15 Facts About Matthew Lawrence

Matthew Lawrence was born in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania to Donna Lynn, a personnel manager and former elementary school teacher, and Joseph Matthew Lawrence Mignogna Jr.

Matthew Lawrence's family's stage surname was changed to Lawrence from Mignogna when he was a toddler.

Matthew Lawrence began acting in the mid-1980s, playing Danny Carrington in Dynasty.

Matthew Lawrence studied acting at HB Studio in New York City.

Matthew Lawrence continued as a child actor through the early 1990s, appearing in many television and feature film roles, including the Robin Williams comedy Mrs Doubtfire and the mid-1990s television series Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad.

Matthew Lawrence appeared alongside Christopher Lloyd in Angels in the Endzone and starred in the Disney English dub version of Kiki's Delivery Service with Kirsten Dunst and Phil Hartman in 1998.

Matthew Lawrence competed on the twenty-fourth season of Worst Cooks in America, the show's seventh celebrity edition titled Thats So 90s, which aired in April and May 2022.

In February 2023, the three Matthew Lawrence brothers launched a podcast, titled Brotherly Love, centered around rewatches of the sitcom.

In 2025, Matthew Lawrence competed in season thirteen of The Masked Singer as "Paparazzo" which resembles a camera-headed figure that features a lightbulb that flashes randomly on his mask.

Matthew Lawrence was eliminated in "Lucky 6: Merging of The Masks".

Matthew Lawrence's singing debut was in 1986, when he and his brother Joey performed at the 1986 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Matthew Lawrence sang at the 1991 Macy's Parade as well.

Matthew Lawrence briefly dated his Boy Meets World co-star Danielle Fishel.

Matthew Lawrence was engaged to Heidi Mueller from 2004 to 2006.

Matthew Lawrence began dating professional dancer Cheryl Burke in February 2007 and remained in a relationship with her until their breakup in 2008.