Full Name: Hayden Christensen
You Know Him As: Scott Barringer, the troubled, drug-addicted teen on Fox Family Channel's (now defunct) "Higher Ground."
Birthdate: April 19, 1981 (Aries)
Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Grew Up In: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Where He Hangs His Hat These Days: In Los Angeles, where he shares an apartment with his older brother, Tove (27). Their sisters: Kaylen, 15, and Hejsa, 25 (who's a Junior World Trampoline Champion) also want to act.
Height: 6'1"
What Do The 'Rents Do They're in the communications business.
Early Start: Hayden has been acting professionally since he was seven years-old.
Hobbies: playing jazz and blues on the piano [though he doesn't read music].
Sports 'R' Him: Hayden is a prolific athlete excelling at everything from hockey to football to tennis. He also plays competitive beach paddle tennis with his brother; works out on the trampoline; goes skateboarding, rollerblading and mountain biking. "Growing up I played competitive Triple A hockey and I played competitive tennis and hoped to get a tennis scholarship at a university, but I got a bit sidetracked with acting."
Speaking Of Acting, How'd He Get Involved In It?" Hayden broke into acting in an unusual way. His older sister did a commercial for Pringles (she was Junior World Trampoline Champion). When she went to get a talent agent, "there was no one to baby-sit me and I went along for the ride and they asked me if I wanted to do some commercials and I said sure," Hayden added. When he was 12 years old, Christensen had a continuing role in the first Canadian television soap opera, the daily hour-long Family Passions.
And, Now He's landed the Role of a Lifetime- How Did He React?: I was just waking up and my [roommate] walked in and handed me the phone and it was my agent and manager, and they were pretty excited, so I knew as soon as I got on the phone. I walked outside just stunned and in disbelief. I called my mom first thing, and my roommate started blaring the Star Wars soundtrack in the background. I didn't want to tell her right off, but of course she heard the music and started flipping out!"