Christopher Daniel Barnes

<p>Christopher Daniel Barnes was born on November 7, 1972, in Portland, Maine. Beginning his professional acting career as a child artist in New York, he appeared in numerous television commercials and series before landing the leading role in the 1986–1987 science fiction sitcom <em>Starman</em>, earning a Young Artist Award nomination.</p><p>In 1989, at the age of sixteen, Barnes was cast as the voice of <strong>Prince Eric</strong> in Walt Disney's animated masterwork <em>The Little Mermaid</em>. His warm, heroic vocal performance helped kick off the Disney Renaissance, cementing Prince Eric as one of Disney's most iconic romantic princes across video games and theme park media for decades.</p><p>In 1994, Barnes was chosen for the role that would define a generation: voicing Peter Parker and the titular superhero in <strong>Spider-Man: The Animated Series</strong> (Fox Kids, 1994–1998). Over five seasons and sixty-five episodes, Barnes brought unforgettable emotional range, intellectual wit, angst, and heroic resolve to Peter Parker, setting the gold standard against which all subsequent Spider-Man portrayals are judged. That same era, Barnes showcased his comic brilliance as Greg Brady in the satirical smash hit <em>The Brady Bunch Movie</em> (1995) and <em>A Very Brady Sequel</em> (1996). Barnes later returned to Marvel voice work in multiple Spider-Man video games (voicing Spider-Man Noir in <em>Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions</em> and Spider-Man 2099 in <em>Edge of Time</em>) and voiced Prince Charming in Disney's <em>Cinderella</em> sequels, earning an enduring place in pop culture history.</p>