Personal life

Berfield was born in Agoura Hills, California, the son of Gail Berfield (née Stark) and Eric "Rick" Berfield. He is the younger brother of actor Lorne Berfield. Berfield is Jewish. He bought and then later sold the house previously owned by Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica stars Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey.

Acting career

Berfield's first screen appearance was in a Folgers coffee commercial at age five. He went on to appear in 20 other nationally-broadcast American commercials as a young child. His TV debut came in the short-lived series The Good Life (1994) in which he co-starred with Drew Carey. More TV appearances followed in Hardball, The Boys Are Back, The Mommies (1994-1995).

His first long-running TV role was as Ross Malloy in Unhappily Ever After (1995-1999), in which he notched up 100 episode appearances. Beginning in 2000 he gained international prominence with his role as Malcolm's trouble-making older brother Reese in Malcolm in the Middle, despite being younger than Frankie Muniz. He appeared in all 151 episodes of that series, and with the recording of the 100th episode became the youngest actor in screen history to have appeared in 100 episodes of two different TV series. Since the conclusion of Malcolm in the Middle in 2006, Berfield has concentrated on production work, although he made a one-off appearance in the series Sons of Tucson in 2010.

Charity work

In 2001, Berfield was asked to serve as a National Youth Ambassador for Ronald McDonald House Charities, in which he participated for 3 years until turning 18. He has been active with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and most recently Virgin Unite, the charitable arm of Virgin Group.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	The Good Life	Bob Bowman	13 episodes
	Hardball	Kid	2 episodes
	The Boys Are Back	Timmy Flint	1 episode
1994-1995	The Mommies	Jason Booker	4 episodes
1996	Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man		1 episode
1998	Mom, Can I Keep Her?	Timmy Blair
1995-1999	Unhappily Ever After	Ross Malloy	100 episodes; lead role
1999	The Kid with X-Ray Eyes	Bobby Taylor
	Invisible Mom II	Eddie Brown
2000-2006	Malcolm in the Middle	Reese Wilkerson	151 episodes; lead role
2001	Max Keeble's Big Move	Caption writer
	The Nightmare Room	Josh Ryan	1 episode
2002-2005	Kim Possible	Gill	2 episodes; voice
2003	Who's Your Daddy?	Danny Hughes	Direct-to-video movie
2004	The Fairly OddParents	Ving	1 episode; voice
2005	Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive		Producer, screenplay
2007	The Pet Detective		TV movie, producer, director
2010	Sons of Tucson	Barry	1 episode; also producer
2012	Virgin Produced: Comedy Vault		TV movie, producer

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Max Keeble's Big Move	Caption Writer
2002	The Country Bears
2006	Romance and Cigarettes		Producer
2007	Blonde Ambition		Producer

Awards

Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category	Nominated work
1998	Nominated	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actor	Unhappily Ever After
1999	Nominated
	Nominated	YoungStar Awards	Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series
2000	Won		Best Young Ensemble Cast: Television	Malcolm in the Middle
2001	Nominated	Young Artist Awards	Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama)
2002	Nominated		Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor	Max Keeble's Big Move
	Nominated		Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama)	Malcolm in the Middle
2003	Won
	Nominated		Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Supporting Young Actor

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