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Rider Strong

Rider Strong
Rider Strong
Born: in San Francisco, California
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director,
Active: '90s-2000s
Major Genres: Comedy, Thriller
Career Highlights: Cabin Fever, Summertime Switch, Benefit of the Doubt
First Major Screen Credit: Benefit of the Doubt (1993)
7 Videos for Rider Strong
Pulse 3 (2008) Cabin Fever (2002) The Pact (1998)
Tooth & Nail (2007) My Giant (1998) The Last Hit (1993)
Paradise, Texas (2006)
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Biography:

Best known to Gen-Y'ers as Shawn Hunter, the resident high-school heartthrob and best friend of teen Cory Matthews (Ben Savage) on the ABC Friday-night sitcom Boy Meets World (1993-2000), Rider Strong was born in San Francisco and entered show business with a portrayal of Gavroche in a local stage production of {+Les Miserables}.

He first moved into television work at age 12 as the son of Julie Andrews on the star's eponymous sitcom, Julie (1992), then landed guest-star bits on such programs as Evening Shade, Empty Nest, Davis Rules, and Going Places. World, of course, represented Strong's career breakthrough and secured a major fan base for him (particularly among teenage girls).

As the series neared closure in the late '90s, Strong branched out into film roles -- first with a small part in the sentimental Billy Crystal comedy My Giant (1998), then as a horror star in such opuses as Cabin Fever (2002), Borderland (2007), and Cabin Fever 2 (2008).

~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide.