Matthew Lawrence

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Lawrence at the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007 Born Matthew William Lawrence
February 11, 1980(1980-02-11) (age 28)
Abington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation Actor Years active 1986— present

Matthew William Lawrence (born February 11, 1980) is an American actor known for his role of Jack Hunter on the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World from 1997 to 2000.

1 Biography
2 Acting appearances
3 References
4 External links

Biography

Early life

Lawrence was born in Abington, Pennsylvania, the son of Donna, a personal manager, and Joseph Lawrence, Sr., an insurance broker.[1] His family's surname was changed to Lawrence from Mignogna before he was born. He has two brothers, Joey and Andrew, both of whom are actors. Lawrence attended classes at Abington Friends School.

Career

Lawrence began acting in the early 1980s, and became a renowned child actor through the early 1990s, appearing in many television and feature film roles, including the 1993 Robin Williams comedy Mrs. Doubtfire and the television series "Brotherly Love", whiched starred his real life brothers and Boy Meets World where he played the character Jack. Lawrence starred opposite Rob Schneider, in The Hot Chick.

Lawrence's singing debut was in 1986, when he and Joey did the 1986 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Other musical Matt rarities happened on two Gimme A Break episodes (Nell's Secret Admirer; Johnny B. Goode & The Window; Part 1; Rock & Roll Music). two Brotherly Love episodes (A Roman Holiday; Silent Night, Art Attack; Pigeon On Your Car) and his last musical moment on Boy Meets World (As Time Goes By; This Dame). Except for Silent Night and This Dame, Matt also played guitar on the remaining three.

Personal life

Besides his acting career, Lawrence works on his education. In February 2002 he enrolled at the University of Southern California. Lawrence previously dated his former Boy Meets World co-star Danielle Fishel and was engaged to Heidi Mueller. He was dating Cheryl Burke of Dancing with the Stars, whom he met through his brother and former Dancing with the Stars contestant Joey Lawrence. They recently broke up.[2]