Rider Strong

Rider King Strong (born December 11, 1979) is an American actor. He portrayed Shawn Hunter in Boy Meets World and reprised the role in Girl Meets World, making his first appearance in the season 1 holiday episode, "Girl Meets Home for the Holidays". He has also directed numerous episodes of Girl Meets World.[1]
==Contents==
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#Filmography
#Girl Meets World Episodes Directed
#Gallery
#References
==BiographyEdit==
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 1997. His brother is Shiloh Strong, an actor and photographer.
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 Andrew's son on 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. He has a brief cameo appearance in Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, the sequel to Cabin Fever. It was released in 2009.
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."[2]
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 fifteen 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.[3]
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.[4]
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. Their first child, a son, Indigo Barreto Strong, was born on December 28, 2014.
==FilmographyEdit==
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 	Short film
Shown at the 2010 Seattle International Film Festiva
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 	Episodes: "Summer Fun, Summer Not," "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 	Episodes: "Home Invasions," "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-present	Girl Meets World 	Shawn Hunter 	Recurring Role
2015 	Star Vs The Forces of Evil