Jaleel White
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Jaleel Ahmad White is an American actor and screenwriter
. He is best known for his role as Steve Urkel
from Family Matters and voicing the character of Sonic the Hedgehog
and other characters for Sonic the Hedgehog media.
, son of Michael White, a dentist, and Gail, a manager. White got his start on TV commercials at age three with Kellogg's
after his preschool teacher persuaded his reluctant parents to take him to auditions. He landed his first television role as the son of Flip Wilson
and Gladys Knight
on the CBS
series Charlie and Company. He next appeared on another CBS comedy series, The Jeffersons
. White also appeared in the pilot episode for Good Morning, Miss Bliss
in 1987, and had a role in the 1990 television movie
Camp Cucamonga
, which also featured Chad Allen
(My Two Dads
), Candace Cameron (Full House
), Danica McKellar
and Josh Saviano
(The Wonder Years
), Breckin Meyer
and Jennifer Aniston
.
, on Family Matters. The role was initially conceived as a one-time guest appearance, but the character proved to be popular and White was given a full-time starring role. He also played several other members of the Urkel family, including his alter ego
Stefan Urquelle and Myrtle Urkel. During the height of Family Matters popularity, the character of Urkel was marketed with breakfast cereal (Urkel-Os) and a doll. In addition to starring in the series, White also wrote several episodes, including one, at age 19, that was the series' highest rated.
When the series was cancelled in 1998 after nine years, White had grown tired of the role. Shortly after the series' cancellation, he stated in an interview, "If you ever see me do that character again, take me out and put a bullet in my head and put me out of my misery." Due to the character's popularity, White was so tightly defined by his Urkel character
that it became hard for him to get other roles.
sitcom Grown Ups. The series was based around White as a young man striking out into adulthood. He also co-produced and wrote episodes for the show, in which he starred as “J,” a college graduate struggling to establish his role in life as an adult. The pilot episode featured another former child actor, Soleil Moon Frye
, famous for her role as Punky Brewster
, as the girl whom he chose as a roommate. The series failed to attract viewers and was canceled after one season.
White's acting roles have not been restricted to sitcoms, however; he has done voice work for several animated projects including the 1998 film Quest for Camelot
. In 1999, he provided the voice for Martin Luther King, Jr.
, in Our Friend, Martin
. He was also the voice of the famed video game character Sonic the Hedgehog
in all of the American produced TV shows - Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
, Sonic the Hedgehog
, and Sonic Underground
, (In Sonic Underground he also voiced Sonic's brother and sister, Manic and Sonia, respectively) as well as a Christmas special. It has been recently confirmed that he will be reprising the role in an upcoming independently produced fan film.
In 2001, White graduated from UCLA
with a degree in film and television. He has continued acting and has had small parts in the films Big Fat Liar
and Dreamgirls
, and was featured as the lead role in the comedy Who Made the Potatoe Salad? in 2006. In 2007, he guest-starred on the CW
series The Game, followed by a role as a law school graduate interviewing for a job at Crane, Poole and Schmidt in the ABC
legal drama Boston Legal
.
In June 2009, White began appearing in the web series
Road to the Altar. In the series, White stars as Simon, a 30-something black man marrying a young Jewish girl named Rochelle.
In September 2009, White guest starred on the USA Network
series Psych
, as an estranged college singing buddy of the character Gus.
In June 2010, White began appearing in the web series
Fake It Till You Make It. He also serves as writer and producer of the series. The series follows the exploits of a former child star (White) turned image consultant and his three protégés as they hustle to navigate Hollywood.
Jaleel White has also voiced Sonic the Hedgehog recently for Eddie Lebron's Sonic the Hedgehog fan film.
He will appear in an upcoming episode of Are We There Yet?
, which will be a reunion with fellow Family Matters cast member Telma Hopkins
.
Most recently White appeared as the star in Cee-Lo Green's music video for his song "Cry Baby".
White also appeared in the season 8
premiere of House
, titled Twenty Vicodin
, where he appears as a well connected inmate, occasionally helping Hugh Laurie
's character Gregory House to sneak things into the prison.
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. He is best known for his role as Steve Urkel
Steve Urkel
Steven Quincy Urkel, generally known as Steve Urkel or simply Urkel, is a fictional character on the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters, portrayed by Jaleel White...
from Family Matters and voicing the character of Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
, trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog, is a video game character and the main protagonist of the Sonic video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous spin-off comics, cartoons, and a feature film. The first game was released on June 23, 1991, to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's...
and other characters for Sonic the Hedgehog media.
Early life and career
White was born in Pasadena, CaliforniaPasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
, son of Michael White, a dentist, and Gail, a manager. White got his start on TV commercials at age three with Kellogg's
Kellogg Company
Kellogg Company , is a producer of cereal and convenience foods, including cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, fruit-flavored snacks, frozen waffles, and vegetarian foods...
after his preschool teacher persuaded his reluctant parents to take him to auditions. He landed his first television role as the son of Flip Wilson
Flip Wilson
Clerow Wilson, Jr. , known professionally as Flip Wilson, was an American comedian and actor. In the early 1970s, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series, The Flip Wilson Show...
and Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight
Gladys Maria Knight , known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author...
on the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
series Charlie and Company. He next appeared on another CBS comedy series, The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The show was produced by the T.A.T. Communications Company from 1975–1982 and by Embassy Television from 1982-1985...
. White also appeared in the pilot episode for Good Morning, Miss Bliss
Good Morning, Miss Bliss
Good Morning, Miss Bliss is an American teen sitcom that aired on the Disney Channel from 1988 to 1989 , starring Hayley Mills as a teacher at John F...
in 1987, and had a role in the 1990 television movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
Camp Cucamonga
Camp Cucamonga
Camp Cucamonga is a made-for-television movie that aired on September 23, 1990, on NBC....
, which also featured Chad Allen
Chad Allen (actor)
Chad Allen is an American actor. Beginning a prolific career as a child actor at the age of seven, Allen is a three-time Young Artist Award winner and GLAAD Media Award honoree, best known for rising to prominence as a teen idol during the late 1980s as David Witherspoon on the NBC family drama,...
(My Two Dads
My Two Dads
My Two Dads is an American sitcom that starred Staci Keanan, Paul Reiser and Greg Evigan. It aired on NBC from 1987 to 1990 and was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions in association with TriStar Television and distributed by TeleVentures.-Show synopsis:The show begins when Marcy Bradford , the...
), Candace Cameron (Full House
Full House
Full House is an American sitcom television series. Set in San Francisco, the show chronicles widowed father Danny Tanner, who, after the death of his wife, enlists his best friend Joey Gladstone and his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and...
), Danica McKellar
Danica McKellar
Danica Mae McKellar is an American actress, academic, and education advocate. She is best known for her role as Winnie Cooper in the television show The Wonder Years, and later as author of the three The New York Times bestsellers, Math Doesn't Suck, Kiss My Math, and Hot X: Algebra Exposed, which...
and Josh Saviano
Josh Saviano
Joshua David "Josh" Saviano is an American lawyer and former actor who played Kevin Arnold's best friend, Paul Joshua Pfeiffer, in the comedy-drama television show The Wonder Years.-Biography:...
(The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. It ran for six seasons on ABC from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988 after ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII....
), Breckin Meyer
Breckin Meyer
-Early life:Meyer was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Dorothy Ann , a travel agent and former microbiologist, and Christopher William Meyer, a management consultant. As a child of divorced parents, he lived in California, Texas, West Virginia and New Jersey. He has an older brother,...
and Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Joanna Aniston is an American actress, film director, and producer, best known for her role as Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends, a role which earned her an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.Aniston has also enjoyed a successful film career,...
.
Family Matters
At the age of 12, shortly after starring in a TV commercial for the Atari Lynx portable video game system, White originated his most famous role, Steve UrkelSteve Urkel
Steven Quincy Urkel, generally known as Steve Urkel or simply Urkel, is a fictional character on the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters, portrayed by Jaleel White...
, on Family Matters. The role was initially conceived as a one-time guest appearance, but the character proved to be popular and White was given a full-time starring role. He also played several other members of the Urkel family, including his alter ego
Alter ego
An alter ego is a second self, which is believe to be distinct from a person's normal or original personality. The term was coined in the early nineteenth century when dissociative identity disorder was first described by psychologists...
Stefan Urquelle and Myrtle Urkel. During the height of Family Matters popularity, the character of Urkel was marketed with breakfast cereal (Urkel-Os) and a doll. In addition to starring in the series, White also wrote several episodes, including one, at age 19, that was the series' highest rated.
When the series was cancelled in 1998 after nine years, White had grown tired of the role. Shortly after the series' cancellation, he stated in an interview, "If you ever see me do that character again, take me out and put a bullet in my head and put me out of my misery." Due to the character's popularity, White was so tightly defined by his Urkel character
Typecasting (acting)
In TV, film, and theatre, typecasting is the process by which a particular actor becomes strongly identified with a specific character; one or more particular roles; or, characters having the same traits or coming from the same social or ethnic groups...
that it became hard for him to get other roles.
Post-Family Matters
In 1999, White returned to television in the UPNUPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
sitcom Grown Ups. The series was based around White as a young man striking out into adulthood. He also co-produced and wrote episodes for the show, in which he starred as “J,” a college graduate struggling to establish his role in life as an adult. The pilot episode featured another former child actor, Soleil Moon Frye
Soleil Moon Frye
Soleil Moon Frye is an American actress, director and screenwriter. Frye is best known for her childhood role as the title character in sitcom Punky Brewster, and as Roxie King in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.-Early life:...
, famous for her role as Punky Brewster
Punky Brewster
Punky Brewster was an American sitcom about a girl named Punky Brewster being raised by her foster parent...
, as the girl whom he chose as a roommate. The series failed to attract viewers and was canceled after one season.
White's acting roles have not been restricted to sitcoms, however; he has done voice work for several animated projects including the 1998 film Quest for Camelot
Quest for Camelot
Quest for Camelot is a 1998 animated feature film from Warner Bros. Animation, based on the novel The King's Damosel by Vera Chapman, starring the voices of Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Gary Oldman, Eric Idle, Don Rickles, Jane Seymour, Pierce Brosnan, Bronson Pinchot, Jaleel White, Gabriel Byrne,...
. In 1999, he provided the voice for Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the...
, in Our Friend, Martin
Our Friend, Martin
Our Friend, Martin is a 1999 animated children's educational film about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American civil rights movement. Two friends travel through time, meeting Dr. King at several points during his life...
. He was also the voice of the famed video game character Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
, trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog, is a video game character and the main protagonist of the Sonic video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous spin-off comics, cartoons, and a feature film. The first game was released on June 23, 1991, to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's...
in all of the American produced TV shows - Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated series that was first broadcast in September 1993, and only for one season...
, Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Animated Series is an American animated series produced by DIC Entertainment with the partnership of Sega of America and was based on the Sonic the...
, and Sonic Underground
Sonic Underground
Sonic Underground is an animated series that follows the adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and his siblings, Sonia and Manic. The cartoon follows a main plot similar to, but heavily reconcepted from, main plot of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Animated Series...
, (In Sonic Underground he also voiced Sonic's brother and sister, Manic and Sonia, respectively) as well as a Christmas special. It has been recently confirmed that he will be reprising the role in an upcoming independently produced fan film.
In 2001, White graduated from UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
with a degree in film and television. He has continued acting and has had small parts in the films Big Fat Liar
Big Fat Liar
Big Fat Liar is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, written and produced by Dan Schneider and Brian Robbins, and starring Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, and Amanda Bynes...
and Dreamgirls
Dreamgirls (film)
Dreamgirls is a 2006 musical drama film, directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. The film debuted in three special road show engagements beginning December 15, 2006 before its nationwide release on December 25, 2006...
, and was featured as the lead role in the comedy Who Made the Potatoe Salad? in 2006. In 2007, he guest-starred on the CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
series The Game, followed by a role as a law school graduate interviewing for a job at Crane, Poole and Schmidt in the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
legal drama Boston Legal
Boston Legal
Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC...
.
In June 2009, White began appearing in the web series
Web series
A web series is a series of episodes released on the Internet or also by mobile or cellular phone, and part of the newly emerging medium called web television. A single instance of a web series program is called an episode .While the popularity of web series is continuing to rise, the concept...
Road to the Altar. In the series, White stars as Simon, a 30-something black man marrying a young Jewish girl named Rochelle.
In September 2009, White guest starred on the USA Network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
series Psych
Psych
Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts...
, as an estranged college singing buddy of the character Gus.
In June 2010, White began appearing in the web series
Web series
A web series is a series of episodes released on the Internet or also by mobile or cellular phone, and part of the newly emerging medium called web television. A single instance of a web series program is called an episode .While the popularity of web series is continuing to rise, the concept...
Fake It Till You Make It. He also serves as writer and producer of the series. The series follows the exploits of a former child star (White) turned image consultant and his three protégés as they hustle to navigate Hollywood.
Jaleel White has also voiced Sonic the Hedgehog recently for Eddie Lebron's Sonic the Hedgehog fan film.
He will appear in an upcoming episode of Are We There Yet?
Are We There Yet? (TV series)
Are We There Yet? is an American television sitcom, which premiered on TBS on June 2, 2010. Based on the 2005 feature film of the same name, it revolves around a family adjusting to the new addition of the matriarch's new husband and trying to deal with normal family situations...
, which will be a reunion with fellow Family Matters cast member Telma Hopkins
Telma Hopkins
Telma Louise Hopkins is an American singer and television actress. A member of the 1970s pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn, she later starred in several television sitcoms, including Bosom Buddies, Gimme a Break!, Family Matters, Getting By, and Half & Half...
.
Most recently White appeared as the star in Cee-Lo Green's music video for his song "Cry Baby".
White also appeared in the season 8
House (season 8)
House was officially renewed for an eighth season on May 10, 2011. It premiered on October 3, 2011. It is the first season not to feature Lisa Edelstein as Dr. Lisa Cuddy. Olivia Wilde has also left the show after the third episode in order to further her film career...
premiere of House
House (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
, titled Twenty Vicodin
Twenty Vicodin
"Twenty Vicodin" is the eighth season premiere episode of the American television medical drama series House and the 156th overall episode of the series. It aired on Fox Network in the United States on October 3, 2011. The episode introduces a new regular cast member to the series, Odette Annable,...
, where he appears as a well connected inmate, occasionally helping Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie
James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE , better known as Hugh Laurie , is an English actor, voice artist, comedian, writer, musician, recording artist, and director...
's character Gregory House to sneak things into the prison.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Jeffersons The Jeffersons The Jeffersons is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The show was produced by the T.A.T. Communications Company from 1975–1982 and by Embassy Television from 1982-1985... |
Van Van Morris | Episode: "Ebony and Ivory" |
| 1984 | Silence of the Heart Silence of the Heart Silence of the Heart is a 1984 television family drama film written by Phil Penningroth and directed by Richard Michaels for CBS Television... |
Hanry | Television movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... Uncredited |
| 1985 | Charlie & Co. Charlie & Co. Charlie & Co. is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 18, 1985 to May 16, 1986. Created by Allan Katz, the series starred Flip Wilson and Gladys Knight. Charlie & Co. is regarded as CBS' answer to The Cosby Show, which was a ratings success for NBC at the time... |
Robert Richmond | 18 episodes |
| 1986 | The Leftovers | Jake | Television movie |
| 1987 | Mr. Belvedere Mr. Belvedere Mr. Belvedere is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, until July 8, 1990. The series was based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted into the 1948 film Sitting Pretty... |
Ernie Masters | Episode: "Jobless" |
| 1987 | Good Morning, Miss Bliss Good Morning, Miss Bliss Good Morning, Miss Bliss is an American teen sitcom that aired on the Disney Channel from 1988 to 1989 , starring Hayley Mills as a teacher at John F... |
Bobby Wilson | Episode: Pilot |
| 1989–1998 | Family Matters | Steve Urkel Stefan Urquelle Myrtle Urkel Bruce Lee Urkel |
204 episodes; Lead Role |
| 1990 | Camp Cucamonga Camp Cucamonga Camp Cucamonga is a made-for-television movie that aired on September 23, 1990, on NBC.... |
Dennis Brooks | Television movie |
| 1991 | Full House Full House Full House is an American sitcom television series. Set in San Francisco, the show chronicles widowed father Danny Tanner, who, after the death of his wife, enlists his best friend Joey Gladstone and his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and... |
Steve Urkel | Episode: "Stephanie Gets Framed" |
| 1993 | Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated series that was first broadcast in September 1993, and only for one season... |
Sonic the Hedgehog (voice) | 65 episodes |
| 1993–1994 | Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series) Sonic the Hedgehog: The Animated Series is an American animated series produced by DIC Entertainment with the partnership of Sega of America and was based on the Sonic the... |
Sonic the Hedgehog (voice) | 26 episodes |
| 1995 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996. The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to move in with his aunt and uncle in their... |
Derek | Episode: "Not with My Cousin You Don't" |
| 1997 | Meego | Steve Urkel | Episode: "Love and Money" |
| 1998 | Quest for Camelot Quest for Camelot Quest for Camelot is a 1998 animated feature film from Warner Bros. Animation, based on the novel The King's Damosel by Vera Chapman, starring the voices of Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Gary Oldman, Eric Idle, Don Rickles, Jane Seymour, Pierce Brosnan, Bronson Pinchot, Jaleel White, Gabriel Byrne,... |
Bladebeak | |
| 1999–2000 | Grown Ups | J. Calvin Frazier | 22 episodes |
| 1999–2000 | Sonic Underground Sonic Underground Sonic Underground is an animated series that follows the adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and his siblings, Sonia and Manic. The cartoon follows a main plot similar to, but heavily reconcepted from, main plot of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Animated Series... |
Sonic, Manic, & Sonia (voices) | 40 episodes |
| 2002 | Big Fat Liar Big Fat Liar Big Fat Liar is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, written and produced by Dan Schneider and Brian Robbins, and starring Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, and Amanda Bynes... |
Himself | Uncredited |
| 2005 | Half & Half Half & Half Half & Half is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006. The show focuses on the lives of two paternal half-sisters in their twenties who were estranged throughout their childhood, and are finally developing a close relationship... |
Hershel | Episode: "The Big State of the Reunion Episode" |
| 2006 | Miracle Dogs Too | Leo | |
| 2006 | Puff, Puff, Pass Puff, Puff, Pass Puff, Puff, Pass is a 2006 comedic stoner crime film, also known as Living High, directed by Mekhi Phifer. The name derives from a smoking custom in cannabis culture wherein a group of cannabis smokers will commonly each take two "puffs" from whatever smoking device is being used and then pass it... |
Tenant #2 | Uncredited |
| 2006 | Who Made the Potatoe Salad? | Michael | |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls Dreamgirls (film) Dreamgirls is a 2006 musical drama film, directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. The film debuted in three special road show engagements beginning December 15, 2006 before its nationwide release on December 25, 2006... |
Talent Booker | |
| 2007 | The Game | Chris | Episode: "The Big Chill" |
| 2007 | Boston Legal Boston Legal Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC... |
Kevin Givens | Episode: "Guise 'n Dolls" |
| 2008 | Kissing Cousins Kissing Cousins (film) Kissing Cousins is an film starring Samrat Chakrabarti and Rebecca Hazelwood. It is a romantic comedy about a relationship terminator who falls for his cousin, released in 2008.... |
Antwone | |
| 2008 | Green Flash | Jason Bootie | Direct-to-DVD release Alternative title: Beach Kings |
| 2009 | Call of the Wild | Dr. Spencer | |
| 2009 | Psych Psych Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts... |
Tony | Episode: "High Top Fade Out" |
| 2010 | Fake It Till You Make It | Reggie Culkin | 10 episodes |
| 2010 | Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus | Dr. McCormick | |
| 2011 | The Problem Solverz The Problem Solverz The Problem Solverz is an American animated television series produced by Made 100% in Burbank and Mirari Films and created by Ben Jones, a member of the art collective Paper Rad, for Cartoon Network... |
K-999 (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Sonic (fan film) | Sonic the Hedgehog (voice) | Fanfilm |
| 2011 | Are We There Yet? Are We There Yet? (TV series) Are We There Yet? is an American television sitcom, which premiered on TBS on June 2, 2010. Based on the 2005 feature film of the same name, it revolves around a family adjusting to the new addition of the matriarch's new husband and trying to deal with normal family situations... |
Ray Savage | Episode: "The Nick Gets Jealous Episode" |
| 2011 | Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer is a 2011 comedy film based on Megan McDonald's Judy Moody book series, released on June 10, 2011. It stars Jordana Beatty as a third grader named Judy Moody who sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life... |
Mr. Todd | |
| 2011 | House (TV series) House (TV series) House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in... |
Inmate | |
| 2012 | Guardians of Luna Guardians of Luna Guardians of Luna is a feature film slated for a 2012 release with a television series planned for 2013. Produced by Cybergraphix Animation and distributed by FUNimation Entertainment... |
Kahn (voice) | Direct-to-DVD release Filming |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Title of work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Young Artist Award Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist... |
Best Young Actor - Guest in a Television Series | The Jeffersons | Nominated |
| 1986 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Supporting Actor in a New Television Series | Charlie & Co. | Nominated |
| 1991 | Young Artist Award | Outstanding Young Comedian in a Television Series | Family Matters | Won |
| 1994 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress | Family Matters | Won |
| 1995 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress | Family Matters | Won |
| 1996 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Family Matters | Nominated |
| 1997 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Family Matters | Won |
| 1996 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, also known as the KCAs or Kids Choice Awards, is an annual awards show that airs on the Nickelodeon cable channel, which airs live and is usually held and telecast live on a... |
Favorite Television Actor | Family Matters | Nominated |