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Will Friedle
File:Pict 2008-04-13 12-53-0712.jpg
Born
William Alan Friedle
OccupationActor

William Alan "Will" Friedle (born August 11, 1976, in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American actor and comedian. He is perhaps best known for his comedic roles, most notably the underachieving older brother Eric Matthews on the long-running TV sitcom Boy Meets World from 1993 to 2000. More recently, he has voiced a number of animated characters such as Terry McGinnis, the titular character of Batman Beyond and Ron Stoppable of Kim Possible.

Biography

Early life

Will Friedle grew up in Avon, Connecticut. After committing himself to becoming an actor, Friedle continually commuted from Avon to New York City for auditions.

Career

In 2004, he co-starred with Chris Owen (American Pie) in the independent film National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (originally titled Lady Killers). He also appeared in a supporting role in the 2005 ABC Family movie Everything You Want. Friedle was cast as "Mike" in the WB sitcom Off Centre, but could not accept the role because of a previous commitment to the UPN series The Random Years. The role of "Mike" ended up going to Eddie Kaye Thomas from the American Pie series. [1]

Recently, Friedle voiced Seifer Almasy in the English version of the video game Kingdom Hearts II and Jaster Rogue in the English version of the video game Rogue Galaxy.

Friedle attended Occidental College. In the July 4, 2006, issue of People, Friedle mentioned he had been contemplating attending culinary school.

Personal Life

In 1997, Will dated American actress Jennifer Love Hewitt [2] and co-starred with her in the romantic teen comedy Trojan War. Hewitt turned around and made a guest appearance as Jennifer "Feffy" Love Fefferman on Boy Meets World.

Friedle is best friends with actor Jason Marsden and was best man at Marsden's wedding in October 2004. The two have also worked together in numerous productions such as: Boy Meets World, Trojan War, Kim Possible, Batman Beyond, and Justice League Unlimited.


Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Howl's Moving Castle Voice Role
The Greatest Short Film Ever!!! Mark
2003 National Lampoon's Gold Diggers Calvin Menhoffer
1997 Trojan War Brad Kimble

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2002-2007 Kim Possible Ron Stoppable Voice Role
2006 American Dragon: Jake Long Cousin Greggy Voice Role
Episode: Feeding Frenzy
2003-2005 Lilo & Stitch: The Series Mackey Macaw Manager
Ron Stoppable
Voice Roles
Episode: Phantasmo
Episode: Rufus
2004-2005 Justice League Kyle Rayner/Green Lantern
Batman/Terry McGinnis
Voice Roles
Episode: The Return
Episode: The Once and Future Thing, Part 2: Time Warped
Episode: Epilogue
2005 The Batman Gearhead Episode: RPM
Everything You Want Calvin Dillwaller TV-Movie
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama Ron Stoppable Voice Role
TV-Movie
2004 Less Than Perfect Caleb Episode: Claude Want to Know
Teen Titans Fang/Frozen Promgoer Voice Role
Episode: Date with Destiny
Static Shock Batman/Terry McGinnis Voice Role
Episode: Future Shock
2003 Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time Ron Stoppable Voice Role
Regular Joe Larry Episode: Time and Punishment
Jack's House Jack
2002 The Random Years Alex
1999-2001 Batman Beyond Batman/Terry McGinnis Voice Role
2001 Go Fish Pete Troutner
3rd Rock from the Sun Stan Episode: Dick Soup for the Soul
The Zeta Project Batman/Terry McGinnis Voice Role
Episode: Shadows
1993-2000 Boy Meets World Eric Matthews Young Artist Award (nominated)
2000 Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker Batman/Terry McGinnis Voice Role
1999 Odd Man Out Phillip Evans Episode: Punch Line
H-E Double Hockey Sticks Griffelkin TV-Movie
Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane Jeremy Pinter Episode: A Good Man Is Hard to Find
1998 My Date with the President's Daughter Duncan Fletcher TV-Movie
1996 ABC Afterschool Specials Jason Gallagher Episode: Educating Mom
1994 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Jimmy Armstrong Episode: The Tale of the Long Ago Locket
The Gift of Love Luke TV-Movie
1992 Law & Order Russ Episode: Trust
1988 Don't Just Sit There Host

Video Games

References