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Noah Hathaway
Child actor

Noah Hathaway

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Child actor
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Age
53 years
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1.6637 m
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Biography

Noah Leslie Hathaway (born November 13, 1971) is an American actor and a former teen idol. He is best known for his roles as Atreyu in the 1984 film The NeverEnding Story and for portraying Boxey on the original TV Series Battlestar Galactica. His work in The Neverending Story made him particularly popular as a teen-aged celebrity in Europe.

Career

Early work

Hathaway was born in Los Angeles, California. He began appearing in commercials at age three, and later starred in several TV films and TV series. At the age of six he starred in Battlestar Galactica, portraying Boxey, where he received a nomination in the first Young Artist Awards.

The NeverEnding Story

His most memorable role was Atreyu in the 1984 film The NeverEnding Story. He received his second Young Artist Awards nomination and won the award for Best Younger Actor in the 12th Annual Saturn Awards.

For the role Hathaway performed his own stunts, leading to a few near-injuries; German director Wolfgang Petersen said:

I sought a good-looking boy of athletic build with the quality of fierce determination. The role requires the character to ride a horse expertly, fly on the back of a dragon, struggle through a swamp, clamber over rocks and fight a ferocious wolf-vampire.

Hathaway observed:

Well, what it was... Wolfgang Petersen was notorious for his actors doing their own stunts. His actors are always getting hurt, because he wanted... Audiences are very savvy, you can cut away and show the back of somebody and show the stuntman doing their stunt. And everybody knows that, so he wants his actors to do as much as they can for the realism of the movie. Accidents happen and actors aren't stuntmen. That's why they have stuntmen, because if someone gets hurt, they're "expendable". And some of the times, they're just more careful... I just ended up paying.

Later roles

In 1986 Hathaway starred in Troll, as Harry Potter, Jr. and in the television movie Casebusters, as Jamie. Hathaway did not return to acting until 1994, in the film To Die, to Sleep, in his first adult role. After a second hiatus as an actor, Hathaway returned in 2011 for the films Mondo Holocausto! as Ruggero Margheriti, and Sushi Girl as Fish.

In 2016 Hathaway reprised his Neverending Story role for a Spotify commercial celebrating the 1980s.

Personal life

Hathaway attended school at Lycee Français de Los Angeles. He moved into dance instruction, teaching advanced jazz and street dance until an injury forced him to quit in 1989 at age eighteen. Trained in martial arts, Hathaway would later earn black belts in Tang Soo Do and Shotokan Karate, and also competed as a Muay Thai boxer, and learned American Kenpo from Dr. Jerry Erickson. Hathaway spent some of his time at the Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California competing in supersport motorcycle racing, and designing and riding "chopper" motorcycles.

He was on tour with WizardWorld Conventions and appeared at the Chicago and Philadelphia shows in 2011. He appeared at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Sydney, Australia in June 2012.

Filmography

Film
YearFilmRoleNotes
1980It's My TurnHomer's Son
1981Separate WaysJason Colby
1982Best FriendsLyle Ballou
1984The NeverEnding StoryAtreyu
Questshort film
1986TrollHarry Potter Jr.
1990The NeverEnding Story II: The Next ChapterAtreyu (uncredited)Some shots of Hathaway horse-riding in the first film were re-used in the second.
1994To Die, to SleepPhil
2012Sushi GirlFish
Mondo Holocausto!Ruggero Margheriti
2013Blue DreamRoper Karlsson
Television Films
YearTitleRoleNotes
1979High MidnightTimmy
1986CasebustersJamie
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1978–1979Battlestar GalacticaBoxey22 episodes
Television Guest Appearances
YearTitleRoleNotes
1979SupertrainKid
The Last Convertibleminiseries
1980Mork & MindyJudEpisode: "Little Orphan Morkie"
Eight Is EnoughJerry2 episodes: "And Baby Makes Nine, Part One" and "And Baby Makes Nine, Part Two"
1982Laverne & ShirleyKevin SwisherEpisode: "Lightning Man"
CHiPsTommyEpisode: "Ice Cream Man"
1984Simon & SimonPatrick JessupEpisode: "Almost Completely Out of Circulation"
1985Call to GloryBoy in French ClassEpisode: "JFK: Part Two"
CBS Storybreakvoice
2 episodes: "How to Eat Fried Worms" and "C.L.U.T.Z."
Family TiesAdam GalardnerEpisode: "Designated Hitter"
1986Wildfireadditional voices

Awards and nominations

  • 1980 - Young Artist Award for Best Juvenile Actor in a TV Series or Special - Nominated
  • 1985 - Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama - Nominated
  • 1985 - Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor - Won
  • 1986 - Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Actor - Animation Voice Over - Nominated
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