Hal Scardino

American actor and producer (born 1984)

Hal Scardino
Born	Albert Henry Hugh Scardino (1984-12-25) December 25, 1984 (age 39) Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Alma mater	Columbia University
Occupation(s)	Actor, producer
Years active	1992–present (as actor); 2015–present (as producer)
Parent(s)	Albert Scardino (father) Marjorie Scardino (mother)

Hal Scardino (born Albert Henry Hugh Scardino; December 25, 1984) is an American-British producer and former child actor best known for appearing in The Indian in the Cupboard.^[1] He also starred in Searching for Bobby Fischer, Marvin's Room, and The Show (2015).

Scardino appeared in the play Saltonstall's Trial by Michael Cormier in October 2019 in Beverly, MA.^[2]

Biography

Born in the United States of America in Savannah, Georgia, Scardino grew up in the London neighborhood of Knightsbridge.^[3] He is the youngest of three children born to Marjorie Morris Scardino, chief executive officer of media group Pearson, and Albert Scardino, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. His current living relatives include Juliet Eliana Scardino and Brian Paul Scardino.^[4]

He was educated at Winchester College, an independent school for boys in England. He graduated in 2008 from Columbia University, where he competed on the Columbia Lions fencing team.^[5]^[6]

Filmography

Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) as Morgan Pehme
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995) as Omri
Marvin's Room (1996) as Charlie
The Show (2015) as Ethan (also producer)

References

^ "Kid Learns A Lot From A Little Indian", 14 July 1995, The Philadelphia Daily News
^ BWW News Desk. "Hollywood Actor Hal Scardino Joins Cast Of SALTONSTALL'S TRIAL". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
^ "Despite a magic touch, actor's just a regular kid", 14 July 1995, The Baltimore Sun
^ "Twitter Finds a Whole Lotta Woman in Marjorie Scardino". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
^ "Hal Scardino - Fencing". Columbia University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
^ "Alumni Sons and Daughters". Columbia College Today. September 2004. Retrieved July 25, 2020.