✦Got pranked in "Punk'd" in 2005 with his twin brother Dan and close friend Darren E. included in the accomplices.
✦Joined an audition for a role in "Zathura" (2005).
✦Received Best Breakthrough Performance nomination at the 2005 OFCS Awards for his role in "Napoleon Dynamite" (2004).
✦His initial acting experience included a performance in a children's stage production of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
✦Is a devout Mormon and has spent two years in Japan carrying out the traditional proselytizing mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.