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Grant Gelt is an American actor born in 1980 in Los Angeles. He has appeared in movies such as The Sandlot, Avalon, and Northern Exposure, and TV shows such as Eerie, Indiana and Hey Arnold!
- January 1, 1
- 1.83 m
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Actor
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- Tom Guiry as Scott Smalls. Born in October 1981, Tom Guiry made his acting debut as "new kid in town" Scotty Smalls in The Sandlot at age 11. Projected into a career in film after the movie’s success, Guiry went on to star in the 1994 film Lassie and the 1996 film The Last Home Run.
- Mike Vitar as "Benny the Jet" Rodriguez. Making his debut in The Sandlot after being discovered by a casting agent while waiting in line for a carnival ride, Mike Vitar went on to have a five-year acting career.
- Patrick Renna as "Ham" Porter. After stealing scenes in The Sandlot as Ham, Patrick Renna went on to appear in a multitude of work. Most notable were his performances in the 1993 film Son in Law, the 2000 film Very Mean Men and 2003's National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze.
- Chauncey Leopardi as Michael "Squints" Palledorous. Starting out as an actor at age 5, Chauncey Leopardi was no stranger to the industry when he was cast as Squints, the love-obsessed kid with near-sighted vision.
- Tom Guiry as Scotty Smalls
- Mike Vitar as Benjamin "Benny" "The Jet" Franklin Rodriguez
- Patrick Renna as Hamilton "Ham" Porter
- Chauncey Leopardi as Michael "Squints" Palledorous
- Marty York as Alan "Yeah-Yeah" Mcclennan
- Brandon Quintin Adams as Kenny Denunez
- Grant Gelt as Bertram Grover Weeks
- Victor Dimattia as Timmy Timmons
- Shane Obedzinski as Tommy "Repeat" Timmons
Guiry made his big-screen debut as the film's greenest ball player, Scotty Smalls. He's had small roles in TV and film, including Lassie (1994), Black Hawk Down (2001), Mystic River (2003), The Revenant (2015), Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) and Wonder Wheel(2017). Currently residing in Trenton, N.J., he balances work and family and acts when he can...
Vitar played the film's super slugger, Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez, and continued acting for several years. After Sandlot, Vitar appeared in the two Mighty Ducks sequels, D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994) and D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996). His final acting role in a 1997 episode ofChicago Hopeinspired him to become a firefighter in Los Angeles.
Although his wisecracking Ham was Renna's first major movie role, the actor has worked steadily since Sandlot's 1993 premiere, popping up in dozens of films and TV series (CSI, Bones, The Closer). He also celebrated becoming a father in 2018. "I'm a little behind some of these guys [his Sandlot castmates] but I'm an actor. I'm on GLOW, did a couple...
After his scene-stealing role as sneaky pool Lothario Squints, Leopardi continued acting in film and on TV, with recurring roles on Freaks and Geeks and Gilmore Girls. He also reprised his role as an older Squints in the 2007 direct-to-video threequel The Sandlot: Heading Home(he was the only cast member of the original film to appear in it). Since...
York juggles occasional acting gigs (Boy Meets World, Hey Arnold!, The Eric Andre Show) but primarily focuses on his fitness. "I personal train on the side and I still do acting," he told PEOPLE in 2018. "I did an episode of the Golden Globe-nominated show SMILF[in 2017]." In 2021, York appeared in a documentary short about his lifeand spoke about ...
Adams was a prolific child actor well before Sandlot. He appeared in Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, several seasons of A Different World and The Mighty Ducks (1992). After the release of The Sandlot, he appeared in episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Boy Meets World, Moesha and Sister, Sister and also branched out into voice acting for a couple...
After The Sandlot, Gelt made only a few more on-screen appearances in shows like Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Empty Nest and Boy Meets World. Gelt stepped away from acting in the late-'90s and in 2018 he told PEOPLE that he lives and works in Nashville. "I do business development and run a creative agency for a tech company," he shared.
DiMattia worked steadily as a child actor and, after The Sandlot, he booked small roles in dozens of TV shows (Punky Brewster, Designing Women, Married… with Children), including starring in the first season of the CBS series A Peaceable Kingdom. After a lengthy hiatus, he returned to acting in the 2018 independent film Get Married or Die. From 201...
BeforeThe Sandlot, Obedzinski appeared in the movies My Girl (1991) and Matinee(1993) but transitioned away from acting shortly after the release of the movie. In 2018, he told PEOPLE that he lives and works in Florida. "I own a restaurant in Tampa, Florida, [Times Square Pizza Company,] and am trying to do [acting] stuff on the side while I can," ...
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- Tom Guiry (Scotty Smalls) Tom Guiry made his big-screen debut in The Sandlot as Scotty Smalls, the new kid in town. The child star followed up the gig with turns in Lassie (1994), All I Wanna Do (1998), Black Hawk Down (2001), Mystic River (2003), and The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012).
- Mike Vitar (Benjamin "Benny" Franklin Rodriguez) After appearing in indie films and an episode of Brooklyn Bridge, Mike Vitar was Sandlot's all-star as Benny "the Jet" Rodriguez.
- Patrick Renna (Hamilton "Ham" Porter) A '90s staple, Patrick Renna earned his first big-screen credit for The Sandlot as Hamilton "Ham" Porter and rounded out the decade with appearances in Son in Law (1993), The Big Green (1995), P.U.N.K.S.
- Chauncey Leopardi (Michael "Squints" Palledorous) The Sandlot found its Michael "Squints" Palledorous in Chauncey Leopardi. The young actor came into the role after appearing in Father of the Bride (1991) and episodes of L.A.
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- Tom Guiry, AKA Scotty Smalls. FanPop/Getty Images. Scotty “You’re Killing Me” Smalls himself has been consistently busy since his 1993 debut. He had roles in Mystic River and Black Hawk Down, then scored a lead part in NBC’s The Black Donnellys in 2007.
- Mike Vitar, AKA Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez. Ology/IGN. Like his alter ego Benny “the Jet” Rodriguez, Mike Vitar went on to have one of those careers that little boys everywhere dream of having when they grow up.
- Patrick Renna, AKA “Ham” Porter. AMC/Getty Images Patrick. Renna has been acting, most recently, it would appear, in a 2011 short for Funny or Die. You definitely saw him in several other kid-friendly movies in the '90s, though, including Son-in-Law and The Big Green.
- Chauncey Leopardi, AKA Squints. Celebuzz. After a five-year hiatus from the movie business, the bespectacled Sandlotter is now appearing a movie called Coldwater that was just screened at SXSW.
May 26, 2023 · Grant gelt is not a term or a person related to The Sandlot, a 1993 baseball comedy film. The web page provides a cast and character guide for the movie, with photos and updates on their careers.
Aug 23, 2023 · “There is a real sense of magic with ‘The Sandlot,’” said Grant Gelt, who played Bertram Grover Weeks, the tall rebel of a second baseman with an affinity for chewing tobacco and ...
