Matthew Lawrence
Matthew Lawrence | |
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 Lawrence at the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007 | |
| Born | Matthew William Lawrence |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1986 — present |
| Awards | 7 Nominations |
Matthew William Lawrence (born February 11, 1980) is an American actor known for his leading role in the movie Cheats (film) with Trevor Fehrman and his role of Jack Hunter on the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World from 1997 to 2000.
Biography
Early life
Lawrence was born in Abington, Pennsylvania, the son of Donna, a personal manager, and Joseph Lawrence, Sr., an insurance broker.[1] His family's surname was changed to Lawrence from Mignogna before he was born. He has two brothers, Joey and Andrew, both of whom are actors. Lawrence attended classes at Abington Friends School.
Career
Lawrence began acting in the early 1980s, and became a renowned child actor through the early 1990s, appearing in many television and feature film roles, including the 1993 Robin Williams comedy Mrs. Doubtfire and the mid-90's television series Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad. In addition, he maintained starring roles in "Brotherly Love", which starred his real life brothers, and Boy Meets World where he played the character Jack. Lawrence starred opposite Rob Schneider, in The Hot Chick.
Lawrence's singing debut was in 1986, when he and Joey did the 1986 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (Matt sang at the 1991 Macy's Parade as well). Other musical Matt rarities can be found on two Gimme A Break episodes (Nell's Secret Admirer; Johnny B. Goode & The Window; Part 1; Rock & Roll Music), two Brotherly Love episodes (A Roman Holiday; Silent Night, Art Attack; Pigeon On Your Car) and his last musical moment on Boy Meets World (As Time Goes By; This Dame). Except for Silent Night and This Dame, Matt also played guitar on the remaining three.
Personal life
In February 2002 Lawrence enrolled at the University of Southern California. Lawrence previously dated his former Boy Meets World co-star Danielle Fishel and was engaged to Heidi Mueller. He was dating Cheryl Burke of Dancing with the Stars, whom he met through his brother and former Dancing with the Stars contestant Joey Lawrence. They recently broke up.[2] Matthew Lawrence loved biology when he was younger and had hopes of becoming a zoologist someday. He has two dogs named Jack and Cody.
Acting appearances
Starring roles
- Gimme a Break! (1986-1987) as Matthew Donovan
- Sara as Jesse Webber
- Drexell's Class (1991-1992) as Walker
- Walter and Emily as Zach Collins
- Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (1994) as Sam Collins
- Brotherly Love (US TV series) (1995-1997) as Matt Roman
- Bringing Up Jack as Ryan
- Boy Meets World (1997-2000) as Jack Hunter
Guest-starring roles
- CSI: Miami as Chuck Shaww
- Blossom as young Joey
- Boston Public as Billy Deegan
Movie and mini-series roles
- Planes Trains and Automobiles (1987) as Little Neal Page
- Pulse (1988) as Stevie
- Kiki's Delivery Service (1989-Jpn, 1998-US) (anime movie by Hayao Miyazaki) as Tombo
- David (TV film, 1988)
- Joshua's Heart as Joshua
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) as Timmy
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) as Christopher Hillard
- The Hairy Bird [aka Strike! or All I Wanna Do] (1998) as Dennis
- H-E Double Hockey Sticks (1999) as Dave Heinrich
- Monster Night (1999) as Brandon
- Horse Sense (1999) as a Cowboy
- Jumping Ship (2001) as Jake Hunter
- The Hot Chick (2002) as Billy
- Cheats (2002)
- The Comebacks (2007) as Lance Truman
