Troy Gentile Bio, Age, Family, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Salary, Weight Loss 

Troy Gentile Biography

Troy Gentile is an American actor known for his role as Barry Goldberg in the eponymous ABCs comedy series The Goldbergs (2013- present). He has previously appeared on television in Entourage and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

Troy Gentile Career

Adopting the maiden name of his mother as his professional name, Troy Gentile made his debut on the big screen in the 2005 sports comedy film ‘ Bad News Bears’ by Richard Linklater. Also featuring Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, and Marcia Gay Harden, the film revolves around a grizzled little league coach who tries to lead his below-average team of misfits to championship glory.

The film was a reboot of the 1976 sports film,’ The Bad News Bears,’ featuring Walter Matthau and Tatum O’Neal. Gentile portrayed one of the characters introduced in the 2005 film, Matthew Hooper. Despite being overweight and a wheelchair user, Hooper loves playing baseball. Unlike the original, which received widespread critical acclaim, the 2005 revival gained mixed reviews and was a failure of the box office. However, an Ensemble in a Feature Film won the 2005 Young Artist Award for Best Performance.

The next appearance of Gentile was in a 2005 episode of CBS” The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson ‘ depicting a younger version of the Scottish-American host. A year later, he starred in the Disney Channel sitcom’s second season premiere’ The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.’ He starred in the comedy-drama sports film ‘ Nacho Libre’ in 2006, playing the young Nacho, while the older version was portrayed by Jack Black. It was the first time that Gentile played a young Jack Black. In the musical fantasy comedy film ‘ Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny,’ which was also released in 2006, he would do it again.

He was cast as a fighting boy in the comedy-drama romance film’ I Could Never Be Your Woman’ in 2007. Written and directed by Amy Heckerling, the film tells the story of a mother who develops romantic feelings for a younger man while her daughter experiences the same feelings for the first time. Besides Gentile, the movie also stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, and Saoirse Ronan. He also appeared that year in the short film ‘ Order Up,’ the romantic comedy’ Good Luck Chuck,’ the TV film ‘ Fugly,’ and the thriller film’ 9 Lives of Mara.’

He worked in the Owen Wilson-starrer ‘ Drillbit Taylor’ in 2008. He also played an uncredited role in the action-comedy’ Pineapple Express.’ Gentile guest-starred in a 2008 episode of HBO’s comedy-drama series ‘ Entourage’ and a 2010 episode of TNT’s medical drama series ‘ Hawthorne.’ He played a character named Nelson in the TV movie’ Zip’ (2008).

The 2009 family comedy ‘ Hotel for Dogs’ is his latest film. Gentile was cast as Mark, a good-natured young boy who lives close to the two central characters and helps them take care of the hotel’s dogs. He appeared in the short film ‘ Pig Lady’ in 2011. He has played small roles in TV shows like’ The Middle,” American Dad’ and’ Those Who Can’t’ in recent years.

Inspired by his own family and childhood in the 1980s, Adam F Goldberg created the period of sitcom ‘ The Goldbergs'(2013-present). A young version of Goldberg himself (Sean Giambrone) serves as the series ‘ narrator and lead character. Gentile plays the family’s middle child, Barry Goldberg. Barry is highly over-confident and can be considered dim-witted. He’s exceptionally good at ice hockey and wrestling but terrible at everything else. Despite this, he has an almost inescapable belief in himself. He is engaged by season six and has decided to pursue a career as a doctor.

Troy Gentile Age

The American actor was born as Troy Francis Farshi on 27 October 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida, the United States of America. He celebrates his birthday on October 27 every year. He is 26 years old as of 2019. His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He was raised in Los Angeles, California. He moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was four years old. Gentile is an American by nationality and she belongs to white ethnicity.

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Troy Gentile Family

He was born to Iranian father Albert Farshi and an American mother from New York with Italian decent Debbie Gentile Troy’s who was once the staff at the advertising department of the Boca Raton News. Her mother is a New York native and also has an Italian ancestry while her father is from Iran. At the age of four, Gentile left Florida with his family and came to live in Los Angeles, California.

Troy Gentile Wife

Apart from the entertainment industry, little is known about Troy’s life as he tends to keep things private. He is not currently known to be in any relationship. He was assumed to be gay, but that has not yet been confirmed. There were rumors that he was dating his on-screen match up actress AJ Michalka but were not confirmed.

AJ Michalka is a 28-year-old American Actress. Born Amanda Joy Michalka on 10th April 1991 in Torrance, California USA, she is famous for AJ of Aly and AJ in a career that spans 2002–present. Her zodiac sign is Aries.

Troy Gentile Body Measurements

• Height:5 Feet 10 Inches ( 1.72 m )
• Weight: 60 kg (132 lbs)
• Shoe Size: Not Available
• Body Shape: Not Available
• Hair Colour: dark brown
• Eye Colour: light brown

Troy Gentile Salary

According to our reliable sources, Troy earns a handsome amount of annual salary of $50,000.

Troy Gentile Net Worth

The American actor has an estimated net worth of $5 Million which he has earned through his successful acting career.

Troy Gentile Movies And Tv Shows list

Film

• 2011 Pig Lady  as Justin
• 2009 Hotel for Dogs as Mark
• 2008 Pineapple Express as Troy Jones
• 2008 Drillbit Taylor as Ryan “T-Dog” Anderson
• 2007 9 Lives of Mara as Larry
• 2007 I Could Never Be Your Woman as Fighting Boy
• 2007 Order Up as Boy
• 2007 Good Luck Chuck as Young Stu
• 2006 Nacho Libre as Young Nacho
• 2006 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Lil’ JB
• 2005 Bad News Bears as Matthew Hooper