Bradley Pierce Biography

Date of Birth

23 December 1982, Glendale, Arizona, USA

Birth Name

Bradley Michael Pierce

Height

5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini Biography

Bradley Pierce was born and raised in Glendale, Arizona. He moved to southern California to begin acting at age 6 and has since appeared in various projects ranging from commercial and voiceover to television and film. He is known for voicing Chip in Disney's Beauty and the Beast and Tails in the Saturday morning cartoon series Sonic the Hedgehog. Other roles include Peter in Jumanji and a starring role as Pete Lender in The Borrowers with John Goodman. Pierce and appeared with Patty Duke and Melissa Gilbert in the TV film Cries from the Heart/Touch of Truth as an autistic child named Michael.

Bradley has been involved with many charities throughout his life. He received a mayoral commendation from the City of San Diego for his work with "Reading is Fundamental" and worked for several years with the Los Angeles based "Kids With A Cause" helping initially as a youth ambassador, and eventually serving as spokesperson for a year. He has also worked with "The Red Cross" and "Los Angeles Children's Hospital". Bradley works with "the Y" (formerly known as the YMCA) as a counselor and outdoor skills instructor and is still an active cancer research advocate.

Bradley Pierce was married to Shari Holmes from May 6th 2005 until their divorce in 2017. The couple have three children.

Bradley produces short films and new media "Geek" content with the production company "ZFO Entertainment", a company he started with his good friend and fellow actor Joey Zimmerman. They are primarily working as a press/media outlet, in addition to producing their own short film content.

Outside of filmmaking, Bradley is the co-founder of Pierce & Luna, a cocktail community geared towards bartending education and liquor reviews. Along with his partner, Bella Luna, Pierce has begun providing bartending services and consultations for elite parties. Pierce and Luna also develop custom specialty cocktails for events, festivals, and new venues.

Trivia

His first child, son Gavin Michael Pierce, was born September 30, 2005.

Although he played the eight-year-old screen brother to Kirsten Dunst's twelve-year-old character in Jumanji (1995), in reality he is only six months younger than Kirsten.

Bradley's second child, son Dorian James, was born on July 14, 2008.

He played Kirsten Dunst's brother in both Jumanji (1995) and The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996).

Third child a daughter, Lorelai, was born on January 20, 2014.

He is friends with Joey Zimmerman.

Quotes

I was diagnosed with depression when I was 16, a few years after I filmed 'Jumanji,' and I've been secretly fighting it for a long time. I have a few close friends who know about it, my wife knows about it, but I really played it close to the vest until Robin [Williams] died actually and then I decided, 'You know what, I'm going to go ahead and try to use his death and the tragedy that it was to open up to people and put it out there,' and so I did.