Ross Bagley is an American former actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Nicky Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as well as Dylan Dubrow in Independence Day. He also played Buckwheat in The Little Rascals (1994).

Career

Most popular as a child actor during the mid-1990s, Bagley is best known for his role as Nicholas “Nicky” Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, between 1994 and 1996.

Bagley also portrayed Buckwheat in the feature film adaptation of 1994 of The Little Rascals, and along with his Fresh Prince co star Will Smith he appeared in the film Independence Day (1996). Just months after The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ended, he appeared on the Children's Tylenol commercial.

Filmography

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! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

|-

| 1994

| The Little Rascals

| Buckwheat

|

|-

|1994–1996

| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

| Nicholas “Nicky” Banks

| Television (48 episodes)

|-

| 1995

| Babe

| Puppy

| (voice)

|-

| rowspan="3" | 1996

| Eye for an Eye

| Sean Kosinsky

|

|-

| Independence Day

| Dylan Dubrow

|

|-

| Profiler

| Donny

| rowspan="2"|Television, one episode

|-

| rowspan="2" | 1999

| Providence

| Eldon

|-

| The Wild Thornberrys

| Hutu

| Television, one episode (voice)

|-

| 2004

| Judging Amy

| Micah Benton

| Television, one episode

|-

|-

| 2015

| Gnome Alone

| Landon

|

|}

Awards and nominations

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Film or series

! Awards

! Outcome

! Recipient(s)

|-

| colspan="5" bgcolor="#F2D5A6" |

|-

| rowspan="2"|1995

| The Little Rascals

| Best Performance by a Youth Ensemble in a Motion Picture

| Won

|

|-

| rowspan="2"|The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

| Best Performance by an Actor Under Ten in a TV Series

| Won

| rowspan="3"|Ross Bagley

|-

| 1996

| Best Performance by an Actor Under Ten – Television

| Won

|-

| 1997

| Independence Day

| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Actor Age Ten or Under

| Nominated

|}

References