Breckin Meyer (born May 7, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.
Meyer was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Dorothy Ann (née Vial), a travel agent and former microbiologist, and Christopher William Meyer, a management consultant. As a child of divorced parents, he lived in California, Texas, West Virginia and New Jersey. He has an older brother, Frank, and a younger brother, Adam. Meyer attended elementary school w...
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Breckin Meyer (born May 7, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.
Meyer was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Dorothy Ann (née Vial), a travel agent and former microbiologist, and Christopher William Meyer, a management consultant. As a child of divorced parents, he lived in California, Texas, West Virginia and New Jersey. He has an older brother, Frank, and a younger brother, Adam. Meyer attended elementary school with Drew Barrymore (and was apparently her first kiss) and also attended Beverly Hills High School. Through his elementary school, he came into contact with Barrymore's agent who signed Meyer. As a child, he was mostly seen in television advertisements. He also appeared as a definition giver on the game show Child's Play and plays Jon in the Garfield movies.
Meyer lent his broken-nosed strong screen presence to several roles as a druggie starting with his debut in "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare" (1991), in which he was memorably...
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