Joey Lawrence

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Joey Lawrence
Born Joseph Lawrence Mignogna Jr.
April 20, 1976 (1976-04-20) (age 33)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation Actor / Singer
Years active 1982 - Present
Spouse(s) Michelle Vella (2002 - 2004)
Chandie Yawn-Nelson (2005 - Present)
1 child
Children Charleston Lawrence (b. May 2006)

Joey Lawrence (born April 20, 1976) is an American actor, singer, and television host.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Lawrence was born Joseph Mignogna, Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Donna Mignogna, a personnel manager, and Joseph Mignogna, Sr., an insurance broker.[1] His family's surname was changed to "Lawrence" during his childhood. He has two brothers, actors Matthew Lawrence and Andrew Lawrence. He began acting at a very young age. He also graduated from Abington Friends School in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. He also attended Southampton Summer Day Camp with his brother Matt when he was a child.

Lawrence dated actress Kellie Martin. In 1994, he also dated actress Katherine Heigl.[2]

He married Michelle Vella in 2002; the couple divorced in 2004.

He met his second wife, Chandie Yawn-Nelson, while on vacation in Disney World when the two were teenagers; they married there 13 years later. Their daughter, Charleston "Charli" Lawrence, was born on May 10, 2006, weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces. On November 13, 2009, the couple announced that they are expecting their second child, a girl to be named Liberty Grace Lawrence, due on April 3, 2010.[3]

[edit] Career

Lawrence became successful at the age of 6 through the hit TV show Gimme A Break becoming one of the youngest actors in Hollywood. Lawrence became the youngest celebrity to appear on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.[4]

Lawrence followed that up with another hit TV series Blossom from 1991-1995, in which he played the character Joey Russo, a dim-witted young man who frequently uttered the phrase "Whoa!", which due to the success of the show became a national catchphrase in the United States.

Lawrence has said that music was always his passion and in the wake of his success began a recording career. Lawrence was 16 years old when his debut album, Joey Lawrence, was released in February of 1993. The album was produced by Terry Lupton, Ian Prince and Teddy Riley. Lawrence also cowrote songs on the album, including the international hit single "Nothin' My Love Can't Fix" (Billboard Hot 100 Airplay #6, Billboard Top 40 Mainstream #10, Billboard Hot 100 #19, UK #13, AU #68).[5]. The music video for "Nothin' My Love Can't Fix" received heavy airplay on MTV and MuchMusic, and Lawrence was invited to perform live on MTV's Spring Break as well as on the Arsenio Hall Show in 1993.

Lawrence was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1994.[6] Lawrence was also ranked #21 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the '90s. He was also ranked #25 in TV Guide's list of "TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols" (23 January 2005 issue).

In other acting roles, Lawrence has starred in shows such as American Dreams, Brotherly Love, Run of the House. One of Lawrence's international movie credits was Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) in which he costarred with Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, and Hart Bochner. He also starred as Clay Dobson on CSI: NY.

In early 2006, a bald-headed Lawrence, wearing earrings, made a cameo appearance in a commercial[7] for Ice Breakers gum with sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff, ending the ad with his trademark, "WHOA!" Later in 2006, Lawrence and his dance partner Edyta Śliwińska came in third place on ABC's Dancing with the Stars. On November 8, 2006, they were eliminated from the show by viewer votes due to a three-way tie the night before.

Lawrence told TV Guide in July 2008 that he is working on a new album composed mostly of ballads.[8]

He next hosted a dance competition show on The Learning Channel, Master of Dance, which premiered June 9, 2008. [9]

In 2009, Lawrence starred in My Fake Fiance with Melissa Joan Hart which premiered on ABC Family to 3.6 million viewers becoming the most watched television movie of the ratings season, sweeping top rank in its time-period in key demos.

Recently, he starred in the Broadway hit Chicago as Billy Flynn.

He is currently a celebrity judge on an Internet reality show called Total Pop Star. He judges alongside Debbie Gibson and Andrew Van Slee.[10]

[edit] Dancing with the Stars

Week Dance(s)/Song(s) Judge #1 Judge #2 Judge #3 Result
1 Cha-Cha-Cha/"I Like the Way You Move" 7 7 7 Safe
2 Quickstep/"I Got Rhythm" 10 9 10 Safe
3 Jive/"Blue Suede Shoes" 8 6 8 Safe
4 Waltz/"Take It to the Limit" 9 9 9 Safe
5 Samba/"Freedom! '90" 8 8 9 Safe
6 Rumba/"Father Figure"
Group Disco/"Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"		 8
--		 8
--		 8
--		 Bottom 2
7 Foxtrot/"Singing in the Rain"
Mambo/"Mambo No. 5"		 10
9		 9
9		 10
10		 Safe
8
Quarter Finals		 Tango/"The Addams Family Theme"
Paso Doble/"Sympathy from the Devil"		 10
9		 9
8		 9
9		 Safe
9
Semi-Finals		 Quickstep/"42nd Street"
Rumba/"Eternal Flame"		 9
10		 10
10		 10
10		 Eliminated

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Films

Year Film Role Notes
1982 Scamps Sparky TV movies.
1983 Littleshots Pete
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home! Chris Peters
1985 Summer Rental Bobby Chester
1988 Pulse David Rockland
Oliver & Company Oliver (voice)
1989 Adventures in Babysitting Brad Anderson TV movie.
1991 Chains of Gold Tommy
1993 Olsen Twins Mother's Day Special Singer TV movie.
1994 Radioland Murders Frankie Marshall
1995 A Goofy Movie Chad (voice)
Prince for a Day Ralph Bitondo / Ricky Prince TV movie.
1996 Brothers of the Frontier Ethan Frye TV movie.
1999 Desperate But Not Serious Darby
Tequila Body Shots Johnny Orpheus
Horse Sense Michael Woods
2000 Urban Legends: Final Cut Graham Manning
2001 Romantic Comedy 101 Mark Gibson TV movie.
Do You Wanna Know a Secret? Hank Ford
Jumping Ship Michael Woods TV movie.
A Christmas Adventure from a Book Called Wisely's Tales Wolfpack Leader (voice)
2002 Pandora's Box Detective Anderson
2004 Love Rules! Michael Warner TV movie.
2005 Bow Matt TV movie.
Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber Ferguson TV movie.
2006 The Pool 2 Lance Cooper
Android Apocalypse DeeCee TV movie.
Rest Stop Officer Michael Deacon Video.
2008 Killer Pad Joey Lawrence
Together Again for the First Time Carey Krzyznyk Video.
2009 My Fake Fiance Vince TV movie.
The Sinatra Club Louie Pipes Completed.
2010 Hit List Lyle Post-Production.

[edit] Television

Year Title Role Notes
1982 Diff'rent Strokes Joey "Big Brother"
Silver Spoons Joey Thompson "The Best Christmas Ever"
1983 Gimme a Break! Joey Donovan Series Regular (1983-1987)
1984 Young People's Specials Billy "Umbrella Jack"
1985 ABC Afterschool Specials Mattie "Don't Touch"
1990 Blossom Joey Russo Series Regular (1990-1995)
1993 Almost Home Jeff Thornton "Girls and Boy"
Empty Nest Wade "Aunt Verne Knows Best"
1995 The John Larroquette Show Carly's Brother "Whipping Post"
Something Wilder J.J. Travis "Bergman of Alcatraz"
Brotherly Love Joe Roman Series Regular (1995-1997)
1999 Touched by an Angel Jesse "Fool for Love"
Recess Franklin Dudikoff "The Dude"
2002 The Zeta Project Dex Finley "Eye of the Storm"
American Dreams Michael Brooks 11 episodes (2002-2003)
2005 Half & Half Brett Mahoney 9 episodes (2005-2006)
2007 CSI: NY Clay Dobson 3 episodes.
The Emperor's New School Dirk Brock "Emperor's New Musical"

[edit] Discography

Studio albums

Singles

[edit] References

  1. ^ Joey Lawrence Biography (1976-)
  2. ^ http://www.people.com/people/katherine_heigl
  3. ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20320041,00.html
  4. ^ http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5frth_joey-lawrence-with-johnny-carson_fun
  5. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0vfuxqugldje~T31
  6. ^ http://www.killerpadmovie.com/castcrew/lawrence.php
  7. ^ YouTube - Icebreakers Commercial - Joey Lawrence
  8. ^ http://video.tvguide.com/Joey+Lawrence/What+are+Joey+Lawrences+upcoming+projects/1162014?autoplay=true
  9. ^ Master of Dance : TLC
  10. ^ http://notedguys.com/joey-lawrence/

[edit] External links

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