Breckin Erin Meyer (born May 7, 1974) is an American actor, voice
actor, writer, producer, and drummer, known for his roles in films
such as Clueless, Road Trip, Rat Race, and Garfield: The Movie and for
providing voices for the series of adult humor Robot Chicken.Meyer was
born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Dorothy Ann (née Vial), a
travel agent and former microbiologist, and Christopher William Meyer,
a management consultant. He has lived in California, Texas, West
Virginia, and New Jersey. He has an older brother, Frank, and a
younger brother, Adam. Meyer attended elementary school with Drew
Barrymore (and was apparently her first kiss) and also attended
Beverly Hills High School. Through his elementary school, he came into
contact with Barrymore's agent, who signed Meyer. As a little boy, he
was mostly seen in television advertisements, and also appeared as a
child participant in the game show Child's Play He also slept in a
closed coffin for several years in high school.Meyer played several
roles as a druggie, starting with his debut in Freddy's Dead: The
Final Nightmare (1991), in which he was dispatched in a video game.
His breakthrough screen role was in the teen hit Clueless (1995) as
the skateboarding stoner. Meyer offered similar characterizations in
The Craft and John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. (both 1996). He played
the best friend of an Olympic hopeful in the biopic Prefontaine (1997)
and as a high-school student yearning to leave his hometown in Dancer,
Texas Pop. 81 (1998).
actor, writer, producer, and drummer, known for his roles in films
such as Clueless, Road Trip, Rat Race, and Garfield: The Movie and for
providing voices for the series of adult humor Robot Chicken.Meyer was
born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Dorothy Ann (née Vial), a
travel agent and former microbiologist, and Christopher William Meyer,
a management consultant. He has lived in California, Texas, West
Virginia, and New Jersey. He has an older brother, Frank, and a
younger brother, Adam. Meyer attended elementary school with Drew
Barrymore (and was apparently her first kiss) and also attended
Beverly Hills High School. Through his elementary school, he came into
contact with Barrymore's agent, who signed Meyer. As a little boy, he
was mostly seen in television advertisements, and also appeared as a
child participant in the game show Child's Play He also slept in a
closed coffin for several years in high school.Meyer played several
roles as a druggie, starting with his debut in Freddy's Dead: The
Final Nightmare (1991), in which he was dispatched in a video game.
His breakthrough screen role was in the teen hit Clueless (1995) as
the skateboarding stoner. Meyer offered similar characterizations in
The Craft and John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. (both 1996). He played
the best friend of an Olympic hopeful in the biopic Prefontaine (1997)
and as a high-school student yearning to leave his hometown in Dancer,
Texas Pop. 81 (1998).
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