Erik Per Sullivan

Erik Per Sullivan (born July 12, 1991) is an American former actor best known for his role as Dewey, the younger brother to middle child Malcolm on the Fox series Malcolm in the Middle. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Sullivan is the only child of his Swedish mother, Ann, and Irish father, Fred. He possesses a first-degree black belt in Taekwondo and has studied piano and the saxophone. Sullivan attended Mount Saint Charles Academy and Phillips Exeter Academy before enrolling at the University of Southern California. From 2000 to 2006, he portrayed Dewey on Malcolm in the Middle, earning recognition for his performance.