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Alex Ben and Caleb Eckstein

Alexander, Benjamin, and Caleb Eckstein took over the role of Spike Lavery on All My Children in July 2007. They were quickly seeing a lot of screen time as their character was involved in a kidnapping storyline which led into a long term one with Spike’s loss of hearing. As the focus on that storyline wrapped they were frequently on set for episodes throughout their run, minus one or two periods of little to no airtime. As they grew up with the character, the boys were soon given their own lines in scenes, and were involved in a storyline that saw Spike’s mother Kendall (Alicia Minshew) hiding out in their family home to be close to the family while on the run. Alex, Ben, and Caleb appeared in over a hundred episodes of the soap before they exited the role due to the show’s move to Los Angeles for production. They last aired in Janaury 2010.

Career Highlights

Alexander, Benjamin and Caleb Eckstein began acting in 2007 when their mother saw a casting call floating around a multiples group she was a member of which asked for twin boys with brown hair and blue eyes. Knowing she not only had two, but three boys matching the description she decided to submit them and they booked that casting, which was All My Children. The boys began auditioning for other roles as well, now having an agent, and they booked the film Ghost Town as well as a series of videos for Diaper Genie with their family. Alex, Ben, and Caleb have also been seen on Ugly Betty and did multiple episodes of Boardwalk Empire as Sonny Capone, son of infamous Al Capone.

Current Updates

Alex, Ben, and Caleb remained in the industry for a short while after leaving All My Children, but would audition time to time for the next several years despite not being fully in the business anymore, as their younger sister began working actively. During this time they were seen in an episode of The Blacklist, which was their last on screen appearance in 2019. There have been no public updates since as the boys moved into their teen years.

Written by Star-Kidz Staff

Filmography

Film

  • Ghost Town…Grandson…(2008)

    • Television

  • The Blacklist…Kidnapped Triplets…(2019)
  • Boardwalk Empire…Sonny Capone…(2010-2012)
  • Ugly Betty…Nate Grubstick…(2010)
  • All My Children…Spike Lavery…(2007-2010)

    • Commercial

  • Diaper Genie

    • Quick Facts

    • Born April 21 2006
    • Have an older brother Christian, younger sister Abby and younger brother Jackson
    • Are baseball players and wrestlers
    • Did their screen test with Thorsten Kaye
    • Alex enjoyed wearing the cochlear implant
    • Would bring the cochlear implant home from set so the boys could get used to it
    • Played two characters with hearing loss, Spike Lavery and Sonny Capone
    • Ben filmed the fight scene with Al Capone for Boardwalk Empire

    Official Links

    Alex’s IMDB / Ben’s IMDB / Caleb’s IMDB

    Additional Images

    Clips

    Stars Say

    • They call me Kendall.” – Alicia Minshew, Soap Opera Digest
    • “They’re good babies. They don’t get fussy easily. They [always] get passed back and forth. Or you get a ‘Cut!’ and you have to do it again, pass him back and then ‘Cut!’ pass him back, start with Kendall’ They get passed around like freaking volleyballs!” – Melissa Claire Egan, ABC Soaps in Depth
    • “I’m in LOVE with the new boys. There’s three triplets that play Spike and they are so loveable, everyone loves them. I mean they respond to everybody, they hug everybody” – Alicia Minshew, Fan Club Luncheon
    • “I love the triplets (Spike). They were just babies in the beginning, but now you can talk to them. I can also tell them apart.” – Lucy Merriam, Pine Valley Exposer
    • “I love my Spike’s and my Ian’s and now I’m married and…now I’m ‘knocked up” -Alicia Minshew, Fan Club Luncheon (paraphrased)
    • “Ohhh, there are three of them? Good lord, I thought…well I knew there was at least one other one. And what’s so funny is I don’t know everybody yet and those kids aren’t on all the time. So someone handed me the little boy and I was like ‘oh okay cute little kid I’ll hold him’ and then I was like ‘wait who’s kid is this?’ and it turns out it was you know Lisha’s. So I was like ‘Lisha, you wanna hold your son?’ and she’s like “yeah!” but we were taking pictures so I just hung onto him” – Daniel Kennedy
    • “I have a crush on all the cuties who play Spike and Ian!” -Alicia Minshew, Soap Opera Digest