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| Birth name | Rider King Strong |
| Born | December 11 1979 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
Rider King Strong (born December 11, 1979) is an American actor.
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Biography
Early Life
Rider King Strong was born in San Francisco, California to King Strong, a firefighter, and Lin Warner, a teacher and nutritionist. He graduated from Nonesuch School in Sebastopol, California in 1997. [1]
Career
Rider began his acting career at the young age of 9, when he starred as Gavroche in the San Francisco production of Les Misérables. After the stage production, Rider appeared in small screen roles on television. In 1992, he received his first regular television series role as Julie Andrews's son on Julie. When the series was canceled, Rider made his debut on film as Amy Irving's son in Benefit of the Doubt. It was not until he chosen for the role of Shawn Hunter in the ABC series Boy Meets World that he received fame and recognition. During the seven year run he was nominated twice for the Young Artist Award. However, though he enjoyed the role of Shawn Hunter, Rider was continually perceived as "the Bad Boy." In the 2006 series Child Star Confidential, Rider revealed that the fan mail he received on the set of Boy Meets World, often asked him to murder someone for them. [2] When the series ended, Rider returned to the big screen to star as Paul in the indie horror film Cabin Fever, directed by Eli Roth. In 2006, Rider returned to television for a regular series role in Pepper Dennis on the WB. The show was short-lived and was not chosen as one of the transferring shows to the The CW Television Network. Rider is currently working on Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, the sequel to Cabin Fever. It is slated to be released in 2008.
Personal Life
For a period of time, Rider dated actress Rachael Leigh Cook. [3] In his spare time, Rider writes poetry. One of his poems was even incorporated into an episode of Boy Meets World. In 2004, he graduated Magna Cum Laude from Columbia University as an English major. It was there, he wrote the foreword for fellow Columbian Steve Hofstetter's "Student Body Shots". Strong remains good friends with his former Boy Meets World co-stars Danielle Fishel, Ben Savage and Will Friedle. He even guest starred in several episodes of Kim Possible, for which Friedle is a regular cast member.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 2008 | Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever | Paul | |
| 2007 | Doubting Thomas | Mr. Randall | |
| Tooth and Nail | Ford | ||
| Borderland | Phil | ||
| Cosmic Radio | Justin | ||
| 2005 | Paradise, Texas | Charlie | |
| 2004 | Mojave | Daniel | |
| 2002 | Cabin Fever | Paul | |
| 2001 | The Secret Pact | Lenny B. Dalton | |
| Buck Naked Arson | Willy | ||
| 1998 | My Giant | Justin Allen | |
| 1993 | Benefit of the Doubt | Pete Braswell |
