Will Friedle
Will Friedle | |
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Born |
William Alan Friedle August 11, 1976 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, voice actor |
Years active | 1988–present |
William Alan "Will" Friedle (born August 11, 1976) is an American actor, voice actor and comedian. He is best known for his comedic roles, most notably the underachieving elder 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/Batman, the titular character of Batman Beyond, and Ron Stoppable of Kim Possible. He does the voice of Deadpool in Ultimate Spider-Man. He also did the voices of Doyle in The Secret Saturdays, Lion-O in the rebooted ThunderCats series, and Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) on Batman: The Brave and the Bold.[1] One of his most recent roles has been the speaking voice of Bumblebee in the final episode of Transformers: Prime and the movie Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising and in the sequel series Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
In December 2014, in spite of initial resistance, it was announced that Friedle would finally reprise his Boy Meets World role of Eric Matthews on the continuation series Girl Meets World.[2][3][4]
Early life
Friedle was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Patricia Joan (née Leary) and Gary Allen Friedle, both lawyers.[5][6][7] After committing himself to becoming an actor, Friedle continually commuted from Avon to New York City for auditions. He attended Avon High School in 1994.
Friedle attended Occidental College. In the July 4, 2006 issue of People, Friedle mentioned he had thought about attending culinary school.
Career
After co-hosting Nickelodeon's Don't Just Sit There for 3 seasons (1988–1991), Friedle was cast as the likeable but underachieving elder brother Eric Matthews on the long-running TV sitcom Boy Meets World from 1993 to 2000. 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 ended up going to Eddie Kaye Thomas from the American Pie series.[8]
Friedle voiced Seifer Almasy in the English version of the video game Kingdom Hearts II, Gideon Wyeth in the English version of the video game Advent Rising, and Jaster Rogue in the English version of the video game Rogue Galaxy.
Personal life
In 1997, Friedle dated American actress Jennifer Love Hewitt,[9] and co-starred with her in the romantic teen comedy Trojan War. Hewitt made a guest appearance as Jennifer Love "Feffy" 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: Boy Meets World, Trojan War, Static Shock, Kim Possible, Batman Beyond, Justice League Unlimited, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, ThunderCats and Mad.
Filmography
Film | |||
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Year | Film | Role | Notes |
1997 | Trojan War | Brad Kimble | |
1998 | My Date with the President's Daughter | Duncan Fletcher | Disney |
2000 | Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | Terry McGinnis/Batman | Voice role Direct-to-DVD Release |
2003 | National Lampoon's Gold Diggers | Calvin Menhoffer | |
2004 | The Greatest Short Film Ever!!! | Mark | Short film |
Howl's Moving Castle | Additional Voices | Voice role | |
2005 | Everything You Want | Calvin Dillwaller | |
2008 | Batman: Gotham Knight | Anton, Cultist, Youth #1 | Voice role Direct-to-DVD release |
Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1988 | Don't Just Sit There | Host | |
1992 | Law & Order | Russ | Episode: Trust |
1993–2000 | Boy Meets World | Eric Matthews | Series regular Young Artist Award (nominated) |
1994 | The Gift of Love | Luke | CBS TV-Movie |
Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Jimmy Armstrong | Episode: The Tale of the Long Ago Locket | |
1996 | ABC Afterschool Special | Jason Gallagher | Episode: Educating Mom |
1998 | My Date with the President's Daughter | Duncan Fletcher | Disney Channel TV-Movie |
1999 | Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane | Jeremy Pinter | Episode: A Good Man is Hard to Find |
H-E Double Hockey Sticks | Griffelkin | ABC TV-Movie | |
Odd Man Out | Phillip Evans | Episode: Punch Line | |
1999–2001 | Batman Beyond | Terry McGinnis/Batman, Additional Voices | Lead role, Voice role 48 episodes |
2001 | The Zeta Project | Terry McGinnis/Batman | Voice role Episode: Shadows |
3rd Rock from the Sun | Stan | Episode: Dick Soup for the Soul | |
Go Fish | Pete Troutner | Series regular | |
2002 | All That | Himself | Episode 6: Season 7 |
2002 | The Random Years | Alex | Series regular |
2002–2007 | Kim Possible | Ron Stoppable | Series regular, Voice role 87 episodes |
2003 | Jack's House | Jack | Unsold TV-Pilot |
Regular Joe | Larry | Episode: Time and Punishment | |
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time | Ron Stoppable | Voice role Disney Channel TV-Movie | |
2003, 2005 | Lilo & Stitch: The Series | Mackey Macaw Manager Ron Stoppable |
Voice roles Episode: Phantasmo Episode: Rufus |
2004 | Static Shock | Terry McGinnis/Batman, Pilot | Voice role Episode: Future Shock |
Teen Titans | Fang, Frozen Promgoer | Voice role Episode: Date with Destiny | |
Less Than Perfect | Caleb | Episode: Claude Want to Know | |
2004, 2005 | Justice League Unlimited | Kyle Rayner/Green Lantern, Terry McGinnis/Batman II, Redcoat #3 | Voice roles Episode: The Return Episode: The Once and Future Thing, Part 2: Time Warped Episode: Epilogue |
2005 | Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama | Ron Stoppable | Voice role Disney Channel TV-Movie |
Everything You Want | Calvin Dillwaller | ABC Family TV-Movie | |
The Batman | Gearhead | Voice role Episode: RPM Credited as Will Friedel | |
2006 | American Dragon: Jake Long | Cousin Greggy | Voice role Episode: Feeding Frenzy |
2008 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Ken Tennyson | Voice role Episode: Max Out |
The Secret Saturdays | Doyle Blackwell | Voice role | |
2008–2011 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle | Voice role |
2010-2011 | The Penguins of Madagascar | Randy the Sheep | Voice role |
2010 | Sym-Bionic Titan | Bryan, Jason, Student #1 | Voice role |
2011–2012 | Thundercats | Lion-O | Voice role |
2011 | MAD | Lion-LOL, Captain America, Owen Lars | Voice role |
2012–2013 | Winx Club | Nereus | Voice role |
2012 | Gravity Falls | Reginald | Voice role |
2012 | Green Lantern: The Animated Series | Ragnar | Voice role |
2013 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Wade Wilson/Deadpool | Voice role |
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters | Bumblebee | Voice role | |
2013–present | Teen Titans Go! | Various voice roles | Writer (1 episode) Voice role |
2015–present | Girl Meets World | Eric Matthews | Episode: Girl Meets Mr. Squirrels, 2+ others |
2015 | Transformers: Robots in Disguise | Bumblebee, Additional Voices | Voice role |
2015 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Peter Quill/Star-Lord | Voice role |
Video Games | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2002 | Disney's Kim Possible: Revenge of Monkey Fist | Ron Stoppable | |
2003 | Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu | Additional Voices | |
2004 | Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault | Willy Gaines | |
2005 | Jade Empire | Lu the Prodigy | |
Advent Rising | Gideon Wyeth | ||
Rogue Galaxy | Jaster Rogue | ||
Teen Titans | Fang | ||
Chicken Little | |||
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland | Hero/"Kensucky" | ||
Kingdom Hearts II | Seifer Almasy | ||
2010 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Jamie Reyes/Blue Beetle | |
2013 | Lego Marvel Super Heroes | Rick Jones, Archangel, Nova |
References
- ↑ Phegley, Kiel (28 January 2009). "The Bravest & Boldest: Will Friedle". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ↑ https://tvline.com/2014/12/03/girl-meets-world-eric-returns-mr-feeny-season-2-spoilers/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/GMWWriters/status/540219661225193472?lang=en
- ↑ https://twitter.com/willfriedle/status/540217158672723968?lang=en
- ↑ Courant.com
- ↑ Joan Friedle-Leary Biography Article
- ↑ Patricia Friedle Biography Article
- ↑ Friedle lands UPN sitcom Neil Wilkes, DigitalSpy, 4 March 2002
- ↑ Will Friedle
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