Emerging from a mid-1980s teen-acting surge, the American performer began his screen career in his adolescence and later pursued theological studies at The Master’s Seminary while serving as a junior-high pastor. He gained recognition through lead roles such as Eric Gibb in The Boy Who Could Fly, Chip Carson in Not Quite Human, Grover Dunn in The Invisible Kid, Sonny Bono in The Sonny and Cher Sto…