Photo: Phil Konstantin / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Jonathan Lipnicki was the impossibly endearing kid from Jerry Maguire, the one delivering "the human head weighs eight pounds" with bespectacled deadpan, and that image followed him for decades. What I find admirable is how openly he has talked about the hard parts of being a child actor and the awkward transition out of it, refusing to pretend it was all charmed. He reinvented himself partly through martial arts, becoming a serious Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, which says a lot about his discipline. He represents that bittersweet category of former kid stars who grew up grounded, and I always root for those.
Overview
Jonathan Lipnicki (born October 22, 1990) is an American actor from Westlake Village, California. He became a child star with memorable roles as the wide-eyed son in Jerry Maguire (1996) and as George Little in the Stuart Little films. He has continued acting into adulthood and is also known as a practitioner and instructor of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jonathan Lipnicki
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョナサン・リプニッキ
- Reading
- じょなさん・りぷにっき
- Born
- October 22, 1990 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Horse
- Origin
- Westlake Village, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Actor / Film actor / Television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Agoura High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Stuart Little | — | Unknown |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.