Will Friedle was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut where he was always the class clown. He loved making people laugh. Will also had a passion for history. Will started out doing school plays and drama classes and got a job on stage at age 10. When he was about 14 or 15, he got an agent in New York. His first big acting job was a commercial for CBS about the dangers of kids and guns.
At 17, he moved out to L.A. all alone and started acting in his favorite part ever: Eric on Boy Meets World. His most thrilling moment in acting was the first time he did the show and heard the audience laughing. (Actually, another guy had his part in the origional pilot that no one saw, but he was too short!) During the time he was working on Boy Meets World, Will also did the voice for Batman in Batman Beyond and starred in movies such as My Date with the President's Daughter (1998) and H-E-Double Hockey Sticks (1999), both of which can currently be seen on the Disney Channel. He was also in The Trojan War which is out on video, True Blue, a movie of the week called Educating Mom, and a television movie called either The Gift of Love or Set for Life (with Andy Griffith). Will's television appearences also include: Law and Order, Totally Kids' Sports, Don't Just Sit There, and Home Video Bloopers.
Now that Boy Meets World has ended, Will can have time to focus on his other dream: getting his PhD. in archaeology. He will soon be appearing in a film called Ladykillers. Will can currently be heard doing the voice for Ron Stoppable on Disney's newest animated comedy, Kim Possible.More Facts:
Full Name: William Alan Xavier Friedle
Born: August 11, 1976 in Connecticut
Hair color: naturally an auburny brown, but he occasionally gets blonde highlights
Eye color: hazel
Height: 5'8"
Siblings: Will has two older brothers, Gary and Greg, and family is the most important thing to him!
Writes with: right hand
Fears: Lots of things, heights, narrow rooms, the dentist, Republicans, the color purple...
Favorite candy: Lion Bars (a combination of 100 Grand and Kit-Kat), which are only sold in Europe. Will also loves Otter Pops (Do those count as candy?...).
Professional stage debut: a small part in A Doll House
Favorite BMW Episode: "The Witches of Pennbrook"
Favorite prop on the BMW set: The fishtank in the apartment that has wooden fish on sticks
Best bud: Jason Marsden. Will also made friends with the entire BMW cast. He thinks of Danielle as his little sister and Ben as his little brother. Will even traveled to Europe with Rider Strong.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, sleeping, and playing golf and air hockey.
Favorite book: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Favorite actor: Robert DeNiro (Steve Martin and Albert Brooks are his favorite comedic actors)
Favorite actress: Sally Field
Favorite bands: Fleetwood Mac, Husker Du, Sugar. Will also likes to have classical music playing in the background.
Favorite city: Amsterdam, Holland
Favorite clothing brand: Armani Exchange
Favorite color: green
Favorite t.v. Show: M*A*S*H (Will also likes South Park because "It pokes fun at everything that is politically correct")i love SP, too!
Instruments he's played: piano, trumpet, guitar, and drums (none of them well, according to Will)
Pets: a cat named Cleopatra
Pictures of Will:
Picture from BMW set (about 1994)
Will in a green shirt (about 1997)
Will and a beautiful red chair (about 1997)
Candid shot from Jason Marsden's website (about 2000)
My opinion of him: I know I'm not alone in thinking that Will Friedle was very, very funny on Boy Meets World! He is also a great actor. Whenever the plot of BMW got too serious, "Eric" could always show up and make you laugh again. He was the comic relief and the wonderful spirit behind the show. Will played such a lovable, sweet, and funny character, and I believe that a lot of that was his true personality shining through the script. Just from reading past interviews people had with Will and watching him on-screen, I can tell that he's a very happy person. Now I can get into how Will is the most unbelievably good-looking guy I have ever seen. If I had to paper my room with pictures of any one person in the world, I would have to choose him just because it's fun to look at someone so hansome!
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