Shawn Pyfrom

Shawn Caminiti Pyfrom is an American actor and singer who has appeared in several television series and films. He is best known for his portrayal of Andrew Van de Kamp on ABC's Desperate Housewives and as Lionel Griff in Playhouse Disney's Stanley.

Early life

Pyfrom was born in Tampa, Florida. He is of Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Italian, German, Hungarian, and French descent. "Caminiti," his middle name, is the maiden name of his mother, Gail. Pyfrom has an older brother, Christopher and a younger sister, Amber.

Career

He is best known for his recurring role as Andrew Van de Kamp, the son of Bree Van de Kamp and Rex Van de Kamp on ABC's Desperate Housewives. He played the role as a recurring guest appearance throughout the show's first season. After appearing in the entire second season as a supporting cast member and appearing in the third season and fourth season, he returned in the fifth season as a full-fledged series regular. Shawn appeared in the Walt Disney Pictures film The Shaggy Dog opposite Tim Allen and Kristin Davis and the film The Darkroom opposite Erin Foster. In 2009, Pyfrom left Desperate Housewives as a series regular but continued to make frequent guest appearances, including the final season.
In the wake of Philip Seymour Hoffman's death in 2014 by overdose, Pyfrom admitted five-month recovery as of February 2014 from drug addiction and alcoholism.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Belle's Tales of Friendship	Shawn	Direct-to-video
2000	Pay It Forward	Shawn
2000	A Day in a Life	Jeremy
2001	Max Keeble's Big Move	Bus prankster
2002	Sum 41: Fatlip	Teenager #6	Short film
2005	Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up	Lionel Griff	Voice role
2006	The Shaggy Dog	Trey
2006	The Darkroom	Stanley
2009	The Alyson Stoner Project	Tagger	Video
2009	Tanner Hall	Hank
2009	The Juggler	The cash collector	Short film
2011	The Sexy Dark Ages	Rowan	Short film
2011	Skin	Matthew	Short film
2017	Hard Surfaces	Adrian Jacobs
2018	Hellbent	Billy
2018	Randy's Canvas	Butch
2020	Model Citizen	Tyler Walton
2020	Pistachio Goes to Walt Disney World!	Pistachio fan