Erik Per Sullivan

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Erik Per Sullivan (born July 12, 1991) is an American former actor. He is best known for his role as Dewey on the Fox series Malcolm in the Middle.

Early life

Sullivan was born on July 12, 1991, in Worcester, Massachusetts, the only child of his mother, Ann, born in Sweden and naturalized as an American citizen in 2007, and Fred Sullivan, of Irish descent,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> who owned a Mexican eatery called The Alamo.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He speaks a little Swedish<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and his family visits Sweden almost every year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> At a young age, he began studying piano and the saxophone.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He has a first dan black belt in Taekwondo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Sullivan studied at the Mount Saint Charles Academy, in Rhode Island, and Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Beginning in 2009, he attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.<ref name=":0" />

Career

From January 9, 2000, to May 14, 2006, Sullivan appeared in the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle as Malcolm's younger brother Dewey. In 2005, along with Malcolm co-star Jane Kaczmarek, he wrote the afterword to the children's book Together, which is about farming and was inspired by the nonprofit organization Heifer International.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Sullivan had a starring role in the 2004 movie Christmas with the Kranks and has played a variety of characters in film and on television, including the title role in the independent film Mo (2007), as well as voicing Sheldon the Seahorse in both the animated film Finding Nemo and its video game tie-in.

Sullivan's last acting credit was an appearance in the 2010 film Twelve when he was 18 years old. He has since kept a low profile, and has been absent from several Malcolm in the Middle cast reunions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Sullivan also will not return for the show's revival in 2025, with Caleb Ellsworth-Clark taking over the role of Dewey.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Kaczmarek said in 2025 that Sullivan was studying Victorian literature.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In a 2025 interview, Bryan Cranston stated that Sullivan was pursuing a master's degree at Harvard University.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Despite his lack of involvement, he has reportedly remained supportive of his former castmates and the show's legacy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Armageddon	Kid with Rocket Ship	Uncredited
1999	The Cider House Rules	Fuzzy
2000	Wonderland	Tucker Banger	Episode: "Pilot"
2000–2006	Malcolm in the Middle	Dewey	151 episodes
2001	Wendigo	Miles
	Joe Dirt	Little Joe Dirt
2002	Unfaithful	Charlie Sumner
	The King of Queens	Young Arthur	Episode: "Shrink Wrap"
2003	Finding Nemo	Sheldon (voice)
2004	Christmas with the Kranks	Spike Frohmeyer
2006	Come On Over	Young Luis	1 episode, uncredited
	Arthur and the Invisibles	Mino (voice)
2010	Twelve	Timmy

Awards and nominations

Awards

Year	Result	Award	Category	Nominated work
2000	Template:Won	YoungStar Awards	Best Young Ensemble Cast: Television	Malcolm in the Middle
2001	Template:Nom	Young Artist Awards	Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Drama or Comedy)
	Template:Nom	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Young Actor Age Ten or Under
	Template:Nom	Teen Choice Awards	TV: Choice Sidekick
2002	Template:Nom	Young Artist Awards	Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama)
	Template:Nom	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Young Actor Age Ten or Under
	Template:Nom	Teen Choice Awards	TV: Choice Sidekick
2003	Template:Won	Young Artist Awards	Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama)
	Template:Nom	Teen Choice Awards	TV: Choice Sidekick

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