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Will Friedle (; born August 11, 1976) is an American actor and screenwriter. iTunes at the 27:53 mark He is best known for his role as Eric Matthews in the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World (1993–2000).
In animation, Friedle's first voice acting role was the lead role of Terry McGinnis / Batman in Batman Beyond (1999–2001). He also voiced Ron Stoppable in Kim Possible (2002–2007), Doyle Blackwell in The Secret Saturdays (2008), Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle in (2008–2011), Lion-O in the 2011–12 reboot of ThunderCats, Bumblebee in the Transformers franchise (2013–2017), Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy (2015–2019), and Kashaw Vesh in The Legend of Vox Machina (2022).
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, 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.
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 film Everything You Want. Friedle was cast as Mike in Off Centre, but could not accept the role because of a previous commitment to The Random Years. The role ended up going to Eddie Kaye Thomas.
In December 2013, in spite of initial reluctance, it was announced that Friedle would reprise his role as Eric in the sequel series Girl Meets World.
Friedle voiced Seifer Almasy in the English-language version of the video game Kingdom Hearts II (2005), Gideon Wyeth in the English-language version of the video game Advent Rising (2005), and Jaster Rogue in the English-language version of the video game Rogue Galaxy (2005). From 2008 to 2011, he voiced Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle on .
In 2013, Entertainment Weekly commented that "Friedle has largely ditched on-camera acting for voiceover work", though he is "nevertheless best known as Eric Matthews, Cory's cute but dim brother on Boy Meets World". In 2015, Bustle highlighted that "after Boy Meets World was over, Friedle mostly went on to do mainly animated voice roles" and that he has "provided the voice of characters like Ron Stoppable ( Kim Possible), Fang ( Teen Titans), Ken Tennyson ( ) , and Kid Flash ( Teen Titans Go!) — which is literally just a small handful of the numerous cartoons his voice can be heard in, either as a series regular or just for a single episode".
From 2015 to 2019, he starred as Star-Lord on Guardians of the Galaxy.
In 2022, he reprised his role of Kashaw Vesh in The Legend of Vox Machina, an adaptation of the web series Critical Role; he originally appeared as Kashaw in the first campaign (2015–2017) of the actual play as a guest Player character. On June 15, 2022, Friedle voiced Radiant Black in a promotional online short.
Friedle and Romano co-hosted the podcast called I Hear Voices from 2022 to 2023 which was available on Romano's YouTube channel and other podcast providers. In June 2022, the podcast did a Kim Possible 20th anniversary special episode with creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley and voice actors John DiMaggio (Drakken) and Nicole Sullivan (Shego), as well as a brand new Kim Possible scene with the four actors written by McCorkle and Schooley and directed by original voice director Lisa Schaffer. He has hosted the Boy Meets World rewatch podcast Pod Meets World with Danielle Fishel and Rider Strong .
In 2024, he began to co-host the rewatch podcast Magical Rewind with Sabrina Bryan, which focuses on Disney Channel Original Movies.
Friedle is best friends with actor Jason Marsden and was the best man at his wedding in October 2004. The two have also worked together in numerous productions: Boy Meets World, Trojan War, Static Shock, Kim Possible, Batman Beyond, Justice League Unlimited, , ThunderCats, , and Mad.
| 1997 | Trojan War | Brad Kimble | |
| 2000 | Terry McGinnis / Batman | Voice, direct-to-video 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 credits or other reliable sources of information. | |
| 2003 | National Lampoon's Gold Diggers | Calvin Menhoffer | |
| 2004 | Howl's Moving Castle | Additional voices | English dub |
| 2008 | Anton, Cultist, Youth #1 | Voice, direct-to-video | |
| 2015 | Nightwing | Voice, direct-to-video | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2017 | Mayor Mercury | ||
| 2018 | Batman Ninja | Tim Drake, Laughing Mask Samurai | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2019 | Nightwing | Voice, direct-to-video | |
| 2021 | Skye Silver, Glitter Cupcake, Comet Tail, Commercial Voice | Voice | |
| 2022 | Aquaman, Lex Luthor | Voice, direct-to-video | |
| 2023 | Hydra Goons | Voice, Disney+ special | |
| 2024 | Batman / Terry McGinnis, Kamandi | Voice, direct-to-video | |
| Isla Monstro | El Feo | Voice | |
| Demolition Man / Dennis Dunphy | Voice, Disney+ special |
| 1990 | True Blue | Billy | Episode: "Caves" |
| 1992 | Law & Order | Russ | Episode: "Trust" |
| 1993–2000 | Boy Meets World | Eric Matthews | 158 episodes |
| 1994 | 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 | Television film |
| 1999 | H-E Double Hockey Sticks | Griffelkin | |
| 1999 | Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane | Jeremy Pinter | Episode: "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" |
| Odd Man Out | Phillip Evans | Episode: "Punch Line" | |
| 1999–2001 | Batman Beyond | Terry McGinnis / Batman | Voice, main role |
| 2001 | The Zeta Project | Voice, episode: "Shadows" | |
| 3rd Rock from the Sun | Stan | Episode: "Dick Soup for the Soul" | |
| Go Fish | Pete Troutner | 5 episodes | |
| 2002 | The Random Years | Alex | Main Character |
| 2002–07 | Kim Possible | Ron Stoppable | Voice, main role |
| 2003 | Regular Joe | Larry | Episode: "Time and Punishment" |
| Ron Stoppable | Voice, television film | ||
| 2003, 2005 | Ron Stoppable, Mackey Macaw Manager | Voice, 2 episodes | |
| 2004 | Static Shock | Terry McGinnis / Batman | Voice, episode: "Future Shock" |
| Teen Titans | Fang | Voice, episode: "Date with Destiny" | |
| Less Than Perfect | Caleb | Episode: "Claude Wants to Know" | |
| 2004–05 | Justice League Unlimited | Kyle Rayner, Terry McGinnis / Batman | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Ron Stoppable | Voice, television film | |
| Everything You Want | Calvin Dillwaller | Television film | |
| The Batman | Gearhead | Voice, episode: "RPM" | |
| 2006 | Cousin Greggy | Voice, episode: "Feeding Frenzy" | |
| 2008 | Ken Tennyson | Voice, episode: "Max Out" | |
| 2008–10 | The Secret Saturdays | Doyle Blackwell | Voice, 16 episodes |
| 2008–11 | Jaime Reyes, Scarlet Scarab | Voice, 15 episodes | |
| 2010–11 | Sym-Bionic Titan | Bryan, Jason, Student #1 | Voice, 4 episodes |
| The Penguins of Madagascar | Randy | Voice, 2 episodes | |
| 2011–12 | ThunderCats | Lion-O | Voice, 24 episodes |
| 2011–13 | Mad | Various | Voice, 10 episodes |
| 2012 | Prince Ragnar | Voice, 2 episodes | |
| Gravity Falls | Reginald | Voice, episode: "The Legend of the Gobblewonker" | |
| 2012–13 | Winx Club | Nereus | Voice, 9 episodes; Nickelodeon dub |
| 2013 | Bumblebee | Voice, episode: "Deadlock" | |
| Voice, television film | |||
| Monsters vs. Aliens | Man-Beast | Voice, episode: "Curse of the Man-Beast" | |
| 2013, 2016 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Deadpool, additional voices | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Turbo Fast | Fusion | Voice, episode: "Beat-A Fajita" |
| 2014–17 | Bumblebee, additional voices | Voice, 68 episodes | |
| 2015 | Avengers Assemble | Star-Lord, Jeter Kan Toon | Voice, 3 episodes |
| Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Star-Lord | Voice, episode: "Planet Monster" | |
| 2015–17 | Girl Meets World | Eric Matthews | 4 episodes |
| 2015–19 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Star-Lord, additional voices | Voice, main cast |
| Teen Titans Go! | Wally West | Voice, 7 episodes Also writer (2 episodes) | |
| 2016 | Bumblebee | Voice, episode: "Uninvited Guest" | |
| 2016–17 | Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Various | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2016–18 | Future-Worm! | Lobster Boy | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2017–18 | Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters | Officer Reynolds | Voice, 7 episodes |
| 2018 | Hollywood Darlings | Will | Episode: "Y2K" |
| Bunnicula | Captain Science Magic Love | Voice, episode: "Flunicula" | |
| 2019–21 | DC Super Hero Girls | Lex Luthor, Aquaman | Voice, 7 episodes |
| 2019–20 | Ian / Hardlight | Voice, 2 episodes | |
| 2020 | Spider-Man | Star-Lord, additional voices | Voice, episode: "Amazing Friends" |
| 2022 | Robot Chicken | Lance, Nightwing, Pointy-Haired Boss | Voice, episode: "May Cause a Squeakquel" |
| 2023–24 | The Legend of Vox Machina | Kashaw Vesh | Voice, 5 episodes |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Dr. Antower | Uncredited |
| 2003 | Additional voices | ||
| 2004 | Willy Gaines | ||
| 2005 | Jade Empire | Lu the Prodigy | |
| Advent Rising | Gideon Wyeth, Councillor Sevan | ||
| Rogue Galaxy | Jaster Rogue | ||
| Teen Titans | Fang | ||
| Tony Hawk's American Wasteland | Hero / "Kensucky" | ||
| Chicken Little | Additional voices | ||
| Kingdom Hearts II | Seifer | ||
| 2009 | Doyle Blackwell | ||
| 2010 | Blue Beetle | ||
| 2013 | Lego Marvel Super Heroes | Archangel, Nova, Rick Jones | |
| 2014 | Final Fantasy Explorers | Additional voices | |
| 2019 | Marvel Dimension of Heroes | Star-Lord | |
| 2021 | DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power | Lex Luthor |
| 2015–2017 | Critical Role (campaign one) | Kashaw Vesh | Guest role; 8 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | Geek & Sundry Painters Guild | Himself | Host; 36 episodes |
| 2019 | Mini Primetime | Host; 8 episodes | |
| 2022–2023 | I Hear Voices | Podcast co-host | |
| 2022–present | Pod Meets World | Podcast co-host | |
| 2024–present | Magical Rewind | Podcast co-host | |
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