It took about eight years for Horneff to reach this goal, spending four days a week training. Four years after he stopped acting, he open...
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Gender. Male. Occupation. Actor. Birth Details. June 12, 1979. Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Famous Works. CREDITS. Film Appearances. Phillips, The Sandlot (also known as The Sandlot Kids ), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993. Josh Munroe, Ghost in the Machine (also known as Deadly Terror ), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993.
The Roost is a 2005 American horror film written and directed by Ti West. It stars Tom Noonan, Karl Jacob, Wil Horneff and Vanessa Horneff. The Roost had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 12, 2005, and was released on DVD in the United States on October 3, 2006, by Showtime and Paramount Home Entertainment . Plot.
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