[2] As of 2016, Breslin has been writing songs for and playing in his band, Broken Machine, and co-hosting the Spencer & Lara's Vomitorium podcast.
[9][10] Breslin was discovered by a talent scout at a New York City playground at the age of 3 and went on to star in more than 50 commercials for McDonald's, Life cereal, Pampers, and other products.
[5][6] He made his TV debut at age 4 and was a series regular in the first season of ABC's 1997 sitcom Soul Man, in which he played the youngest child of Dan Aykroyd's character.
[5][12] At 8 years old, Breslin starred in the 2000 fantasy comedy-drama film Disney's The Kid as Rusty alongside Bruce Willis, who played the adult version of the same character, Russ.
[25] The two siblings worked together again in the 2004 romantic comedy The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, in which Breslin at the age of 12 played a prince and Abigail made a cameo as a girl at an orphanage.
"[29] Also in 2004, Breslin was asked to read alongside Alyson Stoner, Dylan and Cole Sprouse, and Hailey Anne Nelson when Dr. Seuss won his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
[22][26][31][32][33] Breslin lent his voice as Anthony to the 2010 animated 3-D educational sci-fi adventure film Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey.
[36][38][39][40][41][42] As of July 2016, Breslin was co-hosting the Spencer & Lara's Vomitorium weekly podcast, dedicated to "complaining about the unbearable, insufferable, and aggravating.
[47] Written and composed by 16-year-old Breslin, Labor Day was recorded by Gary Olson — known for his engineering work for acts such as Cold Cave, Jens Lekman, and The Essex Green — over three, week-long sessions in Brooklyn from 2008 to 2009.
Musicians featured include, among others, Kevin Barker (Joanna Newsom, Vetiver, and Antony and the Johnsons), Isobel Knowles (Architecture in Helsinki), Kyle Forester (Crystal Stilts), and Eric Farber (Ladybug Transistor).
The record also features a spoken word cameo by actor Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, The Squid and the Whale).