- Shane Obedzinski is fondly remembered as an American child actor in movies like The Sandlot and My Girl
- He began his career at the age of 3, where he was featured in a couple of commercials before making it to the big screen
- The 42-year-old actor has since quit acting and now owns and manages a pizzeria, which he considers his career
Shane Obedzinski is an American actor famous for winning the hearts of audiences across the world as a child actor. He was cast in the 90s coming-of-age movie, The Sandlot, and a couple of others.
The child actor has quit acting and decided to go fully into the food business. He owns a restaurant and a pizzeria in Tampa, Florida, where he serves different varieties of meals including a wide range of pizza selections, salads, and pasta.
Who is Shane Obedzinski?
Shane Obedzinski is an American actor who was born on July 26, 1982, in Brandon, Tampa, Florida. He started attending auditions and appearing in commercials right from the age of 3. Soon, he became famous as a child actor.
He rose to fame at the age of 10, after he featured in coming of age comedy film, The Sandlot, in 1993. Shane played the role of Tommy “Repeat” Timmons. Similarly, he appeared in My Girl (1991) as Billy, Matinee (1993), Cop and 1/2 (1993), and Hidden Fears (1993).
The child actor has also appeared in a couple of television series including Nickelodeon’s Clarissa Explains It All, Super Boy, and Swamp Thing.
He Co-founded a Non-Profit Organization
Along with the cast of The Sandlot, Shane revealed that they had led the foundation for a non-profit organization called “Play Forever”. They started the foundation with the aim of giving back and giving others hope.
He added that the “Play Forever Project” was created to eliminate financial barriers that stood in the way of safe and equitable sports. The goal is to make sports accessible to everyone, everywhere, wherever, and to make as much impact as they can.
The Child Actor Joined The Sandlot Cast to Commemorate Its 25th Anniversary in 2018
In 2018, The Sandlot, the movie that brought Shane to the limelight celebrated 25 years since its release. To celebrate that, the cast and crew prepared a series of events, including a “meet and greet” with fans of the movies and look-alike contests.
Other activities include hot dog eating competitions, a baseball game featuring the casts of the movie, giveaways, and fireworks.
Shane who played the younger Timmons brother who repeated everything his older brother said, and earned the nickname “Repeat”, was actively involved in the 25th anniversary with his other cast members. According to him, his famous line “You’re killing me Smalls” has been named one of the most quoted lines in history-or something like that.
Shane Obedzinski has an NFT
The Sandlot actor revealed on his Instagram page that together with his cast members, they were releasing their own NFT digital baseball card collectibles on wax.
In case you were wondering what NFT meant, it is an abbreviation for “non-fungible token”. They are cryptographic assets that are based on blockchain technology.
The collection was going to feature never before seen personal photos from the set of the movie.
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What Has Become of The Child Actor?
Shane Obedzinski revealed in an interview that he quit acting in the late 2000s and chose a different career path. He worked at different restaurants before eventually opening up his.
Shane co-owns a restaurant with Charlie Jonathan, where they serve different varieties of pizza, including gluten-free pizzas, salads, and pasta. The pizzeria is called the “NY Times Square Pizza” and it is located in Tampa, Florida.
The business partners met in 1999 and went into business together. At the time of this writing, they have gone ahead to co-own more than 30 restaurants together.
The American actor added that he was fully into managing the restaurant which was his full-time job at the moment. Although his hands are full with the restaurant, he revealed that he might return to acting soon, but he didn’t say when exactly.
As a child, the American actor won the hearts of many 90s kids across the world. Hearing that he has plans to return to the screens might just be the best news his fans have heard. However, the question might be, when will this comeback be? whenever he decides to come back to the movie industry, we are certain that there’ll be enough room for him to excel even after being away for so long.
