![]() ![]() In early 2009, Strong performed the audiobook of The Obama Revolution by Alan Kennedy-Shaffer. In August, MoveOn raised $200,000 to air the ad on MTV and Comedy Central it was the first political commercial to ever appear on Comedy Central. ![]() In April 2008, Strong co-created (with his brother and his girlfriend, actress Alexandra Barreto) a 30-second television ad in support of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, titled "It Could Happen to You." The ad, submitted to, became one of 15 finalists from a pool of over 1,100 submitted ads, and was chosen as the funniest ad in May 2008. You know, I’m in the low budget horror world… I have a whole lot of other stuff I want to do.' Speaking to Pure Movies in 2010 he expressed that he wanted to expand his writing and directing career: 'Acting is always there and I enjoy it but it’s kind of got a little unfulfilling lately. It went on to win both the Jury Award and Audience Award at the Woods Hole Film Festival, a Special Jury Prize in the Action/Cut Short Film Competition and Best First-Time Director at DC Shorts. It was released in 2009.Īlong with his brother, Shiloh Strong, he wrote and directed the short film, Irish Twins, which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. He has a brief cameo appearance in Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, the sequel to Cabin Fever. The show was short-lived and was not chosen as one of the transferring shows to The CW Television Network. ![]() In 2006, he returned to television for a regular series role in Pepper Dennis on the WB. When the series ended, Strong returned to the big screen to star as Paul in the indie horror film Cabin Fever, directed by Eli Roth. ĭuring the seven year run he was nominated twice for the Young Artist Award and nominated for a Hollywood Reporter YoungStar Award. It was not until he was chosen for the role of Shawn Hunter in the ABC series Boy Meets World that he received widespread recognition. When the series was canceled, Strong made his debut on film as Amy Irving's son in Benefit of the Doubt. In 1992, he received his first regular television series role as Julie Andrews's son on Julie. After the stage production, he appeared in small screen roles on television. Strong began his acting career at the young age of nine, when he starred as Gavroche in the San Francisco production of Les Misérables. His brother is Shiloh Strong, an actor and still photographer. He graduated from High School in Sebastopol, California in 1997. Rider King Strong was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Lin (née Warner), a teacher and nutritionist, and King Strong, a firefighter. ![]()
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