Shaun Weiss

Weiss was born and raised in Montvale, New Jersey, and attended Pascack Hills High School.[1][2] He is of Jewish descent.[3]

Weiss started his acting career as Elvis on Pee-wee's Playhouse, but his breakout role came when he earned the part of Greg Goldberg in The Mighty Ducks films. Weiss was originally supposed to play Atuk the Eskimo in the first Mighty Ducks movie and had one line, but his role was expanded.[4] After the first two Mighty Ducks movies, he appeared as Josh Birnbaum in the Disney film Heavyweights. He also appeared in a reoccurring role as peripheral freak "Sean" on the short-lived NBC dramedy Freaks and Geeks, as well as cameo appearances on The King of Queens. He appeared in commercials for Captain Morgan, Castrol, Verizon Communications, and Mobile ESPN. Weiss appeared in the movie Drillbit Taylor, making an appearance as the school bus driver around the beginning of the film.

In July 2017, Weiss was sentenced to 150 days in the Los Angeles County Jail for petty theft.[5] He served just 12 days in jail due to overcrowding.[6] Five days after his release, Weiss was arrested on August 2, 2017 for possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, in Burbank, California and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.[7][8] Weiss was arrested the weekend of August 3, 2018 for public intoxication in Oroville, California.[9] Following that arrest, he declared that he was entering rehab.[10][11] Weiss was arrested on suspicion of burglary and being under the influence of methamphetamine on January 26, 2020 in Marysville, California.[12]As of September 10, 2020, Shaun had been sober for 230 days. There is a GoFundMe amount to help raise money for his medical and sober living expenses.[13]

• Shaun Weiss at IMDb