Date of Birth

5 December 1985, Wood Ridge, New Jersey, USA

Birth Name

Francisco Muniz IV

Height

5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini Biography

Frankie was born in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, to Denise, a nurse, and Francisco Muniz III, a restaurateur. His father is of Puerto Rican heritage and his mother is of Irish and Italian descent. Frankie was home-schooled since Grade Six. He started his acting career performing the role of Tiny Tim in "A Christmas Carol" for three years. Nominations for his performances include "The Hollywood Reporter Young Star Award", as well as "The Young Artist of Hollywood Award". Frankie is quite a good golfer and has been playing since his grandfather taught him at the age of five. Frankie was raised in Knightdale, North Carolina. He resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Trivia

• Is a drummer.
• Is a die-hard basketball fan.
• Father Frank is a restaurant manager. Mother Denise is a former nurse. They are divorced.
• Has an older sister, Cristina.
• Is 1/4 Italian, 1/4 Irish (his mother) and 1/2 Puerto Rican (his father).
• Owns the VW Jetta from The Fast and the Furious (2001).
• Owns one of 200 Porsche Speedsters, worth approximately $250,000. It was the subject of his appearance on MTV's Punk'd (2003).
• His favorite basketball team is the L.A. Clippers.
• Credits Zac Hanson with inspiring him to learn to play the drums.
• Likes to play golf and tennis.
• In real life is older than Justin Berfield, but plays his little brother on Malcolm in the Middle (2000).
• On November 14, 2004 he broke a rib while playing basketball. He was back on the set of Malcolm in the Middle (2000) the next day.
• Prefers his last name to be pronounced "me-YOO-nez"
• Formerly engaged to Jamie, of New Orleans, whom he met while making Stay Alive (2006), there. The relationship ended in 2006.
• Has appeared in episodes of three different series with Hallie Todd: Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996), Lizzie McGuire (2001) and Malcolm in the Middle (2000).
• Was ranked #19 in E's 50 most cutest child stars all grown-up.(2005)
• On a episode of MTV'S "Diary" He met NASCAR Legend Dale Earnhardt on camera, just prior to his tragic fatal car accident.
• Was ranked #20 on Forbes List The 20 Top-Earning Young Superstars.(2007).
• On November 30, 2012 he suffered a mini-stroke, at age 26, while he was in Arizona.
• Is a fan of the NHL team Arizona Coyotes.
• Drummer in the band Kingsfoil out of York, PA. [2012]
• Announced his engagement to Paige Price on November 18, 2018.
• Revealed in October 2017 that due to a significant memory loss he suffered,--likely because of a mini-stroke he suffered in 2012-- he has no recollection of filming Malcolm in the Middle (2000). He said that the only things he remembers from the show are from the episodes that he has seen.
• Wife Paige Price gave birth to a baby boy named Mauz Mosley Muniz on March 22, 2021 weighing 7 pounds.

Trademarks:

• Youthful appearance
  
• Short stature
  
• Bright blue eyes
  

Quotes

• [when he received news of his Emmy nomination] "I am keeping with tradition today. After I learned of my Golden Globe nomination, I went to the dentist, so today, let's make it the orthodontist."
• Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine.
• Yeah, I like cars and basketball. But you know what I like more? Bananas.
• [about Australia] I love it! It's awesome. I want to move here! I've just been promoting Big Fat Liar (2002) and hoping it's going to go really good. Malcolm in the Middle (2000) is doing really well here. I haven't been able to do a lot of stuff and I haven't seen that much though.
• Some kids are always getting into trouble or doing stuff, and I stay away from those types. I know I am no better than anyone else in this world. I'm just an actor, that's nothing special. But I'm not into anything bad. Just blackjack.
• "There was a scene cut out of Big Fat Liar (2002) where I had to wear a dress. This may sound kind of weird, but I really enjoyed shooting that scene".
• By that point, I already had nine concussions. But concussions don't usually correlate with TIAs. The doctors did every test. A lot of times with TIAs, there's a small hole in heart that causes it. Clots go to the brain and you have a mini-stroke. I don't have that hole. I'm 31, I've never sipped alcohol, I've never touched a drug or taken a drag of a cigarette. The only thing I've felt was stress. I'm a high-strung person. I just like to always be moving. I'm not good at relaxing.
• And now it turns out, literally, after all that, and if you search my name, like all it talks about, is that I have no memory or that I'm dying of strokes, all this kind of stuff. And the reality is, like, I finally got diagnosed aura migraines. Intense migraine, that literally like, those are the symptoms, and it's similar symptoms to transient ischemic attacks.