United Kingdom, May 7 -- Frankie Muniz wanted his son to see him "working really hard" in life.

The 39-year-old actor - who shot to fame in the early 2000s when he played the title role on 'Malcolm in the Middle' - welcomed Mauz, four, in 2021 with his wife Paige Price and admitted that was when he decided to focus on his secondary career as a NASCAR race driver.

Speaking on the 'Drive' podcast, he explained: "I literally was holding him, my son, in the hospital bed, and I remember thinking, 'Who is he going to grow up thinking that I am?

"Sure, I could say, 'Here's what Daddy used to do, Daddy used to be an actor, Daddy used to do that.' But I wanted him to see me working really hard for something, striving for something, and all the ...