Key facts
- Born
- Jaleel Ahmad White , ( 1976-11-27 ) November 27, 1976 (age 49) , Culver City, California , U.S.
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles ( BA )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1984–present
- Spouse
- Nicoletta Ruhl ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. May 4, 2024</span>"}]]}'>2024 )
- Website
- www .jaleelwhite .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- White
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Culver City
- Occupation
- film actor
- Employer
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Family Matters
- Official website
- www.jaleelwhite.com
- Image
- Jaleel White at Galaxy Con Columbus.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Jaleel White
- date of birth
- 1976-11-27
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- social media followers
- 116699
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Jaleel Ahmad White (born November 27, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Steve Urkel on the sitcom Family Matters (1989–1998), where he was originally intended to make one appearance. White eventually became the main protagonist of the show.
White was the first American actor to voice the Sega video game character Sonic the Hedgehog, doing so in the animated series Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog (also known as Sonic SatAM) and Sonic Underground. After Family Matters ended, White starred in the short-lived UPN comedy series Grown Ups (1999–2000) and even had the leading role as Michael in the 2006 comedy film Who Made the Potato Salad?; thus having a supporting role as Detective Hamer in the two films including The Wrong Woman (2013) and Mommy, I Didn't Do It (2016); and as well as James Black in the film The Preacher's Son (2017) and its 2018 sequel The Choir Director. White also reprised his role as Steve Urkel in the animated film Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie (2023).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jaleel White” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.