Bobby Edner

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{{short description|American singer-songwriter dancer and actor}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2010}}
{{use mdy dates|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bobby Edner
| image = Bobby Edner Paparazzo cropped.jpg
| caption = Edner leaving [[WEZB|B97]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], following a live appearance with Varsity Fanclub on October 6, 2008
| alt =
| birth_name = Robert Charles Edner
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|5}}<ref>{{cite web | title=Happiest Birthday to my bro!! I wish I could be there to give you a big hug and celebrate you and the amazing person that you are. I love you so much. Thank you for always being there, no matter the stage of life we are at- we balance each other out and stick together through thick and thin and I am so grateful for you as a brother and as a best friend. I'm excited for what this next year has in store for you! ❤️ #33 #bigbro | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CUp3jSxJtCR/?hl=en | website=instagram.com}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles County, California]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Robert Charles Edner was born on October 5, 1988 in Los Angeles County, California. | url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/robert_charles_edner_born_1988_18481253 |website=www.californiabirthindex.org}}</ref>
| occupation = [[Actor]], [[singing|singer]], [[dancer]], [[rapper]]
| years_active = 1995–present
| relatives = [[Kevin Tancharoen]] (brother-in-law)<ref>{{cite web | title=This weekend I got to marry my best friend. I'm so excited that I get to call you my wife and I'm so lucky to be your husband! I'll spend my life making sure your heart is protected and loved everyday. Happy Valentines Day to my forever person!! | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ-IykxPKmY/ | website=instagram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=One month from today… 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 #myhusbandtobe💍 #2.12.22 #onceuponatanch | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CYpsAyuJM0S/?hl=en | website=instagram.com}}</ref>
| website =
}}
'''Robert Charles Edner''' (born October 5, 1988) is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He was a member of the [[boy band]] called [[Varsity Fan Club]].<ref>{{cite web | title=TAG: BOBBY EDNER | url=https://fanvasion.com/tag/bobby-edner/ | website=fanvasion.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Kana's Korner - Interview with Bobby Edner (2011) | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD4v2DodPbs | website=youtube.com | date=August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Kana's Korner – Interview with Bobby Edner | url=https://918thefan.com/2011/kanas-korner-interview-with-bobby-edner/ | website=918thefan.com}}</ref>

==Early life==
Edner was born Robert Charles Edner to Cindy (''née'' Halverson) and Robert Edner in [[Los Angeles County, California]]. He is the older brother of Ashley Edner (b. 1990), who is also an actress.<ref>{{cite web | title=Happy National Sibs Day to my favorite (and only) bro!!! Best buds growing up, and still now more than ever! Love you big bro!! #nationalsiblingday | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CNgRecVJCYj/?hl=en | website=instagram.com}}</ref>

==Career==
Edner's first credit was in 1997, as "Chip" in a straight-to-video [[Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen]] release. After bit parts on various television shows, he made his first film appearance in 1999's ''[[The Muse (1999 film)|The Muse]]'', in the role of "Boy at Sarah's House". His role in the film 2003 ''[[Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over]]'' as Francis, a beta tester earned him the nickname "Spy Kid" from fellow Varsity Fanclub members. Edner has also made numerous guest appearances on television shows, including ''[[Charmed]]'', ''[[Judging Amy]]'', ''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]'', and ''[[Veronica Mars]]''. Edner's acting work has been sporadic since the early 2000s, with gaps of several years between acting credits; his most recent role was in the 2015 film ''Dutch Hollow''.

He has also done some voice work, providing additional [[Post-synchronization|ADR]] in films, including ''[[Agent Cody Banks]]'', ''[[Kangaroo Jack]]'', and ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'', and was the English-language voice of ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' character [[Vaan (Final Fantasy)|Vaan]]. Edner has also worked in commercials and is the brother of Ashley Edner. Edner is a former member of the Hollywood Knights celebrity basketball team, {{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} and the [[NBA Entertainment]] League (NBAE).

===Dancing and music career===
Edner's dancing landed him a featured role{{spaced ndash}} dancing like [[Michael Jackson]]{{spaced ndash}} in the music video for [[Alien Ant Farm]]'s [[cover version]] of "[[Smooth Criminal]]"; he appeared in [[Jennifer Lopez]]'s "[[Ain't It Funny]]", as well.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}

Edner dueted with [[Alexa PenaVega]] on the song "Heart Drive" from the film ''[[Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over]]''. He also co-wrote the song "Alone" with [[Ryan Cabrera]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}

From 2008 to 2011, Edner was a member of the boy band [[Varsity Fan Club]], whose members have included David Lei Brandt, Drew Ryan Scott, Jayk Purdy, TC Carter and Thomas Fiss. On April 30, 2011, and May 1, 2011, Edner posted a series of public messages on his [[Twitter]] profile publicly discussing conflicts with the band's new (and as yet unsigned manager), Philipp Hallenberger. Edner claimed that he was not informed of an April 2011 Varsity Fanclub [[photo shoot]] and that he was being "forced out" of the band by Hallenberger. Edner posted on April 30, 2011: "Trust me, this is not my decision and I will be fighting this. I want nothing more than to be in this group and have no intention to quit."<ref>{{cite web | author=@bobbyedner | url=https://www.twitter.com/bobbyedner | title=Twitter | publisher=Twitter | date = | accessdate=2013-10-09}}</ref>

===Later years===

In 2013, Edner became a personal fitness trainer for PUSH Private Fitness.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who We Are|website=PUSH Private Fitness|url=https://pushprivatefitness.com/who-we-are/}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{{awards table}}
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]''
| [[Young Artist Award|Youth in Film Award]] for Best Guest Starring Performance in a TV Comedy Series
| {{won}} (5-way tie)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms20.htm | title=20th Annual Awards | publisher=Youngartistawards.org | date=1999-03-06 | accessdate=2013-10-09 | archive-date=April 3, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403132616/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms20.htm | url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
| [[Young Artist Award]] for Best Guest Starring Performance in a TV Drama Series
| {{nom}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms21.htm | title=21st Annual Awards | publisher=Youngartistawards.org | date = | accessdate=2013-10-09 | archive-date=July 19, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719182252/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms21.htm | url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| ''The Trial of Old Drum''
| [[Young Artist Award]] for Best Leading Performance in a television film (Drama)
| {{nom}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms22A.htm | title=22nd Annual Awards | publisher=Youngartistawards.org | date = | accessdate=2013-10-09 | archive-date=March 10, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310062040/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms22A.htm | url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Day the World Ended]]''
| [[Young Artist Award]] for Best Leading Performance in a television film (Comedy or Drama)
| {{nom}}<ref name=yaa2002>{{cite web | url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms23A.htm | title=23rd Annual Young Artist Awards | publisher=Youngartistawards.org | date=2002-04-07 | accessdate=2013-10-09 | archive-date=June 26, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626125957/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms23A.htm | url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Charmed]]''
| [[Young Artist Award]] for Best Guest Starring Performance in a TV Drama Series
| {{nom}} <ref name=yaa2002/>
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Do Over]]''
| [[Young Artist Award]] for Best Guest Starring Performance in a TV Comedy Series
| {{nom}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms24.htm | title=24th Annual Young Artist Awards Nominations | publisher=Youngartistawards.org | date=2003-03-29 | accessdate=2013-10-09 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204172303/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms24.htm | archivedate=December 4, 2016 | df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over]]''
| [[Young Artist Award]] for Best Young Ensemble in a Feature Film (group award)
| {{nom}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms25.htm | title=25th Annual Young Artist Awards - Winners and Nominations | publisher=Youngartistawards.org | date = | accessdate=2013-10-09}}</ref>
{{end}}

==Discography==

===Soundtracks===
* ''[[Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over]]'' (2003) Song: "Heart Drive" performed with [[Alexa PenaVega|Alexa Vega]]

==Filmography==

===Film and television work===
{|class="wikitable collapsible"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
|-
|1996
|''Sing Along Songs: Pongo & Perdita''
|Himself
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
|''[[Late Last Night (film)|Late Last Night]]''
|Stranger Danger Kid
|-
|''[[The Muse (film)|The Muse]]''
|Boy at Sarah's House
|-
|2000
|''The Trial of Old Drum''
|Charlie Burden Jr.
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2001
|''The Seventh Sense''
|Kyle
|-
|''The Penny Promise''
|Dustin Farnsworthy
|-
|''[[The Day the World Ended]]''
|Ben Miller/McCann
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003
|''[[Haunted Lighthouse]]''
|Edgar
|-
|''[[Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over]]''
|Francis
|-
|2006
|''Welcome to Paradise''
|Hayden Laramie
|}

====Television series guest-starring roles====
{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1997
|''You're Invited to [[Mary-Kate and Ashley]]'s Christmas Party''
|Chip
|
|-
|''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]''
|Kid
|
|-
|rowspan="5" | 1998
|''[[Ellen (TV series)|Ellen]]''
|Kid
|
|-
|''[[Saved by the Bell: The New Class]]''
|Little Zack
|
|-
|''[[Baywatch]]''
|Tyler
|
|-
|''[[Profiler (TV series)|Profiler]]''
|Ryan Andrews
|
|-
|''[[Chicago Hope]]''
|Young Boy
|
|-
|rowspan="7" | 1999
|''[[Maggie Winters]]''
|Casey
|
|-
|''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''
|Zach
|
|-
|''[[The Pretender (TV series)|The Pretender]]''
|Ryan Wells
|
|-
|''[[Seven Days (TV series)|Seven Days]]''
|Vince Collins
|
|-
|''[[Movie Stars (TV series)|Movie Stars]]''
|Marty Fineman
|
|-
|''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
|Jimmy Avery
|
|-
|''[[Martial Law (TV series)|Martial Law]]''
|Zach Tyler
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Then Came You (TV series)|Then Came You]]''
|Young Aidan
|
|-
|rowspan="4" | 2001
|''[[Titus (TV series)|Titus]]''
|Tommy
|
|-
|''[[Charmed]]''
|Ari
|
|-
|''[[Providence (American TV series)|Providence]]''
|Edward Joyce
|
|-
|''[[MADtv]]''
|Michael
|
|-
|rowspan="10" | 2002
|''[[The Agency (2001 TV series)|The Agency]]''
|Mark Steward
|
|-
|''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]''
|Frank
|
|-
|''[[The Chronicle (TV series)|The Chronicle]]''
|Victor Clark
|
|-
|''[[Philly (TV series)|Philly]]''
|Benjamin Deck
|
|-
|''[[The Division]]''
|Bar Mitzvah Student
|
|-
|''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]''
|Tommy Akers
|
|-
|''[[Birds of Prey (TV series)|Birds of Prey]]''
|10-year-old 'Guy'
|
|-
|''[[Judging Amy]]''
|Jesse Monk
|
|-
|''[[Do Over]]''
|Larry Nachman
|
|-
|''[[Who Knows the Band?]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2004
|''[[Veronica Mars]]''
|Justin Smith
|[[Meet John Smith]], Season One, Episode Three
|-
|2008
|''[[The Middle Man (TV series)|The Middle Man]]''
|Bobby
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Switched at Birth (TV series)|Switched at Birth]]''
|Avery
|}

===Television commercials===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
{|class = "wikitable unsortable"
|-
! Year
! Company
! Title
! Notes
|-
| 1995
| [[Intel]]
| "Big to Small"
|
|-
| 1995
| [[Good Humor]]
|
|
|-
| 1997
| [[HoneyBaked Ham]]
| "War Room"
|
|-
| 1997
| [[Puffs (facial tissue)|Puffs]]
| "Basketball"
|
|-
| 1998
| [[Alaska Airlines]]
| "Good Lawn Boy"
|
|-
| 1998
| [[Alaska Airlines]]
| "Future Employee"
|
|-
| 1998
| [[Radio Shack]]
| "Where's Dad?"
|
|-
| 1998
| [[Bissell]]
| "Black Hole"
|-
| 1998
| [[Bissell]]
| "Lift Off"
|
|-
| 1998
| [[Atlantic Gas]]
| "The Cook Out"
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Mybasics.com]]
| "Guttermouths"
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Buick]]
| "Fast Lane"
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Kohl's]]
| "Back to School 99"
|
|-
| 2001
| [[ERC (software)|ERC]]
|
|
|-
| 2002
| [[SBC Communications]], [[Ameritech]]
|
|
|-
| 2002
| [[Sears]]
| "Winterizing
|
|-
| 2002
| [[Go-Gurt]]
|
|
|-
| 2002
| [[Fruit Roll-Ups]]
|
|
|-
| 2002
| [[Sylvan Learning Center]]
|
|
|-
| 2002
| [[Backyard Sports]]
|
|
|-
| 2002
| [[Hey Arnold!: The Movie]]
|
|
|-
| 2003
|
|
| Anti-drug [[public service announcement]]
|-
| 2003
| [[Home Depot]]
|
|
|-
| 2003
| [[Go-Gurt]]
| "Missing A Beat"
|
|-
| 2004
| [[State Farm Insurance]]
| "First Kiss"
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Prego]]
| "Grampa"
|
|-
| 2005
|
|
| Anti-smoking [[public service announcement]]
|-
| 2005
| [[KFC]]
| "Stop Everything"
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Nintendo DS]]
|
|
|-
| 2008
| [[Taco Bell]]
| "Bunch of Beef"
|
|-
| 2009
| [[Taco Bell]]
| "It's All About the Roosevelts"
|
|-
| 2009
| [[Petsmart]]
|
|
|-
| 2010
| [[Axe (brand)|Axe]]
|
|
|-
| 2010
| [[Dunkin' Donuts]]
|
|
|}
{{div col end}}

===Voice work===
{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1992
|''[[Porco Rosso]]''
|Additional voices
|2005 Disney English dub
|-
|1998
|''[[National Lampoon's Men in White]]''
|Additional voices
|
|-
|1999
|''[[Michael Jordan: An American Hero]]''
|Additional voices
|
|-
|2000
|''[[The Road to El Dorado]]''
|Additional voices
|
|-
|2001
|''[[Monsters, Inc]]''
|Simulation Kid
|
|-
|rowspan="3" | 2002
|''[[Death to Smoochy]]''
|Additional voices
|[[Dubbing|ADR]]
|-
|''[[Hey Arnold!: The Movie]]''
|Additional voices
|
|-
|''[[Samurai Jack]]''
|Tall Kid, Little Kid
|Episode: "Jack and the Scarab"<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Bobby Edner (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Bobby-Edner/ |access-date=May 2, 2025 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
|rowspan=5 | 2003
|''[[Kangaroo Jack]]''
|Additional voices
|ADR
|-
|''[[Agent Cody Banks]]''
|Additional voices
|ADR
|-
|''[[Big Fish]]''
|Additional voices
|ADR<ref name="btva" />
|-
|''[[The Jungle Book 2]]''
|Additional voices
|ADR
|-
|''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''
|[[Sora (Kingdom Hearts)|Sora]]
|Unaired television pilot<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrold |first=Kate |date=October 12, 2022 |title=Kingdom Hearts animated series released after 19 years |url=https://www.gamingbible.com/news/kingdom-hearts-animated-series-released-after-19-years-20221012 |access-date=May 2, 2025 |website=Gaming Bible |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2004
|''[[Pinocchio 3000]]''
|Zack
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''
| rowspan="4" | [[Vaan (Final Fantasy)|Vaan]]
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2011
|''[[Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy]]''
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2016
|''[[Final Fantasy Explorers]]''
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2018
|''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy NT]]''
|<ref name="btva" />
|}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{allMusic|id=mn0002200959}}
* {{IMDb name|0002810}}

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