Eli Marienthal was born on March 6, 1986, in Santa Monica, California, Though he has spent most of his career in Bay Area theatres, where he has performed in "Missing Persons," "The Cryptogram," "Hecuba," "A Midsummer night's Dream," "Every 17 minutes the crowd goes crazy," and "The life of Galileo." Eli Marienthal was recently in the comedy "American pie 2 as Stifler's little brother  and also "American pie." he was also seen in the feature films "The Iron Giant," "Jack Frost" (starring Micheal Keaton and Kelly Preston) and Slums of Beverly Hills (starring Alan Arkin and Marisa Tomei). The young actor is a native to the Bay area of California, where he studied at the East Bay-French American school (Ecoile Bilingue) and at the prestigious American Consevatory Theaters young Conservatory. His parents names are Joe and Lola, and currently lives with his mother in Berkeley, though during the 3rd and 4th grades he spent time with his father in Paris, he graduated from the private East Bay French-American School, where all the students learn to speak fluent French and attend classes in two languages. Marienthal made his film debut in the independent feature "First Love, Last Rites" and his telefilm "Unlikely Angels" oppsite Dolly Parton. He also starred in his own television series "Tucker," its "a family comedy as seen through the eyes of a hopeful 14-year-old boy dealing with divorce, growing up and falling in love for the first time." He also has a new movie coming out July 26th called "The Country Bears," He plays Dex Barrington, the older brother to beary. so don't forget to check out his new movie in theaters now!