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Malachi Barton Wiki Bio
American actor Malachi Barton was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia USA, on 10 March 2007, making Pisces his zodiac sign. He has 15 acting credits and is perhaps known best for starring as Beast Diaz in all 57 episodes of the popular family comedy series “Stuck in the Middle”, which also starred Jenna Ortega and Isaak Presley, and was created by Linda Videtti Figueiredo and Alison Brown. It follows the lives of teenager Harley Diaz and her six siblings, the series aired from 2016 through 2018 and won four of its nine award nominations.
Education and early life
Malachi’s being raised in Los Angeles, California as an only child, by his mother Felicia and father Loren Barton; Felicia’s a popular American singer-songwriter and is perhaps known best for having competed in the eighth season of the music show “American Idol” in 2009.
Malachi fell in love with acting at a very early age, and having noticed his interest in both acting and dancing, Felicia began taking him to auditions in Los Angeles. Malachi was seven when he made his debut TV series appearance, playing Tiny Kid in the 2014 episode “We Be Clownin’” of the comedy “Workaholics”, and the same year saw him play Bobby in two episodes of the popular family comedy “See Dad Run”, which starred Scott Baio and Alanna Ubach, and was created by Tina Albanese. The series follows a woman who’s pursuing her career, while her husband’s become a stay-at-home father; it aired from 2012 through 2019 and was nominated for five awards.
Malachi’s been active in the film industry ever since; he’s currently attending a local high school in Los Angeles, from which he should be matriculating in 2025.
Roles in TV series
Malachi portrayed Eric in the 2015 episode “Invisible Brad” of the action family comedy “Henry Danger”, and the same year saw him play Trevor in the episode “Two Guys and a Gabby” of the family comedy “Instant Mom”.
The year 2019 saw him appear in an episode of both the short comedy “Super Power Beat Down” and the family comedy “Bunk’d”, while the year 2020 saw him appear in an episode of the family comedy “Just Roll with It”, and voice Leo in the episode “Elena’s Day Off” of the animated action adventure “Elena of Avalor”.
From 2018 through 2022, Malachi voiced Lionel in 49 episodes of the animated adventure comedy “Fancy Nancy”, which starred Dana Heath and Mia Sinclair Jenness, and was created by Jamie Mitchell and Krista Tucker; it follows a girl who loves nice clothes, and the series was nominated for six awards.
In case you missed my announcement on insta yesterday I’m SUPER EXCITED to be the voice of Lionel on @DisneyJunior ‘s newest cartoon #FancyNancy pic.twitter.com/1t0BwwBQse
— Malachi Barton (@MalachiDBarton) June 14, 2018
Malachi’s only other TV series role has been starring as Colby Madden – aka Flashform – in the popular action comedy “The Villains of Valley View” since 2022; the series also stars Isabella Pappas and Reed Horstmann, and follows a family of supervillains.
Roles in movies
Malachi’s debut film role was in the 2017 music video “Disney Channel Stars: DuckTales Theme Song”, and the year 2019 saw him play Diego in the action adventure comedy “Dora and the Lost City of Gold”, which starred Isabela Merced and Eugenio Derbez, and was directed by James Bobin. It follows teenage explorer Dora as she’s searching for a lost city of gold, as well as for her missing parents, and the film won four of its six award nominations.
In 2021, Malachi starred as Marshall in the family fantasy “Under Wraps”, which co-starred Hannah Cheramy and Karin Konoval, and was directed by Alex Zamm; it follows 12 years old friends Amy, Gilbert and Marshall who’ve inadvertently revived a mummy, and are now trying to take it to its resting place before midnight on Halloween.
Malachi’s only other film role has been reprising his role as Marshall in the 2022 family fantasy “Under Wraps 2”, which follows the same three teenagers from the first movie as they’re trying to prevent another mummy from hurting their loved ones.
Other credits
Malachi was featured in the 2018 TV special “The Young Entertainer Awards”.
He’s recently performed in the competition show “Dancing with the Stars”.
Some of Malachi’s talk-show appearances have been in “Red Carpet Report”, “Hollywood First Look” and “The Man Cave Chronicles Podcast”.
Awards and nominations
Malachi won a 2018 Young Entertainer Award for Best Supporting Young Actor – Television Series, for his performance in “Stuck in the Middle”.
Love life and relationships
Malachi’s highly secretive when it comes to speaking about his love life in public, and although most of his fans believe that he’s still too young to be dating, others claims that Malachi might be in a relationship.
He’s occasionally been seen spending time in public with American actress Hannah Cheramy, alongside whom he starred in the movie “Under Wraps”; the two have stated that they’re only close friends, and even though Hannah’s four years his senior, some of Malachi’s fans still believe that they are today romantically linked.
Malachi seems to be unattached as of June 2023.
Interesting facts and hobbies
Malachi’s already become a social media star, as more than 800,000 people are following him on Instagram today, while he’s posted close to 2,000 pictures and videos, with most of these showing him during his everyday life. He’s followed by more than 1.2 million people on TikTok, and has amassed over 13 million likes of all his videos combined, most of which feature him spending time with his friends and family members.
Malachi enjoys being physically active; he doesn’t go to the gym, as his parents believe that he’s still too young for it, but he goes for a run nearly every day and often plays soccer and basketball with his friends.
He loves to play video games on PlayStation 5, and some of his favorites are “Fortnite”, “Rocket League” and “Overwatch 2”.
One of Malachi’s favorite actors is Tom Holland, and some of his favorite movies include “Spider-Man: Far From Home”, “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and “Uncharted”.
Height, eyes and wealth
Malachi’s age is 16. He has brown eyes and hair, although he usually dyes his hair blonde; he’s 5ft 11ins (1.8m) tall and weighs around 165lbs (74kgs).
Malachi’s net worth’s been estimated at over $500,000, as of June 2023.
