Breckin Meyer

Breckin Erin Meyer was born May 7, 1974 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 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.

Career

In 1990, Meyer acted in a made-for-television movie for the first time. Breckin Meyer and Alicia Silverstone attended the same high school in real life and starred in Clueless together.

Meyer plays Joseph Gribble on the FOX cartoon King of the Hill and has been promoted from being a cast member to also being a writer on Seth Green's stop motion animated series, Robot Chicken. He owns a production company together with Seth Green and Ryan Phillippe. He also played in Road Trip with Tom Green and Seann William Scott. His most recent project was a movie called "Blue State" in which he plays a super-liberal guy on the campaign trail for John Kerry in the 2004 elections. He drunkenly pledges to move to Canada if Bush wins the election, and on his journey meets a mysterious young woman, played by Anna Paquin.

Meyer played drums in the punk band The Street Walkin' Cheetahs and has played numerous shows with Tom Morello's The Nightwatchman, as well as Ben Harper, Cypress Hill, Slash and Perry Farrell at LA's Hotel Cafe.

Personal life

Meyer married screenwriter and film director Deborah Kaplan on October 14, 2001 and has one child with her. Meyer's hobbies include playing drums, video games, and sometimes sports.

Filmography

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
Clueless (1995)
Payback (1995)
The Craft (1996)
Escape from L.A. (1996)
Prefontaine (1997)
Touch (1997)
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) (uncredited)
54 (1998)
Go (1999)
The Insider (1999)
Tail Lights Fade (1999)
Road Trip (2000)
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
Rat Race (2001)
Kate & Leopold (2001)
Married to the Kellys (2003)(TV Series)
Garfield: The Movie (2004)
Blast! (2004)
Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
Rebound (2005)
Caffeine (2006)
Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties (2006)
Ted's MBA (2006)
Blue State (2007)