I don't usually profile preteen actors, because they won't have played any gay characters yet, and it's impossible to tell whether the buddy-bonding in their private lives is romantic or platonic. But Dasheill Messick, age 11, played the son of gay dads and has made some explicitly femme fashion choices. That's enough for a profile of Dashiell and his twin brother Fox.
Plus there are some cute adults in their lives, like their Argentine au pair (top photo and right), and their hot dad (below).
Mom Kacy Andrews , the CEO of Bigfoot Entertainment, has documented the twins' career since their gestation. She is infertile (and an advocate of infertility awareness), so a friend of 25 years, her soul mate and part of her chosen family, offered to become her surrogate. They only implanted one frozen embryo, but on December 5, 2014, twins came out!
The two began appearing in tv commercials at the age of two months, and in 2016 won the role of Tommy Fuller Jr. on the Full House sequel Fuller House (2016-20). They appeared in 75 episodes, moving from baby to toddler.
Tommy Jr. is the son of focus character DJ and her deceased husband. He has two brothers, Jackson (Michael Campion, left) and Max (Elias Harger, middle).
I profiled the grown-up Elias, and decided that he is probably gay, but there were no gay character on the show. Showrunner Candace Cameron Bure is vociferously homophobic, and insisted that her show be "family friendly", that is, heterosexual only. They did manage to cast trans actor Miss Benny (then presenting as male) as a gay friend of one of the girls, but cautioned that Candace would try to fire her.
While starring on Fuller House, the twins, alone or together, had other acting gigs:
The music video Sunrise Sunset (2018) with the song from Fiddler on the Roof covered by Juan Pablo di Pace. He's straight but played a gay guy in The Mattachine Family. Elias Harger, Adam Hagenbuch, and Michael Campion from Fuller House also appeared, presumably growing older to the lyrics.
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
An episode of Grey's Anatomy (2019) as a child whose mom overdoses and abandons him. A bystander brings him to the hospital, where the doctors advise keeping him away from mom until she gets help.
Two episodes of the DIY show Home & Family (2019), with Mark Steins as the co-host.
An episode of Danger Force (2020), starring Cooper Barnes as a wacky superhero. His Danger Force of teen superheroes kidnap a toddler, thinking that he is a baby-faced supervillain. Eventually they track down his dads and return him.
More after the break
The twins haven't done much acting since 2020. Somebody at Disney cast these guys in a gay-positive remake of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Or wait until they grow up, and give them jobs as fitness models.
For now, check out the interest in gender-atypical fashion:
In February 2024, Dash (right) decided that he wanted to dress as a pretty princess for the school dance, "And Fox should, too." His brother was game, and Mom came along in male drag for the father-daughter dance.
In June 2024, the twins decided on hot pink hair to celebrate the last day of fourth grade.
Here Dashiell sports an ordinary hair color, a ruffled pink jacket, a whte belt with dominos, and orange pants festooed with popsicles.
Older Brother has his own Instagram, where he called his bar mitzvah buddy "king" (a romantic term, right?), openly cuddles with this dude in public, calls a group of guys his "chosen family" (a gay term, right?), and invites only boys to his sixteenth birthday party.
Forget the Messick Twins. Somebody give this guy an acting job, so I can do a full profile.
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