Freddie Prinze Jr. Biography
Freddie Prinze, Jr. was born on March 8th, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He attended three different schools during his childhood, these were Eldorado, Sandia and La Cueva. After graduating in 1994, Freddie moved to L.A. to focus on an acting career and immediately garnered featured roles on several episodic series. One of these was
Family Matters in which Freddie had a four-line part in the episode "The Gun". He played a punk kid who brought a gun to school. "That was my big break, and I thought it was huge," says Freddie. He then went on to appear in a few afterschool specials including _Too Soon for Jeff (1996) (TV)_ , and
Detention: The Siege at Johnson High co-starring Rick Schroeder and Henry Winkler.
Salary
Scooby-Doo (2002): $2,250,000
Summer Catch (2001): $1,500,000 - $2,000,000
Trivia

Named one of "People" magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People [2000]

Graduated from La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, NM in 1994

Son of
Freddie Prinze and Katherine Elaine Cochrane-Prinze (
Kathy Prinze)

Enjoys martial arts.

Enjoys swimming, and recently took up tap dancing

Bought a $3 million, 5-bedroom, 4000 square foot house in the San Fernando Valley. [September 2000]

On People's (USA) 'Best-Dressed' list. [September 2000]

Auditioned for the role of Stu in _Scream (1996)_ .

Collects comic books.

Publicly announced that he and
Sarah Michelle Gellar are engaged. [April 17, 2001]

He is Puerto Rican and Hungarian from his father's (actor
Freddie Prinze) side, Irish, English and Native American from his mother's side.

Put his Toluca Lake house (bought September 2000) on the market, as he has moved into a new house with fiancee
Sarah Michelle Gellar. [February 2002]

As of 2004, has worked (co-starred) with actor
Matthew Lillard 5 times:
Wing Commander: Space Will Never Be the Same,
Summer Catch,
She's All That,
Scooby-Doo, and
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

Said the hardest part about filming
Scooby-Doo (aside from being homesick) was that he had to constantly re-dye his jet black hair blonde to match his character, Fred.

Was "Mr. Golden Globe" for 1996.

His father committed suicide when Freddie was 10 months old. He was raised by his mother and grandmother.

He grew up in New Mexico but spent the summers in Puerto Rico with his paternal grandmother.

As a fan of pop culture, he initially turned down
Raja Gosnell's offer to star with real life love
Sarah Michelle Gellar in
Scooby-Doo because he felt it would not be respecting the original series, but Sarah talked him into it.

Shares a birthday with
James Van Der Beek and
Camryn Manheim.

His godfather is martial arts legend Bob Wall.

First met Sarah Michelle Gellar on the set of I know what you did last summer (1997).

Is an only child.
Lindsay Sloane was maid of honor at his wedding to
Sarah Michelle Gellar

Was suppose to be in I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer with Brandy and Jenifer again, but then they changed the script and left them out.
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