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Matt is dating two-time "Dancing with the Stars" winner Cheryl Burke.
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Matt was engaged to Heidi Mueller from December 2004 - March 2006.
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Matthew starred in the show Brotherly Love with his two real life brothers Joey and Andrew.
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Matt starred with his brothers Joey & Andrew, in the 2001 TV movie Jumping Ship. The film was actually a follow-up to the 1999 TV movie Horse Sense that starred Joey and Andrew as the same characters. Matt also appeared in that movie as a cowboy but was not credited for his role.
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Matt co-starred opposite Will Friedle in the 1999 TV movie
H-E Double Hockey Sticks. They both starred on the series
Boy Meets World together.
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Matt had a small role in the 1998 film Strike!. This was the Canadian title of the film but when released in the U.S. it was known as All I Wanna Do. Ironically when it was being filmed it was called The Hairy Bird.
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Matt appeared in the 1996 TV movie Brothers of the Frontier opposite brothers Joey and Andrew. This was their first film role where they all appeared together.
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Matt played the title role in the 1990 TV movie Joshua's Heart. This was the first of two TV movies opposite actress Melissa Gilbert - the second film was the 1992 TV movie With A Vengeance.
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Matt played the title role in the 1988 TV movie David, about a real-life story of a boy whose father set him on fire during a custody battle.
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Matt's first film role opposite brother Joey was the 1988 film Pulse.
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Matt's first film role was 1987's Planes, Trains & Automobiles starring Steve Martin & John Candy.
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Matt is 5'11" tall.
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Matthew is currently dating dancer
Cheryl Burke (February 2007+).
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While starring in
Brotherly Love, Matt appeared in 4 public service announcements for NBC's
The More You Know campaign. His topics were homework, encouragement, a teacher tribute, and violence prevention.
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Matthew was once engaged to actress,
Heidi Mueller from December 2004 - March 2006.
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Matt attended the University of Southern California.
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Matt once said that he loves animals and wanted to become a zoologist.
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As a teenager Matt appeared frequently in numerous teen magazines but when he became an adult he began to refuse to do interviews with them.
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Matt once said that his favorite fast-food restaurant was Pizza Hut.
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Both Matthew, and younger brother Andrew played younger versions of brother Joey in the series
Blossom.
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Matt once said that if he could live in a cartoon for 24 hours, he would pick
The Flintstones.
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Matthew used to play the electric guitar in a friend's band.
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Matt once said his favorite singers were Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Paula Abdul.
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Matt also plays the guitar. He had a baby electric guitar during his
Gimme A Break! days and also played the acoustic guitar on the
Brotherly Love episode
Art Attack.
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Matt made his singing debut when he and brother Joey appeared in the 1986 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. He also later sang with his Joey and also by himself on two episodes of
Gimme A Break!, twice on his own on
Brotherly Love and only once by himself on
Boy Meets World.
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Matt appeared in Switchfoot's Dare You To Move music video.
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Matt's brother Joey's birth surname was Mignogna but when Joey started acting, right before Matt was born, the family changed it to Lawrence, Joey's middle name. Therefore when Matthew and Andrew were both born, their last name was legally Lawrence.
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