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Will Friedle
Will Friedle (/ˈfrɪdɛl/; born August 11, 1976) is an American actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Eric Matthews in the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World (1993–2000).
In animation, Friedle's first voice acting role was the lead role of Terry McGinnis / Batman in Batman Beyond (1999–2001). He also voiced Ron Stoppable in Kim Possible (2002–2007), Doyle Blackwell in The Secret Saturdays (2008), Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle in Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008–2011), Lion-O in the 2011–12 reboot of ThunderCats, Bumblebee in the Transformers franchise (2013–2017), Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy (2015–2019), and Kashaw Vesh in The Legend of Vox Machina (2022).
Friedle was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the youngest of three boys of Patricia Joan (née Leary) and Gary Allen Friedle, both lawyers. His older brothers are Gary and Greg Friedle. After committing himself to becoming an actor, Friedle continually commuted from Avon, Connecticut, to New York City for auditions. He graduated from Avon High School in 1994.
Friedle is allegedly credited on school brochures as having attended Occidental College. However, when interviewed on the February 11, 2019, episode of Critical Role: Between the Sheets, he admitted having never attended the school. He stated that he learned he was being inaccurately credited by Occidental College as being an alumnus when his nephew visited the school and showed him the information package. Occidental College is not able to confirm that Friedle was ever used on marketing brochures; however, co-star Rider Strong attended Occidental College briefly during the filming of Boy Meets World. Additionally, he stated that he studied Latin for six years because he intended to become an archaeologist eventually. In the July 4, 2006, issue of People, Friedle mentioned he had thought about attending culinary school.
After co-hosting Nickelodeon's Don't Just Sit There! for three seasons (1988–1991), Friedle's breakthrough came when he was cast as Cory Matthews's likeable but underachieving elder brother Eric on the long-running TV sitcom Boy Meets World from 1993 to 2000, replacing original choice Harry Barandes after the pilot was shot. In 1998, he starred with Elisabeth Harnois, Dabney Coleman, and Jay Thomas in My Date with the President's Daughter as part of The Wonderful World of Disney.
In 2004, he co-starred with Chris Owen 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 film Everything You Want. Friedle was cast as Mike in Off Centre, but could not accept the role because of a previous commitment to The Random Years. The role ended up going to Eddie Kaye Thomas.
In December 2013, in spite of initial reluctance, it was announced that Friedle would reprise his role as Eric in the sequel series Girl Meets World.
Friedle's first voice acting role was the lead role in Batman Beyond (1999–2001) where he provided the voice of Terry McGinnis / Batman. He has reprised this role in multiple DC animated projects such as The Zeta Project (2001), Static Shock (2004), Justice League Unlimited (2004), and Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths (2024). In April 2014, it was confirmed that Friedle reprised his Batman Beyond role of Terry McGinnis on the Batman Beyond short made by Darwyn Cooke to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Batman. He also, at one point, replaced Joaquin Phoenix as Kenai in an unsuccessful pilot for a tv series based on the 2003 Disney film Brother Bear.
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Will Friedle
Will Friedle (/ˈfrɪdɛl/; born August 11, 1976) is an American actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Eric Matthews in the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World (1993–2000).
In animation, Friedle's first voice acting role was the lead role of Terry McGinnis / Batman in Batman Beyond (1999–2001). He also voiced Ron Stoppable in Kim Possible (2002–2007), Doyle Blackwell in The Secret Saturdays (2008), Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle in Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008–2011), Lion-O in the 2011–12 reboot of ThunderCats, Bumblebee in the Transformers franchise (2013–2017), Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy (2015–2019), and Kashaw Vesh in The Legend of Vox Machina (2022).
Friedle was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the youngest of three boys of Patricia Joan (née Leary) and Gary Allen Friedle, both lawyers. His older brothers are Gary and Greg Friedle. After committing himself to becoming an actor, Friedle continually commuted from Avon, Connecticut, to New York City for auditions. He graduated from Avon High School in 1994.
Friedle is allegedly credited on school brochures as having attended Occidental College. However, when interviewed on the February 11, 2019, episode of Critical Role: Between the Sheets, he admitted having never attended the school. He stated that he learned he was being inaccurately credited by Occidental College as being an alumnus when his nephew visited the school and showed him the information package. Occidental College is not able to confirm that Friedle was ever used on marketing brochures; however, co-star Rider Strong attended Occidental College briefly during the filming of Boy Meets World. Additionally, he stated that he studied Latin for six years because he intended to become an archaeologist eventually. In the July 4, 2006, issue of People, Friedle mentioned he had thought about attending culinary school.
After co-hosting Nickelodeon's Don't Just Sit There! for three seasons (1988–1991), Friedle's breakthrough came when he was cast as Cory Matthews's likeable but underachieving elder brother Eric on the long-running TV sitcom Boy Meets World from 1993 to 2000, replacing original choice Harry Barandes after the pilot was shot. In 1998, he starred with Elisabeth Harnois, Dabney Coleman, and Jay Thomas in My Date with the President's Daughter as part of The Wonderful World of Disney.
In 2004, he co-starred with Chris Owen 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 film Everything You Want. Friedle was cast as Mike in Off Centre, but could not accept the role because of a previous commitment to The Random Years. The role ended up going to Eddie Kaye Thomas.
In December 2013, in spite of initial reluctance, it was announced that Friedle would reprise his role as Eric in the sequel series Girl Meets World.
Friedle's first voice acting role was the lead role in Batman Beyond (1999–2001) where he provided the voice of Terry McGinnis / Batman. He has reprised this role in multiple DC animated projects such as The Zeta Project (2001), Static Shock (2004), Justice League Unlimited (2004), and Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths (2024). In April 2014, it was confirmed that Friedle reprised his Batman Beyond role of Terry McGinnis on the Batman Beyond short made by Darwyn Cooke to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Batman. He also, at one point, replaced Joaquin Phoenix as Kenai in an unsuccessful pilot for a tv series based on the 2003 Disney film Brother Bear.
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