Early life

Gentile was born in Boca Raton, Florida to Debbie Gentile and Albert Farshi. His mother once worked in the advertising department of the Boca Raton News. When he was four years old, his family moved to Los Angeles, California.

He attended community college before he was cast in The Goldbergs.

Career

He portrayed a young Craig Ferguson on a segment of The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson in 2005. He later appeared in films such as Bad News Bears, Nacho Libre, Good Luck Chuck, Drillbit Taylor, and Hotel for Dogs.

Since 2013, he has portrayed Barry Goldberg in the ABC comedy series The Goldbergs.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Bad News Bears	Matthew Hooper
2006	Nacho Libre	Young Nacho
2006	Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny	Lil' JB
2007	9 Lives of Mara	Larry
2007	I Could Never Be Your Woman	Fighting Boy
2007	Order Up	Boy	Short film
2007	Good Luck Chuck	Young Stu
2008	Pineapple Express	Troy Jones	Uncredited
2008	Drillbit Taylor	Ryan "T-Dog" Anderson
2009	Hotel for Dogs	Mark
2011	Pig Lady	Justin	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Jeremy	Episode: "Odd Couples"
2006	Zip	Nelson	Pilot
2007	Fugly	Nathan	Pilot
2008	Entourage	Mitchell Levine	Episode: "The All Out Fall Out"
2010	Hawthorne	R.J. Paxton	Episode: "The Starting Line"
2013-present	The Goldbergs	Barry Goldberg	Main Cast
2015	The Middle	Kid at Party	Episode: "Operational Infiltration"

Awards and nominations

Film

Year	Category	Award	Work	Result
2005	Young Artist Award	Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Feature Film	Bad News Bears	Won
2006	Young Artist Award	Best Supporting Young Actor in a Feature Film	Nacho Libre	Nominated
2008	Young Artist Award	Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Feature Film	Drillbit Taylor	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]