Will Friedle
Will Friedle (/ˈfrɪdɛl/; born August 11, 1976) is an American actor, comedian, and writer.[1] He is best known for his role as the 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. 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.[2] 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.
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 Friedle at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2019 | |
| Born | August 11, 1976 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Avon High School |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Martens (m. 2016) |
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Early life
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.[3][4][5] 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,[6] 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.
Career
After co-hosting Nickelodeon's Don't Just Sit There for three seasons (1988–1991), 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.
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 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.[7]
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.
In December 2013, in spite of initial reluctance, it was announced that Friedle would reprise his Boy Meets World role of Eric Matthews on the continuation series Girl Meets World.[8][9][10]
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.
On June 27, 2019, the premiere episode of Christy's Kitchen Throwback featuring Friedle was uploaded to Christy Carlson Romano's YouTube Channel.[11]
Personal life
In 1997, Friedle dated actress Jennifer Love Hewitt,[12] 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 episode "And Then There Was Shawn".
Friedle is best friends with actor Jason Marsden and was the best man at Marsden's wedding in October 2004. The two have also worked together in numerous productions: Boy Meets World (till Marsden's departure from the Series in season 3 and his character Jason Marsden was eventually replaced by Matthew Lawrence's character Jack Hunter starting in season 5), Trojan War, Static Shock, Kim Possible, Batman Beyond, Justice League Unlimited, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, ThunderCats, Transformers: Rescue Bots and Mad.
He married his girlfriend, Susan Martens, on September 25, 2016, in Connecticut. His affectionate name for her is Mrs Squirrels in reference to his nickname "Plays With Squirrels" that as Eric he acquired in the final season of Boy Meets World.[13]
Filmography
| Film | |||
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | Trojan War | Brad Kimble | |
| 1998 | My Date with the President's Daughter | Duncan Fletcher | |
| 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 No. 1 | Voice role Direct-to-DVD release |
| 2015 | Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts | Nightwing/Dick Grayson | Voice role Direct-to-DVD release[14] |
| Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem | Voice role Direct-to-DVD release[15] | ||
| 2016 | Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City Breakout | Voice role Direct-to-DVD release[16] | |
| Batman Unlimited: Mech vs. Mutants | Voice role Direct-to-DVD release | ||
| 2018 | Batman Ninja | Tim Drake/Red Robin | English dub Voice role Direct-to-DVD release |
| 2021 | My Little Pony: A New Generation | Comet Tail, Glitter Cupcake, and Skye Silver | Voice roles Netflix original animated film |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Don't Just Sit There | Host | Unknown episodes |
| 1992 | Law & Order | Russ | Episode: "Trust" |
| 1993–2000 | Boy Meets World | Eric Matthews | Series regular (157 episodes) Young Artist Award (nominated) |
| 1994 | The Gift of Love | Luke | CBS television 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 | |
| 1999 | Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane | Jeremy Pinter | Episode: "A Good Man is Hard to Find" |
| H-E Double Hockey Sticks | Griffelkin | ABC television movie | |
| Odd Man Out | Phillip Evans | Episode: "Punch Line" | |
| 1999–2001 | Batman Beyond | Terry McGinnis/Batman, additional voices | Voice role 52 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 | Season 7, episode 6 |
| 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 television pilot |
| Regular Joe | Larry | Episode: "Time and Punishment" | |
| Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time | Ron Stoppable | Voice role Disney Channel television 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 No. 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 television movie |
| Everything You Want | Calvin Dillwaller | ABC Family television 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 | TMNT: Back to the Sewer | Splinter | Voice role |
| 2009 | Turtles Forever | Miyamoto Usagi, additional voices | 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 No. 1 | Voice role |
| 2011–2012 | Thundercats | Lion-O/Leo | Voice role Writer (2 episodes) |
| 2011–2013 | Mad | Lion-LOL, Captain America, Owen Lars, additional voices | Voice role |
| 2012–2013 | Winx Club | Nereus | Voice role |
| 2012 | Gravity Falls | Reginald | Voice role |
| 2012 | Green Lantern: The Animated Series | Ragnar | Voice role |
| 2013–2016 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Wade Wilson/Deadpool Web-Beard |
Voice role |
| 2013 | Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters | Bumblebee | Voice role Episode: "Deadlock" Movie |
| 2013–present | Teen Titans Go! | Kid Flash | Writer (2 episodes) Voice role |
| 2015–2017 | Girl Meets World | Eric Matthews | Recurring role
Writer (1 episode) |
| Transformers: Robots in Disguise | Bumblebee, additional voices | Voice role Episode Writer (2 episodes) | |
| 2015 | Avengers Assemble | Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Jeter Kan Toon | Voice role[17] Replaces Chris Cox as Star-Lord in season 2[18][19] |
| 2015 | Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Peter Quill/Star-Lord | Voice role Replaces Chris Cox in the episode "Planet Monster, Part 2"[20] |
| 2015–2018 | Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Mason, Eric, Bewildero, Johnny Cobra, Parker, Janitor | Voice role 3 episodes |
| 2015–2019 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Peter Quill/Star-Lord | Voice role |
| 2016–2018 | Future-Worm | Loboster Boy | Voice role |
| 2016 | Transformers: Rescue Bots | Bumblebee | Voice role Episode: "Uninvited Guest" |
| 2017–2018 | Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters | Officer Reynolds, Additional voices | Voice role |
| 2019 | Big Hero 6: The Series | Ian | Voice role |
| 2019–present | DC Super Hero Girls | Lex Luthor, Aquaman | Voice role |
| 2022 | Robot Chicken | Nightwing, Steve Rogers, Pointy-haired Boss | Voice role Episode: "May Cause a Squeakquel" |
| 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, Councellor Sevan | ||
| 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 | |
| 2019 | Marvel Dimension of Heroes | Star-Lord | Augmented reality game for mobile devices[21] |
| 2021 | DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power | Lex Luthor | |
| Web series | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015–2017 | Critical Role | Kashaw Vesh | Special guest on 5 episodes |
| 2017–2019 | Painter's Guild | Himself | Host |
| 2019–present | Mini Primetime with Will Friedle | ||
| Discography | |||
| Year | Album | Song | Notes |
| 2003–2005 | Kim Possible | The Naked Mole Rap (as Ron Stoppable) | Featuring Nancy Cartwright (as Rufus) |
Other Appearances
| Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Christy's Kitchen Throwback | Himself | YouTube |
References
- https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/worst-ever-podcast-with-christine-and-alaa/id1225846060?mt=2&i=1000410056460 at the 27:53 mark
- Phegley, Kiel (January 28, 2009). "The Bravest & Boldest: Will Friedle". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- "Art-World Movie Shot In State To Be Shown Saturday In New Milford". tribunedigital-thecourant. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- "The Hartford Courant article archive – Friedle-Leary". Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- "The Hartford Courant article archive – She Chose to Have Both". Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- "Between the Sheets: Will Friedle (Mon 2/11 at 7pm PST) - criticalrole on Twitch".
- Wilkes, Neil (March 4, 2002). "Friedle lands UPN sitcom". Digital Spy. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- Swift, Andy (December 3, 2014). "Girl Meets World: Eric, Mr. Feeny & More Returning in Season 2 — First Photo". TVLine. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- @GMWWriters (December 3, 2014). "Announcement #4: Shawn, Eric and Mr. Feeny will be an important part of season 2. Lives will change. People will grow. People won't" (Tweet). Retrieved August 29, 2019 – via Twitter.
- Friedle, Will [@willfriedle] (December 3, 2014). "There is nothing as important as family. I think it is time I met my niche. #WednesdaywisdomwithMrSquirrels" (Tweet). Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via Twitter.
- "Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable Make THE NACO!!! – YouTube". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
Christy Carlson Romano and Will Friedle have an absolute blast recreating one of Kim Possible’s favorite foods! Christy and Will dish about their time working together on Kim Possible and chat about everything from Boy Meets World, to Even Stevens, to how they’ve recently rejoined forces on Big Hero 6
- "Will Friedle". Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- "Will Friedle – His Life With Mrs Squirrel". The Celeb Times. June 24, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- @SuperPRGuy (March 26, 2015). "Nightwing (@willfriedle) has a kitty issue – Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts. @LauraBaileyVO is Cheetah #BatmanUAA" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Gerding, Stephen (June 2, 2015). "EXCLUSIVE TRAILER DEBUT: Joker Rules in "Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
- Siegel, Lucas (April 4, 2016). "EXCLUSIVE: WB Reveals Next LEGO DC Comics Movie with Announcement Trailer". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
- "New Frontiers". Avengers Assemble. Season 2. Episode 25. September 13, 2015. Disney XD.
- "Guardians of the Galaxy 'Assemble' again on TV". USA TODAY. February 19, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- "Widow's Run". Avengers Assemble. Season 2. Episode 12. February 22, 2015. Disney XD.
- "Planet Monster, Part 2". Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Season 2. Episode 26. June 28, 2015. Disney XD.
- "Will Friedle (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 12, 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
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External links
- Will Friedle at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Will Friedle at IMDb
- Will Friedle on the Super Hero Speak podcast from NYCC 2019