Shawn Harrison (actor)

Shawn Harrison
Harrison at the 2019 Rhode Island Comic Con
Born	(1973-12-28) December 28, 1973 (age 51) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present

Shawn Harrison (born December 28, 1973) is an American actor known for his role as Waldo Faldo, the dim-witted but lovable chef-in-training on the ABC sitcom Family Matters from 1990 to 1996.[1]

Biography

As a child, Harrison appeared in seven commercials, including spots for Fruity Pebbles and Burger King. In 1986, he portrayed Mike in the Kidsongs video "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing".^[citation needed]

Harrison has also made occasional appearances as the hairstylist Peaches on the UPN sitcom Girlfriends,[2][3][4] and made several guest appearances on other series, including Moesha.[3]

Harrison voiced Timber Wolf in the animated series Legion of Super Heroes, which premiered in fall 2006.[3][5][6] He also guest starred in an episode of Punky Brewster, and played William K in The Ms. Pat Show.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Lord Help Us	N/A	Direct-to-video Associate producer
2009	The Old Man and the Seymour	Himself	Short film
2012	Silent But Deadly	Tyrone
2018	Uncle Ed's Bucket List	Reverend Ike	[7][8]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Hill Street Blues	Kid	Episode: "What Are Friends For?"
1987	The Mighty Pawns	Tiny	Television film
	Daniel and the Towers	Sean	Television film
1988	Punky Brewster	Franco Grenolli	Episode: "Going to Camp"
1988–1989	Day by Day	J.D.	4 episodes
1990	L.A. Law	Andrew Steadman	Episode: "On Your Honor"
1990–1996	Family Matters	Waldo Geraldo Faldo	106 episodes
1991	The Royal Family	David Lemoan	Episode: "Talkin' Baseball"
1996	Moesha	Clark	Episode: "Ichi, Ni, San, Shi Look -- Clarkzilla!"
2004	Eve	Peaches	Episode: "Self Helpless"[4]
2002–2004	Girlfriends	Peaches	5 episodes
2006–2008	Legion of Super Heroes	Timber Wolf, Ron-Karr, additional voices	Voice, 16 episodes[9]
2020	Dynasty	Monsieur Reynaud	Episode: "My Hangover's Arrived"[3]
2021–2022	The Ms. Pat Show	William K.	2 episodes
	A Sitcom for Gio	N/A	Producer, director, and writer[4]
2022	Raven's Home	Sir Leo	2 episodes[6][3]

References

1. "Harrison Finds That Family Really Matters". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
2. "Listings, GIRLFRIENDS on UPN". The Fulton Critic. December 20, 2004. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
3. Hall, Gerrad; Weldon, Sarah (February 26, 2023). "Family Matters cast: Where are they now?". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
4. Deadrick, Acacia; Ledford, Becki (September 13, 2021). "Whatever Happened To The Cast Of Family Matters?". The List. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
5. "LEGION OF SUPER HEROES' SHAWN HARRISON". Comics Continuum. August 17, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
6. Lyttle, Zoey (February 20, 2023). "The Cast of Family Matters: Where Are They Now?". People. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
7. "New Comedy film Uncle Ed's Bucket List via Kelby Ko Productions and BiggSixx Entertainment". PRLog. November 25, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
8. Villafane, Camila (March 11, 2020). "Where Are They Now? The Cast of Family Matters". Obsev. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
9. "Shawn Harrison (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 3, 2024. 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.

External links

• Shawn Harrison at IMDb