William Alan Friedle (/ˈfrɪdɛl/; born August 11, 1976) is an
American actor, voice actor, writer 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 title character of Batman Beyond,
and Ron Stoppable of Kim Possible. He voices Deadpool in Ultimate
Spider-Man and Star-Lord in the animated version of Guardians of the
Galaxy, replacing Chris Cox. He also performed the voices of Doyle in
The Secret Saturdays, Lion-O in the rebooted ThunderCats series, and
Blue Beetle on Batman: The Brave and the Bold. He 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 stand-alone sequel series Transformers: Robots in Disguise,
as well as in Transformers: Rescue Bots.Friedle was born in Hartford,
Connecticut, the son of Patricia Joan (née Leary) and Gary Allen
Friedle, both lawyers. 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
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. 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
(1988â€"1991), Friedle was cast as Cory Matthews' likeable but
underachieving elder brother Eric on the long-running TV sitcom Boy
Meets World from 1993 to 2000. In 1998, he starred with Elizabeth
Harnois, Dabney Coleman & Jay Thomas in My Date with the President's
Daughter as part of The Wonderful World of Disney.
American actor, voice actor, writer 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 title character of Batman Beyond,
and Ron Stoppable of Kim Possible. He voices Deadpool in Ultimate
Spider-Man and Star-Lord in the animated version of Guardians of the
Galaxy, replacing Chris Cox. He also performed the voices of Doyle in
The Secret Saturdays, Lion-O in the rebooted ThunderCats series, and
Blue Beetle on Batman: The Brave and the Bold. He 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 stand-alone sequel series Transformers: Robots in Disguise,
as well as in Transformers: Rescue Bots.Friedle was born in Hartford,
Connecticut, the son of Patricia Joan (née Leary) and Gary Allen
Friedle, both lawyers. 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
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. 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
(1988â€"1991), Friedle was cast as Cory Matthews' likeable but
underachieving elder brother Eric on the long-running TV sitcom Boy
Meets World from 1993 to 2000. In 1998, he starred with Elizabeth
Harnois, Dabney Coleman & Jay Thomas in My Date with the President's
Daughter as part of The Wonderful World of Disney.
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