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Shawn Harrison
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Harrison at the 2019 Rhode Island Comic Con
Born (1973-12-28) December 28, 1973 (age 50)
Occupation Actor
Years active 1985–present

Shawn Harrison (born December 28, 1973) is an American actor best 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.

Biography

Before sixth grade, Harrison appeared in seven commercials, including spots for Fruity Pebbles and Burger King. In 1986 he made an appearance in the Kidsongs video "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" in the role of Mike. His mother died when he was 17.

Harrison has also made occasional appearances as the hairstylist Peaches on the UPN sitcom Girlfriends, and made several guest appearances on other series prior to that, including Moesha.

Harrison provided the voice of Timber Wolf on the animated series Legion of Super Heroes, which premiered in fall 2006. He was also in an episode of Punky Brewster, and played William K in two episodes of The Ms. Pat Show.

Filmography

Film

Film
Year Title Role style
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 Rev. Ike

Television

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"
2002–2004 Girlfriends Peaches 5 episodes
2006–2008 Legion of Super Heroes Timber Wolf, Ron-Karr, additional voices Voice, 16 episodes
2020 Dynasty Monsieur Reynaud Episode: "My ...'s Arrived"
2021–2022 The Ms. Pat Show William K. 2 episodes
A Sitcom for Gio N/A Writer - 4 episodes

Director - 3 episodes

Executive producer - 4 episodes

2022 Raven's Home Sir Leo 2 episodes

See also

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