Rider Strong

Rider King Strong is an American actor, voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. For Disney, he is best known for his role as Shawn Hunter in the 1990s sitcom Boy Meets World and its spinoff Girl Meets World. He also voiced Brick Flagg in Kim Possible and Tom Lucitor in Star vs. the Forces of Evil.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Rider King Strong was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Lin (née Warner), a teacher and nutritionist, and King Strong, a firefighter. He graduated from high school in Sebastopol, California in 1998. His brother is Shiloh Strong, an actor and still a photographer.Rider Strong Biography – Yahoo! Movies
===Career===
Strong began his acting career at the age of nine, when he starred as Gavroche in the San Francisco production of Les Misérables. After the stage production, he appeared in small screen roles on television. In 1992, he received his first regular television series role as Julie Andrews' son in Julie. When the series was canceled, Strong made his debut on film as Amy Irving's son in Benefit of the Doubt. It was not until he was chosen for the role of Shawn Hunter in the ABC series Boy Meets World that he received widespread recognition.
During the seven-year run, he was nominated twice for the Young Artist Award and nominated for a Hollywood Reporter YoungStar Award. When the series ended, Strong returned to the big screen to star as Paul in the indie horror film Cabin Fever directed by Eli Roth. In 2006, he returned to television for a regular series role in Pepper Dennis on the WB. The show was short-lived and was not chosen as one of the transferring shows to The CW Television Network. That same year, Strong recorded a reading for the audio version of the Anthony Kiedis biography, Scar Tissue. He had a brief cameo appearance in 2009's Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, the sequel to Cabin Fever.
Along with his brother, Shiloh Strong, he wrote and directed the short film Irish Twins, which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. It went on to win both the Jury Award and Audience Award at the Woods Hole Film Festival, a Special Jury Prize in the Action/Cut Short Film Competition, and Best First-Time Director at DC Shorts. Speaking to Pure Movies in 2010, he expressed that he wanted to expand his writing and directing career: 'Acting is always there and I enjoy it but it's kind of got a little unfulfilling lately. You know, I'm in the low budget horror world… I have a whole lot of other stuff I want to do.'Pure Movies interview with Rider Strong about Borderland
In April 2008, Strong co-created (with his brother and his then-girlfriend, actress Alexandra Barreto) a 30-second television ad in support of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, titled "It Could Happen to You". The ad, submitted to MoveOn.org, became one of 15 finalists from a pool of over 1,100 submitted ads, and was chosen as the funniest ad in May 2008. In August, MoveOn raised $200,000 to air the ad on MTV and Comedy Central; it was the first political commercial to ever appear on Comedy Central. In early 2009, Strong narrated the audiobook of The Obama Revolution by Alan Kennedy-Shaffer. In 2010, Strong starred in the science fiction-thriller film The Darkening Sky alongside Ezra Buzzington, Charley Rossman, Sally Berman, Daniel Kirschner, and LaShan Anderson under the direction of Victor Bornia.Trailer: The Darkening Sky
In late 2012, Strong declined an offer to reprise his role as Shawn Hunter in the upcoming spinoff Girl Meets World. However, during production of the pilot in March 2013, Strong along with other cast members, who were also unconfirmed to return, appeared on the set sparking rumors of a cameo or return to the new series. Creator Michael Jacobs stated "I think there's more than a chance, I think there's a strong chance" when commenting on Strong and other original series cast members returning. Other current cast members commented on Strong's return indicating that his return might be a secret not ready to be revealed. In June 2013, a Boy Meets World reunion was held with Strong attending along with many of his former cast members.http://www.wetpaint.com/network/articles/2013-06-07-shawn-hunter-girl-meets-world On March 19, 2014, it was confirmed that Strong would reprise his role as Shawn Hunter in two episodes, the first being a holiday-themed episode along with former cast members Betsy Randle and William Russ.http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/girl-meets-world-rider-strong-betsy-randle-william-russ-reprise-boy-meets-world-roles-picture-2014193
==Personal life==
In 2004, Strong graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University as an English major. While a student at Columbia, he wrote the foreword for fellow Columbian Steve Hofstetter's "Student Body Shots". Before Columbia, Strong attended Occidental College. He completed his Master of Fine Arts degree in June 2009 at Bennington College.
Strong began dating actress Alexandra Barreto after they met while filming the 2006 television series Pepper Dennis. They became engaged in December 2012, and married on October 20, 2013 in Oregon.
==Filmography==
Film
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1993	Benefit of the Doubt 	Pete Braswell 	
1998	My Giant 	Justin Allen 	
2001	Buck Naked Arson 	Willy Barnes 	
2001	The Secret Pact 	Lenny B. Dalton 	
2002	Cabin Fever 	Paul 	
2004	Death Valley 	Daniel 	
2005	Paradise, Texas 	Charlie 	
2007	Cosmic Radio 	Justin 	
2007	Borderland 	Phil 	
2007	Tooth and Nail 	Ford 	
2008	Spy School 	Mr. Randall 	
2008	Irish Twins 	Michael Sullivan	Short film
2008	Pulse 3: Invasion 	Adam 	Video
2009	H20 Extreme 	Greg 	
2009	Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever	Paul 	
2010	Darkening Sky 	Eric Rainer 	
2010	Ruff Love 	George 	Short film
2010	The Penthouse 	Kieran 	
2010	Your Lucky Day 	Young Man 	2010 Seattle International Film Festival
2011	Lone 	Jason Sumner 	Short film
2011	Walter Don't Dance 	 	Short film
2013	Too Late 	Matthew 	Post-production
Television
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1991 	Long Road Home 	Benjy Robertson 	TV film
1991 	Going Places 	David 	Episode: "The Camping Show"
1992 	Julie 	Adam McGuire 	Recurring role (7 episodes)
1992 	Empty Nest 	Philip Logan 	Episode: "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"
1992 	Evening Shade 	Jimmy 	Episode: "The Diary of Molly Newton"
1992 	Home Improvement 	Danny 	Episode: "Haunting of Taylor House"
1993 	Nurses 	Max Kaplan 	Episode: "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"
1993 	Time Trax 	William Peterman 	Episode: "The Prodigy"
1993 	The Last Hit 	Jimmy Dunne 	TV film
1993–2000 	Boy Meets World 	Shawn Hunter 	Main role (158 episodes)
1994 	Summertime Switch 	Frederick Egan III 	TV film
1996 	Maybe This Time 	Shawn Hunter 	Episode: "Acting Out"
1996 	Party of Five 	Byron 	Episode: "Summer Fun, Summer Not"Episode: "Going, Going, Gone"
1997 	Oddville, MTV 	 	1 episode
1998 	Hercules 	Pollux (voice) 	Episode: "Hercules and the Trojan War"
1998 	Invasion America 	Jim Bailey (voice) 	TV series
1999 	The Practice 	Gary Armbrust 	Episode: "Home Invasions"Episode: "Infected"
1999 	Batman Beyond 	Bobby Vance (voice)	Episode: "Lost Soul"
1999–2000 	Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles	Pvt. Carl Jenkins 	12 episodes
2002 	Law & Order: Criminal Intent 	Ethan Edwards 	Episode: "The Pilgrim"
2002–2004 	Kim Possible 	Brick Flagg (voice)	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2005 	Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama 	Brick Flagg (voice)	TV film
2006 	Crumbs 	Dennis 	Episode: "Six Feet Blunder"
2006 	Pepper Dennis 	Chick Dirka 	Main role (11 episodes)
2006 	Veronica Mars 	Rafe 	Episode: "My Big Fat Greek Rush Week"
2007 	Bones 	Gregg Liscombe 	Episode: "Mummy in the Maze"
2009 	Castle 	Rocco Jones 	Episode: "The Fifth Bullet"
2010 	100 Questions 	Alan 	Episode: "Wayne?"
2012 	Paulilu Mixtape 	Sam Paxton 	Episode: "Hooker Lawyer"
2014-2017 	Girl Meets World 	Shawn Hunter 	Recurring Role (2 episodes)
2015-2019 	Star vs. the Forces of Evil 	Tom Lucitor 	Recurring Role (28 episodes, intro song)
2016-present	Mighty Magiswords 	Familiar 	Recurring Role
==Awards/Nominations==
Awards
Year	Award 	Category 	Production 	Result
1994	Young Artist Award 	Best Youth Comedian 	Boy Meets World 	
1994	Young Artist Award 	Best Performance in a TV Comedy – Supporting Young Actor	Boy Meets World 	
2000	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 	Favorite Television Friends 	Boy Meets World (shared with Ben Savage)	
2008	Washington DC Shorts Film Festival	Best First Time Filmmaker 	Irish Twins (shared with Shiloh Strong) 	
==Roles==
Shawn Hunter GMW.png|Shawn Hunter(Boy Meets World and Girl Meets World)
Char 33594.jpg|Brick Flagg(Kim Possible)
Tom (Star vs. the Forces of Evil).png|Tom Lucitor(Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
==Gallery==
Disney adventures march 1996.jpg|Rider Strong with Lacey Chabert, Zachary Ty Bryon, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and Mara Wilson on the cover of Disney Adventures (March 1996)
Rider Strong Alexandra Barreto.jpg|Rider Strong with his wife, Alexandra Barreto at the Oxfam Party ceremony in November 2010.
Strong bros Tribeca Fest.jpg|Rider Strong and his brother, Shiloh Strong attending the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.
Rider Strong Tribeca19.jpg|Rider Strong attending the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.
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